One day a woman went on a shopping spree in
She stopped outside a store because she became interested in the big red sign in the window that said “Sharks.” She thought it might be a new clothing or shoe store, so she walked in.
She didn’t find any clothes or shoes inside -- only aisles and aisles of live sharks! On the right were small bowls of water with small sharks. In the middle, big aquariums with big sharks. On the left, there were even bigger tanks with even bigger sharks.
Everywhere she looked, she found sharks in various sizes!
She went out back and there was a pool with eight, ten and twelve foot sharks.
She was astounded.
She tracked down the manager and asked, “How can you afford to import all these different-sized sharks?”
The manager replied, “Oh, you’ve got it wrong -- we only have one distributor. You see, sharks grow to the size of the vessel they’re in. The ones we put in the small bowls will stay small while the ones in the bigger tanks will grow bigger. If we put them in a pool out back -- no telling how large they’ll get!”
“You’re pulling my leg,” the lady responded. “I know a little about sharks and that’s just not true.”
The manager said, “Lady, you’re pretty smart! I’ve been using that story since I opened the store eight months ago, and you’re the first person ever to call me on it! You are right -- it isn’t true about sharks, but it certainly is true about people.”
