Management Lesson
A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw
the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all
day long?" The crow answered: "Sure, why not." So, the
rabbit sat on the ground below the crow, and rested. All of a sudden, a
fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.
Management Learning: To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be
sitting very, very high up.
The Patch
Bubba and Earl were driving down the road, drinking a couple of bottles of
Bud. The passenger, Bubba said, "Looky thar up ahead Earl, it's a po-lice
roadblock! We're gonna get busted!" "Don't worry Bubba, "
Earl said. "we'll just pull over and finish drinkin' these beers,
peel off the labels, stick them on our foreheads, and throw the bottles
under the seat." "What fer?" asked Bubba. "Just let me
do the talkin', Okay?" says Earl. The boys finished their beers,
stuck the labels on their foreheads, tossed the bottles under the seat and
proceeded to the roadblock. "You boy's been drinkin?" asked the
Sheriff. "No sir," Earl replied. "We're on the patch."
747 Full of Lawyers
Q: Hear about the terrorist that hijacked a 747 full of lawyers?
A: He threatened to release one every hour if his demands weren't met.
Brass Rat Lawyer Joke
A man was shopping one day in an old antique store and saw this beautiful
brass rat. He asked the store owner how much for the rat. He owner replied
$20.00 for the rat and $20.00 for the story that goes with it. The man
thought about it for a moment and said, well I don’t want a story I just
want the brass rat. He gave the store owner $20 and off he goes with the
rat. Part way down the block he notices that a couple of rats are
following him, and he thinks that is kind of funny so he turns the corner
and goes a little different direction, looks back and see a whole bunch
more rats following him, so he gets a little nervous and makes a few
different turns trying to loose the rats and looks back to see even more
following him so he runs down to the river and throws the brass rat into
the river and sure enough the rats goes right by him into the river and
drown. He goes back to the store and the store owners says I will et you
want the story now. He looks at him and says no I don’t, I was wondering
if you had any brass lawyers.
Why do we always pick on lawyers, they are really nice guys, listen to
this next story.
New Improved Lawnmowers
One day a lawyer was riding in his limousine when he saw a guy eating
grass He told the driver to stop. He got out and asked him, "Why are
you eating grass". The man replied, "I'm so poor, I can't afford
a thing to eat." So the layer said, "Poor guy, come back to my
house." The guys then said, "But I have a wife and three
kids." The layers told him to bring them along. When they were all in
the car, the poor man said, "Thanks for taking us back to your house,
it is so kind of you." The layer said, "You're going to love it
there, the grass is a foot tall."
The Taste of a New Generation.
What do Brittany Spears and PEPSI have in common? They both have plastic
jugs.
Marketing
You go to a party and you see an attractive girl across the room. You
go up to her and say "Hi I am single, how about a date." that’s
Direct Marketing.
You go to a party and you see an attractive girl across the room. You
ask a friend to go over to say "My friend over there is single, how
about a date." that’s Advertising.
You go to a party and you see an attractive girl across the room. You
get her phone number and call her up, chat a while and then say "I am
single how about a date." That’s Tele-Marketing.
You go to a party and you see an attractive girl across the room. You
go over to her and start talking, make her laugh, get to know each other
for a while, then you say "I am single how about a date". That’s
Relationship Selling.
You go to a party and you see an attractive girl across the room. She
come up to you and says "Hi I hear you are single, how about a
date." That’s Branding
Store Owner & Competitors
A store owner was dismayed one day when a competitor selling the same
product moved in right next door with a big sign on the front saying
"best deals in town"
The next day another sales competitor moved in on the other side of him
and put up a sign "lowest prices in town" - the store owner
concerned that he would go out of business looked for a marketing strategy
to his advantage. Then he came up with a bright idea, the next day he
unveiled his new sign over his front door that said "main
entrance"
Man having affair with Secretary
A man was having an affair with his secretary. One day their passions
overcame them and they took off for her house and made passionate love all
afternoon. Exhausted from this they fell asleep and awakened about 7pm.
