Subject: Four Questions
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Mon Dec 02 2002 - 06:30:09 EST
"Bureaucrat"
A civil servant is badly hurt, after falling down
the stairs at city hall. He is taken to the hospital
where he remains in a coma for several days.
Finally, an eye opens and his doctor tells him,
"My friend, I have bad news and I have good
news. First of all, you'll never be able to work
again."
"Okay," muttered the injured bureaucrat.
"What's the bad news?"
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"Four Questions"
The following test consists of 4 QUESTIONS and
tells whether you are qualified to be a "professional."
1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?
The correct answer to question 1 is:
"Open the refrigerator, put in the giraffe and
close the door."
This question tests whether you tend to do
simple things in an overly complicated way.
2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?
Wrong Answer: "Open the refrigerator, put in the
elephant and close the refrigerator."
Correct Answer: "Open the refrigerator, take out
the giraffe, put in the elephant and close the door."
This tests your ability think through the repercussions
of your actions.
3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference.
All the animals attend, except one. Which animal
does not attend?
Correct Answer: "The Elephant." The Elephant is
in the refrigerator.
This tests your memory. OK, even if you did not
answer the first three questions correctly, you still
have one more chance to show your abilities:
4. There is a river you must cross. But it is inhabited
by crocodiles. How do you manage it?
Correct Answer: "You swim across."
All the Crocodiles are attending the Animal Meeting.
This tests whether you learn quickly from your mistakes.
According to Andersen Consulting Worldwide, around
90% of the professionals they tested got all questions
wrong. But many preschoolers got several correct
answers.
Anderson Consulting says this conclusively disproves
the theory that most professionals have the brains of
a four year old.
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