What would your answer be?
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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."
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> "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.."
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> "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 in the barn comes on in less than an instant.
> Yep, TURNING ON A LIGHT is the fastest thing I can think of."
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> 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 s**t my pants!
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> HE GOT THE JOB !