3 Monkeys

One day this guy was walking down the street at lunch when he saw a Pet Store that had a big SALE sign in their window. Intrigued, he went inside to check it out. They had the usual - birds, dogs, cats, fish, etc. But the one that caught his eye was these 3 monkeys in their cages showcased in the middle of the floor. He went up to the counter and asked about them.

"What's the deal with the monkeys?" he inquired. The owner came up and said "Ahh, you've got a good eye. They are each very special - let's start with the first one." The monkey sat quietly, picking at his fur, brushing himself and cleaning up his cage and seemed happy at the attention.

"This monkey is very talented - he can handle your office duties. He knows word processing, spreadsheets, can bang out presentations in no time and is very organized - filing is amazing."

"Wow, I had no idea" replies the customer, "How much is it?"

"This one is $300"

"What about the others?" the customer asked. They moved onto the 2nd monkey which seemed just a little quirky - he'd move from side to side and was a little fidgety with lots of candy bar wrappers at the bottom of the cage.

"They all have special talents, let me show you the next one. This monkey here is amazingly proficient in computers and programming. He can build databases, design web pages in JAVA, and HTML. He knows all about networks and can bring your whole office up to the 21st century in technology."

"That's amazing ! How much is THIS monkey?" asked the customer. "This one is a pretty good deal at $1,000"

Having his attention piqued, the customer wanted to know more.

"Okay, what about the last monkey. How much is this one worth ?"

The third monkey looked back at them and turned away disinterested.

"Ahhh... this is the most expensive monkey here. This monkey is $5,000"

"Sheesh" replied the customer "I bet this one can do everything huh ?!"

"Well actually" said the owner "this monkey is always doing something and looks busy but he never really produces anything - he's a Y2K Consultant Monkey"

-- lurch (lurking@nd.laughing), September 21, 1999

Answers

lurch,

First, again, thanks for posting SuperPolly's comments on DebunkyII regarding Diane Squire and TB2000 deleting before the thread was in fact deleted. Eye opening text on how to achieve your objective.

Questions: Did the 3rd monkey use words or phrases like "fix on failure", "oil lamps" or maybe "Idaho"? Need for good ID guess.

-- Carlos (riffraff1@cybertime.net), September 22, 1999.

I'm not sure what you mean, Carlos. The thread I referenced is still there on Timebomb. It hasn't been deleted.

This is a satire forum; so say something funny!

-- lurch (lurking@nd.confused???), September 22, 1999.