As the man through on his clothes he asked the women to go take his shoes
outside and rub them in the dirt and the grass, she thought it was strange
but nonetheless complied. He slipped on his shoes and drove home. As he
walked in the front door his wife stopped him and asked firmly "where
have you been". The man replied, Darling I can not tell a lie. I have
been having an affair with the secretary and we were making love all
afternoon and then I fell asleep.
She looked at his shoes and said you liar you have been playing golf all
afternoon.
Weight Loss The Easy Way
A guy reads a newspaper ad that says "All the weight you can lose
1 dollar a pound". So he calls and asks if its true. "Sure the
guy says. Just tell me the amount of weight you want to lose and your
credit card number." Well the guy says 20 pounds. "No problem,
our representative will be there in the morning." Sure enough at 8
a.m. the doorbell rings. When he opens the door there's a beautiful blonde
standing there with nothing on but a sign that reads "IF YOU CAN
CATCH ME, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR WAY WITH ME".
He does and sure enough when he weighs in he has lost 20 pounds.
Excitedly he calls back the weight loss company. "This time I'd like
to lose 50 pounds." The guy who answered the phone says "Fifty
pounds is a lot of weight at one time - but our representative will be
there in the morning."
Sure enough at 8 a.m. the doorbell rings. The man rushes to answer it.
When he does it's a 500 pound male gorilla with a sign that reads "IF
I CAN CATCH YOU, I'LL HAVE MY WAY WITH YOU".
Work vs. Prison
- In prison you spend the majority of the time in an 8x10 cell. At
work you spend most of your time in an 6x8 cubicle.
- In prison you get 3 meals a day. At work you only get a break for 1 meal
and you have to pay for it.
- In prison you get time off for good behavior. At work you get rewarded
for good behavior with more work.
- At prison a guard locks and unlocks the doors for you. At work you must
carry around a security card and unlock and open all doors yourself.
- In prison you get to watch TV and play games. At work you get fired for
watching TV and playing games.
- In prison you get your own toilet. At work you have to share.
- In prison they allow your family and friends to visit. At work you
cannot even speak to your family and friends.
- In prison all expenses are paid by taxpayers with no work required. At
work you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct
taxes from your salary to pay for the prisoners.
- In prison you spend most of your life looking through bars from the
inside wanting to get out...At work you spend most of your time wanting to
get out and inside bars.
- In prison there are wardens who are often sadistic. At work they are
called Managers.
"Women are like fine wine. They all start out fresh, fruity
and intoxicating to the mind and then turn full-bodied with age until they
go all sour and vinegary and give you a headache."
"Men are like fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and
it's our job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature
into something with which you'd like to have dinner with."
Cinderella
Cinderella was now 75 years old. After a fulfilling life with the now dead
Prince, she happily sat upon her rocking chair, watching the world go by
from her front porch, with a cat called Alan for companionship. One sunny
afternoon, out of nowhere, appeared the Fairy Godmother. Cinderella said
"Fairy Godmother, what are you doing here after all these
years?"
The Fairy Godmother replied "Well Cinderella, since you have lived
a good, wholesome life since we last met, I have decided to grant you 3
wishes. Is there anything for which your heart still yearns?"
Cinderella is taken aback, overjoyed and after some thoughtful
consideration and almost under her breath she uttered her first wish:
"I wish I was wealthy beyond comprehension." Instantly, her
rocking chair was turned into solid gold. Cinderella was stunned. Alan,
her old faithful cat, jumped off her lap and scampered to the edge of the
porch, quivering with fear. Cinderella said "Oh thank you, Fairy God
Mother".
The Fairy Godmother replied "It is the least I can do. What does
your heart wish for your second wish?" Cinderella looked down at her
frail body, and said: "I wish I was young and full of the beauty of
youth again" At once, her wish having been desired, became reality,
and her beautiful youthful visage had returned. Cinderella felt stirrings
inside her that had been dormant for years and long forgotten vigor and
vitality began to course through her very soul. Then the Fairy Godmother
again spoke "You have one more wish, what shall you have?"
