Date:         Sun, 31 May 1998 17:26:41 -0400
Reply-To:     Mark Rokus <marokus@VOYAGER.NET>
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From:         Mark Rokus <marokus@VOYAGER.NET>
Subject:      School of Bad Mechanics
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> Maybe this will help you decide on when choosing a mechanic:

Is he afraid of fuel injection?(vanagon content :-))

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> Transformation Management 101
> Start with a cage containing five apes.  In the cage, hang a banana on a
> string and put stairs under it.  Before long, an ape will go to the
> stairs and start to climb towards the banana, but as soon as he touches
> the stairs, spray all of the apes with cold water.
> After a while, another ape makes an attempt with the same result - all
> the apes are sprayed with cold water.  Turn off the cold water.  If,
> later, another ape tries to climb the stairs, the other apes will try to
> prevent it even though no water sprays them.
> Now, remove one ape from the cage and replace it with a new one.  The
> new ape sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs.  To his horror,
> all of the other apes attack him.  After another attempt and attack, he
> knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.  Next,
> remove another of the original five apes and replace it with a new one.
> The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked.  The previous newcomer
> takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm.  Again, replace a third
> original ape with a new one. The new one makes it to the stairs and is
> attacked as well.  Two of the four apes that beat him have no idea why
> they were not permitted to climb the stairs, or why they are
> participating in the beating of the newest ape.
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> After replacing the fourth and fifth original apes, all the apes which
> have been sprayed with cold water have been replaced.  Nevertheless, no
> ape ever again approaches the stairs. Why not?  "Because that's the way
> it's always been around here."  Sound familiar?
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