> 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 a ground
> elevation of 2346 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 a
> Republican." "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
> Democrat." "I am," replied
> the balloonist. "How did you know?" "Well," said the
> man, "you don't know
> where you are or where you're going. You've risen to
> where you are, due to
> a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise
> that 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."
> 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 a ground
> elevation of 2346 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 a
> Republican." "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
> Democrat." "I am," replied
> the balloonist. "How did you know?" "Well," said the
> man, "you don't know
> where you are or where you're going. You've risen to
> where you are, due to
> a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise
> that 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."