[3315] in Humor
A Thorn in the Side
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian T Sniffen)
Thu Sep 14 12:33:25 2000
To: humor@MIT.EDU
From: Brian T Sniffen <brians@MIT.EDU>
Date: 14 Sep 2000 12:33:01 -0400
Thorn was in a terrible accident at work. He fell through a floor
tile and ripped off both of his ears. Since he was permanently
disfigured, he settled with the company for a rather large sum of
money and went on his way.
One day, Thorn decided to invest his money in a small, but growing
telecom business. And, after weeks of negotiations, he bought the
company outright. But, after signing on the dotted line, he realized
that he knew nothing about running such a business and quickly set out
to hire someone who could do that for him.
The next day he had set up three interviews. The first guy was great;
he knew everything he needed to and was very interesting. But, at the
end of the interview, Thorn asked him, "Do you notice anything
different about me?"
The gentleman answered, "Why, yes, I couldn't help but notice you
have no ears."
Thorn got very angry and threw him out.
The second interview was with a woman, and she was even better that
the first guy. But he asked her the same question, "Do you notice
anything different about me?"
She replied, "Well, you have no ears."
Thorn again was upset and tossed her out.
On the way out, she passed the third guy and said "Listen, whatever
you do, don't say he hasn't got any ears. He's touchy about the ear
thing."
"Okay," said the third guy on his way into the office.
Thorn liked the third guy. He was smart. And he seemed to be a
better business person than the first two put together. Thorn was
anxious, but went ahead and asked the young man the same question, "Do
you notice anything different about me?"
To his surprise, the young man answered, "Yes. You wear contact
lenses."
Thorn was shocked, and said, "What an incredibly observant man. How
in the world did you know that?"
The young man fell off his chair laughing hysterically and replied,
"Well, it'd be pretty hard to wear glasses without any ears!"
