Posted on 10/19/2021 3:17:29 AM PDT by sodpoodle
A woman in a hot air balloon realizes she is lost. She lowers her altitude and spots a man fishing from a boat below.
She shouts to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man consults his portable GPS and replies, "You're in a hot air balloon, about 40 feet above a ground elevation of 2,400 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude."
She rolls her eyes and says, "You must be a Republican!"
"I am," replies the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," answers the balloonist, "Everything you tell me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you're not much help to me."
The man smiles and responds, "You must be a Democrat."
"I am,” replies the balloonist. "How did you know?"
"Well," says the man, "You don't know where you are or where you're going. You've risen to where you are due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and now you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault."
I didn’t know that my estranged wife had made an outing in a hot air balloon. One learns something new every day.
The last sip of coffee went SPLUT out of my nose....
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Very Nice. Thank you for the laugh
The rats are not just lost, they are dangerous.
Good one but I’ve heard it before. Not sure but probably here on FR a decade or so ago. That said the good ones need the occasional reprise.
Did she ever show up?
Well, cupcake (the broad in the balloon) if an exact location doesn’t tell you where you are on the face of the earth, did you not at least take a map with you?
No cell phone that can consult a map?
No bloody idea a’tall what direction you might drift when surely you noticed what direction the wind was blowing at launch?
You didn’t know ahead of time that winds blow in layers as you rise?
If you took none of these simple precautions, my sympathy is for the poor dude you rented the balloon from.
Glad I finished my coffee 2 hours ago...
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Consider it stolen! Nice one.
Hey I stole it so there...lol
I’ll give you one that I stole:
A moth flies into a chiropractor’s office.
Moth: Doc, I’ve got trouble. I’ve got six feet and they all hurt real badly.
Doc: Well, I’m sorry, but you need to see a podiatrist, not me. Why did you fly in here?
Moth: Well, the light was on...
An oldie but a goodie.
Any time she thinks I have money or can’t find a babysitter.
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