I hope they didn't have cell phones ;-) Annette
Quoting Gary Klatsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > A cute parable for this time of year > > Gary J. Klatsky, Ph. D. > Director, Human Computer Interaction M.A. Program > > Department of Psychology [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Oswego State University (SUNY) http://www.oswego.edu/~klatsky > 7060 State Hwy 104W Voice: (315) 312-3474 > Oswego, NY 13126 Fax: (315) 312-6330 > > All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must > be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert > upon events in the political field. > Albert > Einstein > > > At Duke University, there were four sophomores taking Chemistry and all of > them had an 'A' so far. These four friends were so confident that the > weekend before finals, they decided to visit some friends and have a big > party. They had a great time, but after all the hearty partying; they slept > all day Sunday and didn't make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. > Rather than taking the final then, they decided that after the final, they > would explain to their professor why they missed it. They said that they > visited friends but on the way back, had a flat tire. As a result, they > missed the final. The professor agreed they could make up the final the next > day. The guys were excited and relieved. They studied that night for the > exam. He placed them in separate rooms and gave them a test booklet. They > quickly answered the first problem, worth five point! s. Cool, they > thought! Each one, in separate rooms, thought this is going to be easy. Then > they turned the page. On the second page was written: For 95 points: Which > tire > > > > > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. Department of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
