A salesman (S) was giving a sales demo of his special machine to a youngish very successful, but obnoxiously arrogant executive.(YE) This machine (M) could answer any question. The sales demo went like this:
YE: "Where is my father now."
M : "He's trout fishing in the Sierras."
YE: "That's impossible, my father died 5 years ago." "This machine is
worthless, I'm not buying it."
S : "I'm confident in this machine,though it may still have a few bugs."
"Why don't you try asking the same question in a different way."
YE: "Where is my mothers' husband now?"
M : "Your mothers' husband has been dead for 5 years, your father just
landed a ten pound trout."
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