Thursday, October 7, 2010

Democrat or Republican?

My friend over at Mountain Sage posted this yesterday after she received it anonymously. No matter.

Yesterday I had a bad morning and this made me laugh. I hope it does the same for you.

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 ground elevation of 2,346 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 an Obama Democrat.”

“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 Republican.”

“I am,” replied the balloonist. “How did you know?”

“Well,” said the man, “you don’t know where you are — or where you are going. You’ve risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You have made a promise 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.”

I just had a thought. Perhaps "global warming" doesn't exist after all. Maybe it's merely the increased presence of hot air spewed into the atmosphere by the likes of Sarah Palin, Christine O'Donnell, Joe Miller, Sharron Angle, Rand Paul, Michelle Bachman and their ilk.

Like I said. It was just a thought.

2 comments:

Sage said...

Hi, Terri,

I'm glad that made you laugh. I'm sorry I don't get by your blog more often. I always enjoy it when I do.

Take care!

Sage

Terri said...

Thanks Sage...and thanks for that post. I really loved it :o)