ncgolfr
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 Posted - 11/16/2007 : 8:48:13 PM
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A man was flying in a hot-air balloon and suddenly realized he was lost. He cut back the flame to reduce altitude and after a while spotted a man with a clipboard in a farm field below. He descended further and shouted, "Excuse me!, Can you help me?! I promised a friend that I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man below shouted back, "Yes! I can help you. You are in a
hot-air balloon, drifting slowly northeast at about 30 feet altitude above a field in the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4. Section 6, Township 12 North, Range 23 East, Montana Baseline and Meridian."
"You must be an appraiser", said the balloonist. "I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," said the balloonist, "Everything you told me is technically correct, and I'm sure it's interesting to you. But the fact is, it didn't help me get where I need to be and I'm still lost."
The man below replied, "You must be a mortgage banker."
"I am, said the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well," said the man below, "you don't know where you are, or where you are going. You have made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is that you are in the same position you were in before we ever met, but now, somehow, it is all my fault."
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