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A Few Years Ago, A Major Multinational Company ... PRO
Contributed by Revd. Martin Dale on Dec 14, 2001 (message contributor)
A few years ago, a major Multinational company was looking for a new Marketing Director.
After much advertising and many application, three candidates entered the final selection process.
A mathematician, a statistician and a solicitor.
The first to be invited in for the final interview was the mathematician and the Managing Director asked him a simple question: What is 2+2. The mathematician was surprised, thought about it for a bit, wondered if it might be a trick question and then simply answered 4.
The Managing Director looked at the Board, shook his head and thanked him for coming, but he wasn’t the candidate they were looking for.
The statistician was the next in and and the Managing Director asked him too the simple question: What is 2+2. He paused, thought about it for a bit and then replied that statistically it was a number between 3 and 5. The Managing Director smiled and Board were quite impressed. The candidate was thanked and ushered...
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A Natural Example Of This Point Can Be Found By ...
Contributed by David Schaal on May 20, 2004
A natural example of this point can be found by looking at the two seas in the Holy Land. The Sea of Galilee freely receives and gives out water. It has an abundance of life, nurturing many different kinds of fish and plant life. The water from the Sea of Galilee is carried by way of the Jordan ...read more
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Cartoonist Joe Mckeever Has Drawn A Group Of ... PRO
Contributed by Tom Lovorn on Jun 9, 2003
Cartoonist Joe McKeever has drawn a group of tourists looking at the Garden tomb in Jerusalem. It’s an open tomb where the stone door has been rolled away. Their guide says, "The angel moved the stone to reveal an empty tomb ...read more
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In, The Horse Whisperer, Tom Booker, Has A Gift ... PRO
Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Nov 14, 2003
In, The Horse Whisperer, Tom Booker, has a gift when it comes to what he calls "gentling" horses. In one telling scene, a traumatized horse, frightened by a ringing cell phone, gallops off into the far end of a large pasture. Booker walks into the pasture and sits down, where he waits for what ...read more
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Many Years Ago, Chinese Farmers Theorized That ... PRO
Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Nov 16, 2004
Many years ago, Chinese farmers theorized that they could eat their big potatoes and use the small ones for seed. Consequently, they ate the big potatoes and planted the small potatoes. As a result of this practice over the years, nature eventually reduced the size of all the potatoes they ...read more
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A Serviceman Wrote About A Bit Of Unintended ...
Contributed by Dave Mcfadden on Nov 16, 2004
A serviceman wrote about a bit of unintended comedy he witnessed in the army. In happened during a company inspection at the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. An inspection was being conducted by a colonel. Everything had gone smoothly until the officer came to the man standing next to the soldier ...read more
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