| Take a Break! |
|
| There has been much in the press recently about increasing the representation of women in government and in the board rooms…… |
|
When I got home last night, my wife demanded that I take her someplace expensive...
so, I took her to a gas station. |
|
| And that's when the fight started... |
|
My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary.
She said, "I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds."
I bought her a bathroom scale. |
|
| And that's when the fight started... |
|
I tried to talk my wife into buying a case of Molson Canadian for $24.95.
Instead, she bought a jar of face cream for $17.95.
I told her the beer would make her look better at night than the face cream. |
|
| And that's when the fight started... |
|
A man and a woman were asleep like two innocent babies.
Suddenly, at 3 O'clock in the morning, a loud noise came from outside.
The woman, bewildered, jumped up from the bed and yelled at the man 'Holy shit! that Must be my husband!' So the man jumped out of the bed, scared and naked, and jumped out the window.
He smashed himself on the ground, ran through a thorn bush, to his car, as fast as he could.
A few minutes later he returned and went up to the room and screamed at the woman, 'I AM your Husband!'
The woman yelled back, 'Yeah, then why were you running?'
|
|
| And that's when the fight started... |
|
My wife sat down on the couch next to me as I was flipping channels.
She asked, 'What's on TV?'
I said, 'Dust.' |
|
| And that's when the fight started... |
|
| The Difference Between Lateral And Logical Thinking |
|
Many years ago in a small village, |
|
A farmer had the misfortune Of owing a large sum of money to a village moneylender. |
|
The Moneylender, who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful Daughter. So he proposed a bargain. |
|
He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he could marry his Daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the Proposal. |
|
So the cunning money-lender suggested that they let Providence decide the matter. |
|
He told them that he would put a black Pebble and a white pebble into an empty money bag. Then the girl would have to pick one pebble from the bag. |
|
1) If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be forgiven. |
|
2) If she picked the white pebble she need not marry him and her father's debt would still be forgiven. |
|
3) But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into Jail. |
|
They were standing on a pebble strewn path in the farmer's field. As They talked, the moneylender bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he Picked them up, the sharp-eyed girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag. |
|
He then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag. |
|
Careful analysis would produce three possibilities: |
|
1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble. |
|
2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag And expose the money-lender as a cheat. |
|
3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order To save her father from his debt and imprisonment. |
|
Take a moment to ponder over the story. The above story is used with the hope that it will make us appreciate the difference between lateral and logical thinking. |
|
The girl's dilemma cannot be solved with Traditional logical thinking. Think of the consequences if she chooses the above logical answers. |
|
What would you recommend to the Girl to do? |
|
Well, here is what she did .... |
|
The girl put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without Looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles. |
|
"Oh, how clumsy of me," she said. "But never mind, if you look into the Bag for the one that is left, you will be able to tell which pebble I picked." |
|
Since the remaining pebble is black, it must be assumed that she had picked the white one. And since the money-lender dared not admit his Dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one. |
|
Moral of the Story: |
|
Most complex problems do have a solution. It is only that we don't ATTEMPT to think. |
|
^Top |
