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A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She reduced
altitude and spotted a man below. Shee decended a bit more and
shouted: 'Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet
him an hour ago but I dont know where I am.'
The man below replied, 'You are in a hot air ballon hovering
approximately 30 feet above the ground. You are between 40 and 41
degrees North latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longtitude.'
'You must be an Engineer,' said the balloonist.
'I am' replied the man, 'How did you know.'
'Well'; answered the balloonist, 'everything you have told me is
probably technically correct, but I've no idea what to make of your
information and the fact is I am still lost. Frankly, you have not
been much help at all. If anything, you have delayed my trip by your
talk.'
The man below responded, 'You must be in management.'
'I am,' replied the balloonist, ' but how did you know?'
'Well' said the man, 'you don't know where you are or where you are
going. You have risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot
air. You made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep, and you
expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are
in the exactly the same posistion you were in before we met, but now,
somehow, it is my fucking fault.'