A man is flying in a hot air balloon when he realizes he is lost. He spots a man below, lowers the balloon and shouts to him, “Excuse me, I am late to meet a friend, but I don’t know where I am. Can you help me, please?”
The man below says, “Sure, I’m happy to help. You are in a hot air balloon approximately 30 feet above ground. You are between 40 and 42 degrees N. latitude, and between 58 and 60 degrees W. longitude.”
The balloonist shouts: “You must be a lawyer.” “That’s right, I am” replies the man. “How did you know?” “Well,” says the balloonist, “everything you have told me is technically correct, but entirely useless to me. I am still lost.”
The man below responds, “Well, and you must be a client.” “Why, yes, I am,” replies the balloonist, “how in the world did you know?” “Well,” says the man, “you don’t know where you are, or where you need to go. You made a promise you can’t keep and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are in the exact same position you were in before we spoke, BUT NOW EVERYTHING IS SOMEHOW MY FAULT.”
The man below says, “Sure, I’m happy to help. You are in a hot air balloon approximately 30 feet above ground. You are between 40 and 42 degrees N. latitude, and between 58 and 60 degrees W. longitude.”
The balloonist shouts: “You must be a lawyer.”
“That’s right, I am” replies the man. “How did you know?”
“Well,” says the balloonist, “everything you have told me is technically correct, but entirely useless to me. I am still lost.”
The man below responds, “Well, and you must be a client.”
“Why, yes, I am,” replies the balloonist, “how in the world did you know?”
“Well,” says the man, “you don’t know where you are, or where you need to go. You made a promise you can’t keep and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are in the exact same position you were in before we spoke, BUT NOW EVERYTHING IS SOMEHOW MY FAULT.”