River Goddess and Software Engineer -From Rejeev M D

Once upon a time, there was a software engineer who used to develop
programs on his Pentium machine, sitting under a tree on the banks of  a
river. He used to earn his bread by selling those programs in the Sunday
market.  One day, while he was working, his machine tumbled off the
table and  fell in the river. 

Encouraged by the Panchatantra story of his  
childhood (the woodcutter and the axe), he started praying to the River
Goddess. The River Goddess wanted to test him and so appeared  only
after one month of rigorous prayers. The engineer told her that he had lost
his computer in the river.  As usual, the Goddess wanted to test his
honesty.She showed him a 'match box' and asked, "Is this your computer ?

"Disappointed by the Goddess' lack of computer awareness, the engineer  
 replied, "No."

She next showed him a pocket-sized 'calculator' and asked if that was
his. Annoyed, the engineer said "No, not at all!!" Finally, she came up with
his own Pentium machine and asked if it was  his. The engineer, left with no
option, sighed and said "Yes."  The River Goddess was happy with his
honesty. She was about to give him all three items, but before she could
make  the offer, the engineer asked her, "Don't you know that you're
supposed to show me some better computers before bringing up my own ?
The River Goddess, angered at this, replied, "I know that, you stupid
donkey!

The first two things I showed you were the Trillennium and the
Billennium,the latest computers from IBM!". So saying,she disappeared 
with the Pentium!!
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Moral: If you're not up-to-date with technology trends, it's better
keep your mouth shut and let people think you're a fool than to 
open your mouth and remove all doubt.