Fastest Thing

Subject: THE FASTEST THING
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> > An office manager was given the task of hiring an individual 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?"
> > Acknowledging the first man on his right, the man replied, "A
> > THOUGHT.
> > It just pops into your head. There's no warning that it's on
the
> > way; it's
> > just there. A thought is the fastest thing I know of."
> > "That's very good!" replied the interviewer. "And now you
> sir?" he
> > asked the second man.
> > "Hmm....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 clichi 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
> > in 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 the fourth and final man, the interviewer posed the
> same
> > question.
> > The last man replied, "After hearing the three previous answers,
> > It's obvious to me that the fastest thing known is DIARRHEA."
> > "WHAT!?" said the interviewer, stunned by the response.
> > "Oh I can explain." said the fourth man. "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 shit my
pants!"
> >
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> > HE GOT THE JOB.
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