Trip to the Holy Land
Posted by: root <root@...>
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A rich man went to his vicar and said, "I want you and your wife to take
a three-month trip to the Holy Land at my expense. When you come back,
I'll have a surprise for you". The vicar accepted the offer, and he and
his wife went off to the Middle East.
Three months later they returned home and were met by the wealthy
parishioner, who told them that while they were gone, he had had a new
church built. "It's the finest building money can buy, vicar," said the
man. "No expense was spared." And he was right. It was a magnificent
edifice both outside and in.
But there was one striking difference. There was only one pew, and it
was at the very back. "A church with only one pew?" asked the vicar.
"You just wait until Sunday," the rich man said.
When the time came for the Sunday service, the early arrivals entered
the church, filed onto the one pew and sat down. When the pew was full,
a switch clicked silently, a circuit closed, the gears meshed, a belt
moved and, automatically, the rear pew began to move forward. When it
reached the front of the church, it came to a stop. At the same time,
another empty pew came up from below at the back and more people sat
down. And so it continued, pews filling and moving forwards until
finally the church was full, from front to back.
"Wonderful!" said the vicar, "Marvelous!"
The service began, and the vicar started to preach his sermon. He
launched into his text and, when 12 o'clock came, he was still going
strong, with no end in sight. Suddenly a bell rang, and a trap door in
the floor behind the pulpit dropped open.
"Wonderful!" said the congregation, "Marvelous!"
Job Title
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Since I was the first to arrive at our high-tech company
one morning, I answered the telephone. When the caller
asked for field engineering, I explained that it was before
normal business hours, but that I would help if I could.
"What's your job there?" the caller asked me.
"I'm the president," I replied.
There was a pause. Then he said, "I'll call back later.
I need to talk to someone who knows something."