Cinderella looked over to the frightened cat in the corner and said
"I wish you to transform Alan my old cat into a beautiful, and
handsome young man". Magically, Alan suddenly underwent so
fundamental a change in his biological make-up, that when complete he
stood before her, a Boy, so beautiful the like of which she nor the world
had ever seen, so fair indeed that birds begun to fall from the sky at his
feet.
The Fairy Godmother again spoke: "Congratulations, Cinderella.
Enjoy your new life." And, with a blazing shock of bright blue
electricity, she was gone. For a few eerie moments, Alan and Cinderella
looked into each other's eyes. Cinderella sat, breathless, gazing at the
most stunningly perfect boy she had ever seen. Then Alan walked over to
Cinderella, who sat transfixed in her Rocking chair, and held her close in
his young muscular arms. He leaned in close to her ear, and into her ear
breathed as much as whispered, blowing her golden hair with his warm
breath,
"I bet you regret having me de-sexed now, don't you?"
Fairy Tales and Training
A Mom comes home from a hard day of training and gets the chance to
read her little girl one of her favorite fairy tales. "Mommy,"
asked the child, "do ALL fairy tales begin with "Once Upon a
Time...?"" "No, dearest," replied the mother,
"sometimes they start with 'Darling, I have to work a little late at
the office tonight . . . "
On Perspective
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."
On Women and Men and Communications
A husband had always been disdainful of people who, in his estimation,
talk too much. Recently he proudly told his wife he'd heard that men use
2200 words a day, while women use 4400. The wife pondered that a moment,
then concluded, "That's because women have to repeat everything
they say to their husbands." He looked up and asked, "Come
again?"
Divorced Barbie
Ralph was driving home one evening when he suddenly realized it was
his daughters birthday and he had not got her anything yet. He turns
around and drives into the mall and heads for the toy shop. He asked the
shop assistant "how much for the Barbie in the window" the shop
assistant says "which Barbie" - We have Barbie goes to the Gym,
for $19.95 - Barbie goes night clubing, for $19.95 - Barbie goes to the
Beach, for $19.95 - Barbie goes to the ball, for $19.95 -
and Divorce Barbie for $265.00.
$265.00 - why is the Divorced Barbie cost $265.00 - well that
should be obvious says the assistant. The Divorce Barbie comes with Kens,
house, Kens car, Kens boat & Kens furniture.
Christian Joke - Jesus Saves
Satin & Jesus were having an argument one day about who was a
better programmer - God was asked to settle it. - He said to go ahead and
create a program, gave them a time limit and away they went. Busy typeing
on their computers writing code - they were almost finished when a storm
burst out and a flash of lightning knocked out the power and the computers
went down.
God comes back in the room and says "Okay" time is up you
have 5 minutes to compile the program and then I will judge who is the
best programmer. 5 minutes later he looks at Satin and says lets see what
you have - Satin looks at God and says, It’s not finished, the storm
came in and knocked out the power & I lost all my work - God looks at
Jesus and what do you have - click, click, click Jesus completes his
program and shows it to God - and God says very good it looks like you are
the better programmer. Satin puzzled asked how can that be? God looks back
at him and says - remember Satin "Jesus saves"
Gramps
A man was walking down the street when he noticed his grandpa sitting
on the porch in a rocking chair, with nothing on from the waist down.
"Grandpa, what are you doing?" he exclaimed. The old man looked
off in the distance and did not answer him. Grandpa, what are you doing
sitting out here with nothing on below your waist?" the man asked
again.
The old man slowly looked at his grandson and said, "Well, last
week I sat out here with no shirt on and got a stiff neck. This is your
Grandma's idea!"
Perfect Couple
There was a perfect man who met a perfect woman. After a perfect
courtship, they had a perfect wedding. Their life together was, of course,
perfect. One snowy, stormy Christmas Eve this perfect couple was driving
along a winding road when they noticed someone at the roadside in
distress. Being the perfect couple, they stopped to help. There stood Santa
Claus with a huge bundle of toys. Not wanting to disappoint any children
on the eve of Christmas, the perfect couple loaded Santa and his toys into
their vehicle. Soon they were driving along delivering the toys.
