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Need help finding a hot air balloon joke.

Many moons ago I read a joke I'm trying to find a copy of. If anyone knows a URL where I can find it, I would appreciate it. The joke basically goes like this.

1. Man in hot air balloon shouts down to man on ground.
2. "Where am I?"
3. The joke ensues as the man on the ground explains EXACTLY where the man is and the guy in the balloon is still "confused".
4. Man in balloon says something like, "You must be an engineer. Everything you told me technically correct but utterly useless to me."
5. Man on ground says to man in balloon, "You must be an executive. You asked for something. I've explained exactly what you wanted to know, you can't understand what I'm telling you, and somehow it's MY fault."

..basically that was it but I'm missing the specifics. Anyone ever seen this joke? Know where I can find a copy of it online?

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old email one. most commonly about Microsoft tech support. I'll dig through my old email in a bit and see if I can find it.

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Are you sure it isn't about men and women?

Ok...

Woman: "Ok yea, right there, don't stop..."

Man: *cums...stops*

Woman: "Dammit you tell me to let you know what I like. I tell you EXACTLY what to do, and you do the opposite. But somehow, it's my fault that you're too stupid to comprehend."

Man: "Duuuhh..." *drool*

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cant have been looking very hard:

http://www.google.com/search?source...hot+air+balloon

A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces
height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and
shouts:

"Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"

The man below says: "yes you're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet
above this field."

"You must work in Information Technology," says the balloonist.

"I do," replies the man. "How did you know?"

"Well" says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically
correct, but it's no use to anyone."

The man below says, "You must work in Management".

"I do" replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"

"Well", says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you're
going, but you expect me to be able to help. You're in the same position
you were before we met, but now it's my fault."


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hmm, I've heard a Republican/Democrat version.

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Thanks aminal. I don't use google.

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Yes, both versions have been posted here within the last three months.

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quote:

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Originally posted by The Wraith:
Thanks aminal. I don't use google.

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quote:

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Originally posted by The Wraith:
Thanks aminal. I don't use google.

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Then i suggest you start



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Hey!!! No making fun of hot air balloons!!!

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quote:

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Originally posted by wonderaz:
Hey!!! No making fun of hot air balloons!!!

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Yeah, Wraith, aminal actually educated me, too. Up until he shared that with me, only hot air balloon joke I knew of was that jackass Wonderaz. All he has to do is start yappin' and we have lift-off.

Oh, and there was also the time Paint got drunk, passed out and floated to Tata-pepe, but that doesn't count since those were helium balloons.

Seriously, that joke'd be damn funny if it wasn't the truth. Amen.

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Originally posted by J E B Stuart:
Yeah, Wraith, aminal actually educated me, too. Up until he shared that with me, only hot air balloon joke I knew of was that jackass Wonderaz. All he has to do is start yappin' and we have lift-off.

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Christ Wraith, for someone who has been on the internet since 1884, surprised you couldn't find it. I've seen that so many times that I lost count.

Though usually the Republican/Democrat version.

Wonderaz, know any other hot air balloon jokes?

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No, we are a very serious lot. I think it is because we get lost quite a bit, plus floating around, thousands of feet in the air, in an oversized laundry hamper packed full of high explosives, can make you too nervous to be funny.

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