Just a Joke..... or is it?

[Brenda Smith <BSmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thought we needed a middle of the week laugh folks!
~Brenda

> A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He
> reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon
> further and shouts:
> 
> "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"
> 
> The man below says, "Yes, you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30
> feet above this field."
> 
> "You must work in information technology" says the balloonist.
> 
> "I do," replies the man. "How did you know."
> 
> "Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is
>  technically correct, but it's no use to anyone."
> 
> The man below says, "You must be a corporate manager."
> 
> "I am," replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
> 
> "Well", says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you're
>  going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the same
>  position you were before we met, but now it's my fault."
> 
> ***************************************************
> Another version... hehehe.....  *Thanks Bob*
> 
> >A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost....
> 
> A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. 
> Turning to his passenger, he says: "we're lost, but I know how to 
> find out where we are". He reduces height and spots a man down 
> below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts:
> 
> "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?" The man below says, "Yes, 
> you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field."
> 
> The baloonist smiles and relaxes, and drop some ballast to increase
> his altitude once again. His passenger looks at him... "So? where 
> are we?" The balloonist turns as says: "We're right outside of Redmond,
> Washington." "How do you know that?"
> 
> "Look, the fellow on the ground told me that we were in a ballon, over
> a field. The only people who give completely true but worthless answers
> like that work for Microsoft customer support, which is in Redmond, WA. We
> 
> don't see any tall buildings around, so we're not over downtown.
> Therefore,
> we must be NEAR Redmond."