Unfortunately, the driving conditions deteriorated and the perfect
couple and Santa Claus had an accident. Only one of them survived the
accident. Who was the survivor?
The perfect woman. Everyone knows there is no such thing as Santa Claus
or a perfect man. (A Male's Response) So, if there is no perfect man and
no Santa Claus, the perfect woman must have been driving.
This explains why there was a car accident.
A Russian scientist and a Czechoslovakian scientist had spent their
lives studying the grizzly bear. Each year they petitioned their
respective governments to allow them to go to Yellowstone to study the
bears. Finally their request was granted, and they immediately flew to NY
and on West to Yellowstone. They reported to the ranger station and were
told that it was the grizzly mating season and it was too dangerous to go
out and study the animals. They pleaded that this was their only chance,
and finally the ranger relented.
The Russian and the Czech were given portable phones and told to report
in every day. For several days they called in, and then nothing was heard
from the two scientists. The rangers mounted a search party and found the
camp completely ravaged, with no sign of the missing men. They followed
the trail of a male and a female bear.
They found the female and decided they must kill the animal to find out
if she had eaten the scientists because they feared an international
incident. They killed the female animal and opened the stomach to find the
remains of the Russian. One ranger turned to the other and said, "You
know what this means, don't you?"
The other ranger responded, "Of course: the Czech is in the
male."
One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex was staring up
at the large plaque that hung in the foyer of the church. It was covered
with names, and small American flags were mounted on either side of it.
The seven-year old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the
pastor walked up, stood beside the boy, and said quietly, "Good
morning Alex."
"Good morning Reverend," replied the young man, still focused
on the plaque.
"Reverend Curtis, what is this?" Alex asked.
"Well, son, it's a memorial to all the young men and women who died
in the service." Soberly, they stood together, staring at the large
plaque.
Little Alex's voice was barely audible when he asked, "Which one,
the traditional or the contemporary service?"
For their first anniversary, a man buys his young wife a cellular
phone. She is thrilled and listens eagerly as he explains all the
features. The next day she's out shopping when the phone rings.
Hi honey, her husband says "How do you like your new phone".
Oh I love it she gushes, its so cute and small - and your voice sounds so
clear. But there is one thing I don't understand, "What's that? How
did you know I was at Walmart.
Some paramedics were boasting about improvements in their ambulance
team's response time. "Since we installed our new satellite
navigation system" one bragged, we have cut our response time by 10%.
"Not bad", a second paramedic commented, by using a computer
model of traffic patterns, we've cut our average time 20%. "That's
nothing, the third commented, since our driver passed the bar exam we've
cut our response time in half.
There was a lady who was getting ready to divorce her husband. One
day she was cleaning her house and began polishing a brass vase. As she
was rubbing the vase a genie poped out. Poof - the genie says to her I
will grant you three wishes of anything you would like. Be very careful
about what you wish for for your husband is going to receive the same but
100 times greater. She thought about it for a moment and asked the genie
"I would like to have 1 million dollars" The genie replied,
before I grant you this wish understand that your husband will receive one
hundred times that. That's fine she says. Poof it was done.
Then she asked the genie to be the most beautiful woman in the city,
the genie reminded her that her husband would receive the same but 100
times greater. Okay she says - poof it was done.
And for your third wish? The lady thinks for a moment and says "I
would like to have a really, really mild heart attack..
A teacher was giving a test to a couple of boys. One was very
bright and one was not. She gave them the test of ten questions. She is
looking at the 2 papers and to her surprise the little boy who was not very
bright answered 9 of the ten questions perfect. She thought that can't be
right so she looked at the other paper and saw that the other boy who was
very bright answered 9 of the 10 questions perfect. She wondered what was
wrong with this and sure enough the problem was with the 10th question.
The little boy who was bright got to the 10th question and didn't know the
answer, he was running out of time so he just wrote "I don't know the
answer to this one" and turned his paper in. Teacher looked at the
other paper and he answered the 10th question "I don't know
either"
Their was a farmer that was recovering from open heart surgery.
