RE: Tomato Story

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> From: dgoulet_at_vicr.com [mailto:dgoulet_at_vicr.com]
>

>  
>   An unemployed man goes to apply for a job with Microsoft as 

>   The manager there arranges for him to take an 
>   aptitude test (Section:Floors, sweeping and cleaning).
>...

It would bet that the joke was inspired by Somerset Maugham's excellent short story "The Verger", featuring a man who is illiterate.

I found an online version of the Somerset Maugham short story here. In my opinion, it's well worth taking 10 minutes of your time to read.

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7695/VERGER.HTM Received on Mon May 14 2001 - 15:45:52 CDT