Sequel To Felix The Flying Frog


So Clarence set out to do this. He advertised in the local newspapers and 
found hundreds of frogs for the void left by Felix. (Because he had wisely
left out the exact job requirement from the advertisement).  He selected the
ten with the highest FGPA (frog grade point average) and formed a team to 
accomplish what he had failed to do with Felix.

This team went through the same three day course as Felix and were full of 
enthusiasm and positive attitude. Feeling that this might be the right time, 
Clarence told his team what exactly was required of them. It didnt take long 
for the positive attitude to be replaced by cynicism. However the most out-
spoken frog of the lot, Peter, (one who had already been marked by Clarence 
as having distinct upper management qualities) refused to let the apparent 
difficulty of the task deter him. He quickly formed a sub-committee of five 
frogs to plan the project and himself started effort estimation. And he also 
chose Dave and Sam, both of whom he didn't like very much, to be the first to
learn to fly.

Needless to say, Dave and Sam didn't live very long. The flying lessons 
continued with the frogs joining Felix one by one. When only Peter was left, 
he tendered his resignation to Clarence, stating low employee commitment as his
reason for dissatisfaction with the project and joined another company where he
was put in charge of training frogs to fly a Mig-21.

Clarence's company, 'Flighty Solutions', was now finding it difficult to 
convince its customers that their frogs could fly. The marketing team was told
to prepare some aggressive marketing strategies to boost the sagging image of 
the company. A week later they had a meeting with the top level managers in 
which they outlined their ideas for an advertising campaign.

Concluding a snazzy Powerpoint presentation, the marketing team said "The frogs
were in the air from the time they went out of the window to the time they hit 
the ground. Technically, therefore, they were flying. From our test records, 
we found that two frogs flew for 5 seconds, three for 7 seconds, and 4 for 8 
seconds, which gives us an average of seven seconds flying time per frog. Our 
new marketing slogan will be 'Fly for seven seconds with Flighty' "

The managers were duly impressed and Clarence set out to recruit a new team.



--  Author Unknown