Date: Monday, 23 January 1995 9:22am ET
To: Leo.Sell,
Todd.VanHoosear,
Lisa.Klobucar
From: Marilyn.Everingham@MSU
Subject: FW: 9th husband
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From: Dawn Echols <dawne@microsoft.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 95 14:45:54 +0100
Subject: FW: 9th husband
<forwards courting>
from a Frenchman at MS Munich/Germany...
9th husband
An (insert the name of the company you like!) Marketing Manager got married
to a woman who had previously been married eight times.
On his wedding night, his wife informed him that she was still
a virgin. This puzzled the Marketing Manager, since after eight marriages he
thought that at least one of her husbands would have been able to perform. He
asked his new bride to explain the phenomena. Her comments were as follows:
My first husband was a Sales Representative who spent our entire marriage
telling me, in grandiose terms, "It's gonna be great!"
My second husband was from Software Services; he was never quite sure how
it was supposed to function, but he said he would send me documentation.
My third husband was from Field Service who constantly said that everything
was diagnostically "OK", but he just couldn't get the system up.
My fourth husband was from Educational Services, and he simply said, "Those
who can... do; those who can't... teach."
My fifth husband was from Logistics who said that he had the orders, but he
wasn't quite sure when he was going to be able to deliver.
My sixth husband was an engineer. He told me that he understood the basic
process but needed three years to research, implement, and design a new
state-of-the-art method.
My seventh husband was from Finance & Administration. His comments
were that
he knew how, but he just wasn't sure whether or not it was his job.
My eighth husband was from Standards and Regulations and told me that he was
up to the standards but that regulations said nothing about how to do it.'
The wife said sweetly to her new husband, "Now I am married to you, a man of
Marketing." The husband looked at his wife and simply said, "I know I have
the product, I'm just not sure how to position it!"