[2988] in Humor
HUMOR: How it Happens
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Thu Nov 4 15:13:29 1999
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 1999 15:08:33 -0500
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From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
>From: "Joke of the Day" <Joker@joker.org>
>Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 00:06:58 -0500
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> Holy Makerel, That's How It Happens
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> Start with a cage containing five apes.
>
> In the cage, hang a banana on a string and put
> stairs under it. Before long, an ape will go to
> the stairs and start to climb towards the
> banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray
> all of the apes with cold water.
>
> After a while, another ape makes an attempt with
> the same result - all the apes are sprayed with
> cold water. This continues through several more
> attempts. Pretty soon, when another ape tries to
> climb the stairs, the other apes all try to prevent
> it.
>
> Now, turn off the cold water. Remove one ape
> from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new
> ape sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs.
> To his horror, all of the other apes attack him.
> After another attempt and attack, he knows that if
> he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.
>
> Next, remove another of the original five apes
> and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes
> to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer
> takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm. Again,
> replace a third original ape with a new one. The
> new one makes it to the stairs and is attacked as
> well. Two of the four apes that beat him have no
> idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs,
> or why they are participating in the beating of the
> newest ape.
>
> After replacing the fourth and fifth original apes,
> all the apes, which have been sprayed with cold water,
> have been replaced. Nevertheless, no ape ever again
> approaches the stairs. Why not?
>
> Because that's the way they've always done it and
> that's the way it's always been around here.
>
> And that's how company policy begins....
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