Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Cold Winter

In October, the Indians asked their Chief if the coming winter was
going to be cold or not. Not really knowing the answer, the chief
replied that the winter will be cold and that the members of the
village should collect wood to be prepared.

Being a good leader, he then went to a phone booth, called the
National Weather Service and asked, "Is this winter to be cold?"

The man on the phone responded, "This winter is indeed going to be
very cold."

So the Chief went back to encourage his people to collect even more
wood to be prepared. A week later he called the National Weather
Service again, and asked again, "Is it going to be a very cold
winter?"

"Yes," the man replied, "it's going to be a very cold winter."

The Chief went back to his people and ordered them to go out and bring
back every scrap of wood they could find.

Two weeks later he called the National Weather Service again. "Are you
absolutely sure that this winter is going to be very cold?"

"Absolutely" the man replies, "the Indians are collecting wood like
crazy."

posted by Ivan at 10:02 PM