Early in the morning as the drugs were wearing off he was able to see a
person in the room and called out to his wife "Marg" is that
you. Yes dear she said, I’m here. You saw me through the surgery didn’t
you. Yes dear.
- remember the time when I was plowing the field and the hill was to
steep and the tractor rolled and broke my leg. You were there weren’t
you, Yes dear, I was there.
- remember when I dropped the lantern in the barn and it burned down and I
barely got out. You were there weren’t you, Yes dear, I was there.
- remember when I over fertilized the corn field and we had no money that
season. You were there weren’t you, Yes dear, I was there.
- And now your here with my heart problem.
Marg your bad luck.
There was these three little kids starting in a new school. The
teacher asked these kids, who were about 8 or 9 years old to come up with
a little rhyme and include their name so we could all get to know them.
The next day these kids come in and the teachers asks them to share their
little rhyme and then the school year would progress from there. So the
first little boy stand up all embarrassed and says "Hi my name is Dan
and when I get to be a man I would like to go to Japan and I think I can.
Well that was kind of sweet so they gave him a round of applause and then
the teachers asks the little girl to stand up and share her little story.
She was a real cutie pie and a little shy so she stands up and says my
name is Saddie and when I become a lady I would like to have a baby if I
can and I think I can. Well that was kind of cute so they give Saddie a
round of applause. Then the next little boy stands up and he didn’t have
anything prepared (He had to think on his feet, kind of like table topics
right) so he stands up and says my name is Stan and when I get to be a man
I don’t want to be like Dan and go to Japan but I wouldn’t mind
helping that little girl with her plan if I can and I think I can.
A little boy wanted $100 very badly; his mother told him to pray
to God for it. He prayed for two weeks but nothing turned up. Then he
decided perhaps he should write God a letter requesting the $100. When the
post office received the letter addressed to God, they opened it and
decided to send it to the President. The President was so impressed,
touched and amused that he instructed his secretary to send the little boy
$5. He thought this would appear to be a lot of money to a little boy. The
little boy was delighted with the $5 and sat down to write a thank-you
letter, which read as follows;
Dear God, Thank you very much for sending me the money. I noticed that
you had to send it through Washington. As usual, those thieving
bureaucrats deducted $95.
The joke of the Genie granting a man any wish.
One day a farmer was plowing his field when he heard a clunk from his
machine. He looked back to see that the plow had turned up a beautiful
brass vase. He picked up the vase and brushed of the dirt, when he brushed
the vase a genie appeared and said to him "Oh master, thank you for
finding me, I have been in here for centuries and because it is you I will
grant you any one wish you desire".
Anything the farmer asked? Yes any wish you desire, but choose it
carefully because you will only get the one.
The farmer sat down to think about what he would choose and then he
said, "well I am a simple man and I am having some difficulty with my
wife and need to get away for a while, I have always wanted to go to
Hawaii but I can not fly, could you build a road to Hawaii so I could
drive their.
The Genie said, "Oh farmer, that would be far to difficult for the
oceans are far to deep and the mighty waves are far to powerful to build
any kind of structure, it really is impossible".
The farmer said I understand, well I really do love my wife but we are
having some problems, could you help me understand women a bit?
The Genie looks at him and says, "How many lanes would you like to
Hawaii"
Joke about the pope and limo driver:
The Pope was touring around Vancouver in his limousine last year. He
had never driven the car before and really wanted to, so he asked the
chauffeur to pull over so that he could drive. The chauffeur agreed. So
here is the Pope cruising around the city, having a great old time. He
starts driving faster and faster until he gets pulled over. The officer
that pulls him over walks up to the car and looks in the window and to his
amazement sees the Pope . He can't believe what he sees and radios in to
the station and says to the clerk, "You won't believe who I just
pulled over?
The clerk says, who Glen Clark?
No, bigger then that!
The clerk says, Jean Chrechien?
No bigger?
The president of the US?
The officer says, I don't know who's in the back, but who ever he is, he
has the Pope for a limousine driver.
