posted on September 13, 2000 11:13:12 AM new
The American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The Mexican replied that it only took a little while.
The American then asked why didn't he stay out longer and catch more fish?
The Mexican said he had enough to support his family's immediate needs.
The American then asked, "but what do you do with the rest of your time?"
The Mexican fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos, I have a full and
busy life."
The American scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats, eventually you
would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and
distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise."
The Mexican fisherman asked, "But, how long will this all take?"
To which the American replied, "15-20 years."
"But what then?"
The American laughed and said that's the best part. "When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions."
"Millions. Then what?"
The American said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where
you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos."
Many thanks for a new topic. I was beginning to take it personally each time I checked and found "Celebrity Survivor" and "What do you think of Coach Knight" at the top of the list.
posted on September 13, 2000 02:48:05 PM new
I think I am living the life of the fisherman...
The Mexican fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos, I have a full and busy life."
My version;
The crazy Barry said,"I sleep late, surf the internet a little, play with my toys (stereo, TV ect.), take siesta (no wife), each evening I sip Southern Comfort and hang out with my amigos, I have a full and busy life."
Barry (I am very lucky and very happy) Barris
Edited for the UBB bug...
[ edited by barrybarris on Sep 13, 2000 02:50 PM ]
posted on September 13, 2000 02:57:17 PM new
KRS
Very funny I'm going to tell this one to some of my friends who work at NASA. They are wound about as tight as it gets without snapping.
Barry (truley a gentle old soul)Barris
you are blessed
posted on September 13, 2000 03:18:20 PM new
While this story was unfolding overfishing the area had wiped out the fish stocks.
The growth in associated industry had destroyed the original character of the sleepy village.
The growth of the original population and lack of planning resulted in pollution and destruction of the local environment.
The large town that sprung up to support the expanding fishing industry attracted drug dealers and other low life's with a huge upsurge in crime.
Original families moved away to the big cities to be lost in the urban jungles only to find out that they couldn't cope without the network of close family support that they used to have with each other.
The original fisherman grew sick from the years of stress involved in running his empire and died of a heart attack.
Fish world wide had become so contaminated because of chemical residues absorbed in the food chain that they were not safe to be eaten, causing the collapse of commercial fishing and throwing millions of people into unemployment and misery.
The original advisor was a vegetarian who never ate fish and years earlier had run off to a hidden retreat in the Himalayan Mountains to study yoga and was never heard from again.
Bob, Downunder but never down.
posted on September 14, 2000 07:29:27 AM new
pare-au it took many many years of practice for me to achieve this levelof meisspelling. please allow me to correct. Fud for thot should read 'foood fer thaught' and no initial caps please.
or, you could revert to usual parea-au-speak and say:
Nutritive and semi-nutritive substances designed to be masticated and ruminated in order to release certain vitamins, minerals and caloric content which aid cognitive and analytic processes of the furious brainiac. Furious referring only to the speed of those gray matter functionalities and not to any other possible personal quality or reputation of the esteemed poster known as pare-au.
yes the same person wrote both paragraphs in the same amount of time but i had the mental spell check on for the pare-au-speak one. send me a private email here at auctionwatch and i'll supply you with your daily diet plan for cognitive processes. best, enchanted
