A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost.
She lowered her altitude
and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him,
"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 consulted his portable GPS and replied,
"You're in a hot air balloon
approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346
feet above sea level.
You are 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and
100 degrees, 49.09
minutes west longitude.
She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a
Republican." "I am," replied
the man. "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 I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not
been much help to me."
The man smiled and responded, "You must be a
Democrat." "I am," replied the
balloonist. "How did you know?" "Well," said the man,
"you don't know where
you are or where you're going. You've risen to where
you are due to a large
quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have
no idea how to keep,
and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in
exactly the same position
you were in before we met, but somehow now, it's my
fault."
Ain`t this the truth!