HA HA HA
Joke about the Lords Prayer and Wonder Bread:
The board of directors for Kentucky Fried chicken had got together to
discuss the future of the franchise. They had realized that with the
changes in eating habits that at the present rate they would be out of
business within a couple of years. The board had decided that they needed
to do something drastic so one of the members approached the Pope and
asked him if he could change the Lords prayer:
(You know the prayer, Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy
name, thy kingdom come thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread and forgive us for our trespasses)
Change it from "Give us our daily bread to give us our daily
chicken" We will give you 10 million dollars.
With out a thought the Pope declared "wouldn't even consider
it"
The executive went back to the board and told them what the Pope had said,
so the board said, "Go back to the Pope and offer him, 100 million
with persuasion. So the executive went back to the Pope and said, "If
you change the prayer from our daily bread to our daily chicken we will
pay you 100 million dollars and began to pursuade him as to all the
benefits.
The Pope replied " Not a chance, this is the bible, my friend, I
won't do it!!!!
The executive brought that message back to the board and the board
decide, people we have everything to loose, lets go all out and offer him
1 billion dollars.
Back to the Pope he goes with an offer even the Pope couldn't refuse.
He greets the Pope and says " Pope if you change the prayer we are
prepared to pay you 1 billion dollars" The Pope clarify 1 billion,
Yes the man says, The Pope turns to his bishop and says "Check and
see when the contract runs out with Wonder Bread"
A Christian was walking through the woods one afternoon when he
heard this rustling in the woods, he was afraid to look but when he did he
saw a big mean bear charging toward him. Well he freaked and went high
tailing it down the path, the bear kept after him. He shortly ran out of
path trapped by the edge of a cliff, frightened he dropped to his knee's
and prayed. Dear God make this bear into a Christian!!! Much to his
surprised the bear slowed down to a stop, put his head down and said
"Thank you for this food I am about to eat".
I over heard a man and his wife talking the other day. The man
had said to his wife, how could God make a woman to be so beautiful and at
the same time so stupid. Oh that's easy she said "He made me
beautiful so that you would marry me" and "He made me stupid so
that I would marry you"
There was this older woman looking kind of lost in a cemetery one
day, the keeper noticed her looking around and asked if he could help.
She said that she was looking for her husbands site? The keeper said
"I know almost every plot in hear maybe I could help", she said
I am looking for a Harry Webster. The keeper went off and searched through
the records and came back to her and said "we don't have any one here
by that name, in fact there is only one Webster and that is assigned to
Dorothy Webster, Oh she said, that would be it, everything was in my name.
HA HA
A Programmer and an Engineer are sitting next to each other on a
long flight from LA to NY. The Programmer leans over to the Engineer and
asks if he would like to play a fun game. The Engineer just wants to take
a nap, so he politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few
winks. The Programmer persists and explains that the game is real easy and
a lotta fun.
He explains "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the
answer, you pay me $5. Then you ask me a question, and if I don't know the
answer, I'll pay you $5." Again, the Engineer politely declines and
tries to get to sleep. The Programmer, now somewhat agitated, says,
"OK, if you don't know the answer you pay me $5, and if I don't know
the answer, I'll pay you $50!" This catches the Engineer's attention,
and he sees no end to this torment unless he plays, so he agrees to the
game.
The Programmer asks the first question. "What's the distance from
the earth to the moon?" The Engineer doesn't say a word, but reaches
into his wallet, pulls out a five dollar bill and hands it to the
Programmer. Now, it's the Engineer's turn. He asks the Programmer
"What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down on four?"
The Programmer looks up at him with a puzzled look. He takes out his
laptop computer and searches all of his references. He taps into the
Airphone with his modem and searches the net and the Library of Congress.
Frustrated, he sends e-mail to his co-workers -- all to no avail.
After about an hour, he wakes the Engineer and hands him $50. The
Engineer politely takes the $50 and turns away to try to get back to
sleep. The Programmer, more than a little miffed, shakes the Engineer and
asks "Well, so what's the answer?" Without a word, the Engineer
reaches into his wallet, hands the Programmer $5, and turns away to get
back to sleep.
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