It's true - honest!

**Alec** · #1 04-23-2012, 03:31 PM

A man in a hot air balloon realised he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted another man 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 man below replied, "You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude."

"You must be a Non Commissioned Officer," said the balloonist.

"I am," replied the man, "How did you know?"

"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If anything, you've delayed my trip."

The man below responded, "You must be an Officer."

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

"Well," said the NCO, "you don't know where you are or where you're 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 exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault."

**richkat** · #2 04-23-2012, 03:39 PM

Sounds like Washington!.....Rich

**Tapcho** · #3 04-24-2012, 05:56 AM

That was funny and so true - in a civil world too (just change titles manager and director). :-D

Tappi

**AVR** · #4 04-26-2012, 11:31 AM

This joke sounds very close to one anecdote.
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One day Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson decided to take a trip at the balloon. During flight the balloon got into storm and they were flying all night and totally got lost. In morning, they woke up and looked down. The balloon was slowly flying above the green lawn. And there was standing a strange man with many sheep around him. Sherlock Holmes cries to the man:
- Hey, mister! Could you please tell us where we are?
Strange man was looking at them for pretty long time and at least said:
- You are at the balloon!
After that, the man turned and went away. Sherlock Holmes asks to the doctor:
- Watson! What may you say about this man?
- Well, I think, he is a shepherd.
- No, Watson! He is a programmer!
- Why??????
- Look! By first, he gave an answer with delay. By second, he gave _absolutely correct_ answer. By third, his answer did not contain any useful information.