A manager at the council had the task of hiring someone to fill a job
opening. After sorting through a stack of resumes he found four people
who were equally qualified. He decided to call the four in and ask them
only one question. Their answer would determine which of them would get
the job.
The day came and as the four sat around the conference room table, the
interviewer asked, ‘What is the fastest thing you know of?’
The first man replied, ‘A THOUGHT.’ It just pops into your head. There’s
no warning.
‘That’s very good!’ replied the interviewer. ‘And, now you sir?’ he
asked the second man.
‘Hmmm… let me see. A blink! It comes and goes and you don’t know that it
ever happened. A BLINK is the fastest thing I know of.’
‘Excellent!’ said the interviewer. ‘The blink of an eye, that’s a very
popular cliché for speed.’ He then turned to the third man, who was
contemplating his reply.
‘Well, out at my dad’s ranch, you step out of the house and on the wall
there’s a light switch. When you flip that switch, way out across the
pasture the light on the barn comes on in less than an instant. ‘Yep,
TURNING ON A LIGHT is the fastest thing I can think of’.
The interviewer was very impressed with the third answer and thought he
had found his man. ‘It’s hard to beat the speed of light,’ he said.
Turning to Bernie, the fourth and final man, the interviewer posed the
same question.
Old Bernie replied, ‘After hearing the previous three answers, it’s
obvious to me that the fastest thing known is DIARRHEA.’
‘WHAT!?’ said the interviewer, stunned by the response.
‘Oh sure’, said Bernie. ‘You see, the other day I wasn’t feeling so
good, and I ran for the bathroom, but before I could THINK, BLINK, or
TURN ON THE LIGHT, I had already s**t my pants.’
Bernie is now the new head planner at your local council.
