The Loony Bin
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Thu, 18 Sep 1997 09:20:19 -0400 (EDT)
Hiya Loonies...
Here's a Microsoft story...from Don...
Wishes & Dreams...
- ANDREA
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------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------
A helicopter was flying above Seattle when an electrical malfunction
disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications
equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the
helicopter's position and course to steer to the airport.
The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a
handwritten sign and held it in the helicopter window.
The pilot's sign said: "Where am I?" in large letters.
The people on the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew
a large sign and held it to the windows of their building.
The sign read: "You are in a helicopter."
The pilot smiled, waved, looked at a map, determined the course to steer
to the SEATAC airport and landed safely.
After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how the "You
are in a helicopter" sign helped determine their position?
The pilot responded, "I knew that had to be the Microsoft building
because, similar to their help-lines, they gave me a technically correct
but completely useless answer!"
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