| The Acme Company was trying to sell its new computerized crystal ball to a major marketing executive. But as expected, the executive was quite skeptical. The Acme sales rep told the executive, `Go ahead and type a question into the crystal ball.` The executive typed, `Where is my father?` The crystal ball bleeped and blooped for a short while, and then came back with `Your father is fishing in Michigan.` The executive said to the sales rep, `You see? I knew this was BS. My father`s been dead for twenty years.` `Hmmmm. Try asking the question in a different way.` This time the executive typed, `Where is my mother`s husband?` The crystal ball came back with an answer, even more quickly this time than before. `Your mother`s husband has been dead for twenty years. Your father just landed a three pound trout.` |