Ring true ??

[deejames]

A man in a hot air balloon realised he was lost. He reduced altitude
and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse
me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago,
but I don't know where I am."

The woman below replied, "You are in a hot air balloon hovering
approximately 30 feet above the ground. You are between 40 and 41
degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."

"You must be an engineer," said the balloonist.

"I am," replied the woman, "How did you know?" "Well," answered the
balloonist, "everything you told me is, technically correct, but I have
no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still
lost. Frankly, you've not been much help so far."

The woman below responded, "You must be in management."

"I am," replied the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well," said the woman, "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 have no idea how to keep, and you
expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is, you are
in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now,
somehow, it's my fault".



deejames

 

[claymore]

A similar one was of the person flying a small light aircraft for the first time with an instructor. They entered cloud and at the same time the instructor passed out. The guy managed to get the radio working and got someone talking to him from the control tower. When asked for infomation to be read from the dials in front of him he declared that they were travelling at 230 knots, were level and at an altitude of 6500 feet. He added that they were upside down. When asked how he had worked this out he responded that the shit was running down his neck.