Ask the Right Question
A salesman was showing off his new “all-knowing computer” to a skeptical customer.
“Ask it anything,” he boasted, “and it will give you the correct answer.”
“Fine,” said the customer. “Where is my father right now?”
The computer replied: “YOUR FATHER IS FISHING IN MICHIGAN.”
The customer laughed. “Wrong! My father’s been dead for 20 years.”
The salesman calmly said, “Try asking it in a different way.”
So the customer asked, “Where is my mother’s husband?”
The computer replied: “YOUR MOTHER’S HUSBAND HAS BEEN DEAD FOR 20 YEARS. YOUR FATHER JUST LANDED A FIVE-POUND TROUT.”
