The following joke struck me as funny even though I knew the answer before I got to the punch line. While trying to figure out who to send it to, it came to me that this is something to keep in mind when answering quetions on this list. Think about it next time you have "the" answer.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 14:53:28 -0400 From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: joke of the day >A helicopter was flying above Seattle when an electrical malfunction >disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and >communications equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could >not determine the helicopter's position and course to steer to the >airport. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew >a handwritten sign, and held it in the helicopter's window. The >pilot's sign said, "WHERE AM I?" in large letters. People in the tall >building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and >held it in a building window. Their sign said, "YOU ARE IN A >HELICOPTER." The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined >the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they >were on the ground, the copilot asked the pilot how the "YOU ARE IN A >HELICOPTER" sign helped determine their position. The pilot responded, >"I knew that had to be the MICROSOFT building because they gave me a >technically correct, but completely useless answer." > Luck, Dwarf -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
