This one came from one of our managers :-))I haven't seen it here,so i hope it is new for you too.
Helene, the froggy from Melbourne The Monkey Paradox > > > Put eight monkeys in a room. In the middle of the room is a ladder, > leading to a bunch of bananas hanging from a hook on the ceiling. Each > time a monkey tries to climb the ladder, all the monkeys are sprayed > with ice water, which makes them miserable. Soon enough, whenever a > monkey attempts to climb the ladder, all of the other monkeys, not > wanting to be sprayed, set upon him and beat him up. > > Soon, none of the eight monkeys ever attempts to climb the ladder. Now > one of the original monkeys is then removed, and a new monkey is put in > the room. Seeing the bananas and the ladder, he wonders why none of the > other monkeys are doing the obvious, but, undaunted, he immediately > begins to climb the ladder. All the other monkeys fall upon him and beat > him silly. He has no idea why. However, he no longer attempts to climb > the ladder. > > A second original monkey is removed and replaced. The newcomer again > attempts to climb the ladder, but all the other monkeys begin to hammer > the senses out of him. This includes the previous new monkey, who, > grateful that he's not on the receiving end this time, participates in > the beating because all the other monkeys are doing it. However, he has > no idea why he's attacking the new monkey. > > One by one, all the original monkeys are replaced. Now there are eight > new monkeys in the room. None of them has ever been sprayed by ice > water. None of them attempts to climb the ladder. All of them will > enthusiastically beat up any new monkey who tries, without having any > idea why. > > And that is how company policy gets established! Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]