Saturday, October 5, 2013

The Hot Air Balloon Joke

Two versions of the same joke.   Ok, so it isn't a Two-Fer strictly speaking.  Basically every joke is something told before - it all goes back to the first time that Ugg the Neanderthal looked at his friend and spoke of the Chief.   I guess he had to pay them a goat or some such nonsense. 

Never mind all that, for your reading pleasure, I present the Hot Air Balloon Joke.  

One other thing, that location they're talking about is in the Atlantic Ocean.  I Know because 40 Degrees North Latitude and 75 West Latitude is on the Fourth Green in a Golf Course in Cinnaminson NJ, in suburban Philadelphia.  

Yes, I am in fact, a know it all.   Thank you for asking.



A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost.

He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, “Excuse me, can you help? 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.”



Ok, here's version two!



Variation of the hot air balloon joke

A helicopter was flying around 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 fly 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 read: "IN A HELICOPTER."

The pilot smiled, waved, looked at her map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how did the sign help determine their position. The pilot responded "Well the response they gave me was technically correct, but completely useless, so I knew that had to be the Microsoft building."

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  2. Hi Lee,

    This is a blogger blog that is linked to the specific URL via the registrar. Google has a tick box that is set within the configuration that enables a mobile site and all the programming is done for me. All I need to do is select a template.

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    Bill

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