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[Jim Ault]

There are four men standing at a bar waiting for a beer to drink.  The
bartender at one end pours a beer and sends it sliding down the bar where
the first man grabs the mug and begins drinking.
A second beer slides down the bar and again, the first man grabs the beer.
This will continue all day and only the first man is drinking.

Now, if the first man is told to grab every beer, inspect it, and then PASS
it down, the second man will get a chance to grab a beer.

In the case where the first man has ordered a scotch on the rocks, he does
not grab the beer, and never tries to grab a beer.  he is not waiting for a
beer.

The first moral is that if you are thirsty, don't stand at the far end of
the bar.
Second, order something no one else wants.
Third, choose a bar where everyone is willing to share and pass the drinks
down the line.

Important note: if the bartender slides a Shirley Temple that no one wants,
it slides to the end of the bar and disappears.  Most messages sent are not
actually trapped and used, but are sent because they are triggered by
events.

And since you wanted this explained in English, imagine the bar is a pub in
London.  The analogy breaks down in this case, however, since as soon as the
first man grabbed the second beer, there would be shouting, fisticuffs, and
a small skirmish.

Jim Ault
Las Vegas




On 9/3/05 11:14 AM, "Tom McDonald" <tmc7056 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I've been wallowing in the Shafer book and Rev tutorials for a week but still
> am unclear on the concept of MESSAGES. Could someone explain it in plain
> English?
> Tom McDonald
> 
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