The woman in the hot air balloon

[damntexdem]

This just sent to me. Read all the way through.



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 ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.

"She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be an Obama Democrat."

"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 do with 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 Republican."

"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"

"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are going. You've risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise 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."

[X_Digger]

1. I heard that one as 'engineer' and 'manager'

Manager: "You must be an engineer- you gave me a perfectly valid, technically sound answer that is completely useless to me."

Engineer: "You must be a manager- you screwed up, expect me to get you out of it, but when you don't like my answer, it's all suddenly my fault."

[NoNothing]

2. I heard it as "economist" and "politician"

Otherwise identical.

[bullwinkle428]

3. Just heard a variation of that one which involved a farmer and a consultant!

Edit - Oh, this is AWESOME! I just did a search for that joke, and the first thing that popped up was a link to a DU thread!!!

Here's the joke in all its glory!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x732937

[rustydog]

4. Kick!

:rofl:

[Octafish]

5. Excellent reminder: GOP and their enablers got us in this mess.

Know your BFEE: It wasn’t Obama who Looted the Treasury and Banks. It was Bush and his Cronies.