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does this story tell us something?
A traveler was stumbling through the desert, desperate for water,
when he saw something far off in the distance.
Hoping to find water, he walked toward the image, only to find a
little old peddler sitting at a card table with a bunch of ties laid
out for sale.
The parched wanderer asked, "Please, I'm dying of thirst, can I have
some water?"
The man replied "I don't have any water, but why don't you buy a tie?
Here's one that goes nicely with your clothes."
The desperate man shouted, "I don't want a tie, you idiot, I need water!"
"OK, don't buy a tie. But to show you what a nice guy I am, I'll tell you that over that hill there, about 5 miles, is a nice restaurant. Walk that way, they'll give you all the water you want."
The man thanked the peddler and walked away toward the hill and eventually disappeared out of sight. Three hours later he returned.
The man at the card table asked, "I told you, about 5 miles over that hill. Couldn't you find it?"
"I found it all right. They wouldn't let me in without a tie." |
