Dead Bodies and the Peaceful City

***** REBLOG FROM FEBRURARY 26 2007 *****

[SCARY WARNING: MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR SOME BLOGGERS]

Once upon a time a man was reading the latest Repro Report by a river outside of a large peaceful city. As he was reading, he looked across the glistening water and saw a dead body floating downstream. He quickly jumped in the water and pulled the dead body out. As he stacked the body on the side, soon another body floated by.

About that time, a man walked by and asked the him what he was doing. “I’m pulling dead bodies out of the river because if I don’t they will float to the large peaceful city and contaminate the drinking water and make the people sick—and that would be a terrible thing,” the first man said. “I’m an Océ operator at a Repro Shop and have plenty of experience stacking large rolls. I could help you save the city,” the second man said.

As the two men stacked bodies, even more bodies floated down the river. A third man walked by. “What are you guys doing?” he said. The first man said, “Bodies are floating down the river and if they reach the large peaceful city it will contaminate the water and that would be a terrible thing.”“I’m a sales rep at a Repro Shop and can offer you a document management system that you can—” The two men quickly interrupted, “We don’t need a document management system, we need help stacking these bodies.” “Okay,” said the sales rep.

About that time, another man walked by. “What are you guys doing?” he asked. Again the first man repeated, “bodies are floating down the river and if they reach the large peaceful city it will contaminate the water and that would be a terrible thing.” The man said, “We’ll, I’m a driver for a local Repro Shop and I have one question for you.” “What’s that?” said the three men. “Why don’t you go up to the end of the river and find out why some guy is throwing dead bodies in the river.”

MORAL: Sometimes we’re so busy fixing symptoms, we never cure the disease.