I'll start with this one: The American businessman was at the pier of a small South Pacific Island village when a small proa with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small proa was a dorrado several large grouper. The American complimented the Islander on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The Islander replied, "Only a little while." The American then asked why didn't he stay out longer and catch more fish? The Islander said he had enough to support his family's immediate needs. The American then asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?" The fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take a late afternoon nap with my wife, Helia, stroll into the village each evening where I sip rum and play guitar with my friends, I have a full and busy life." The American scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small fishing village and move to Australia, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise." The South Seas fisherman asked, "But, how long will this all take?" To which the American replied, "15-20 years." "But what then?" The American laughed and said that's the best part. "When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions." "Millions, realy? Then what?" The American said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take a late afternoon nap with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings here you could sip rum and play your guitar with your friends."

I had to share this gem These two books contain the sum total of all knowledge: https://img-9gag-lol.9cache.com/photo/aOyY1Ey_700b.jpg

Apparently NASA has launched a new website - https://gmatcentral.org/ You can now take a GMAT Course from NASA P.S. Let's see if GMAC writes them a nasty-gram about the use of the trademarked word.

too good.. great dig, bb ... following I found on Google.. https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-H0NcX4rLa3w/Tzzm6R2Ry2I/AAAAAAAAARw/X9AaUt4JZ2Q/s640/419757_10150538280376302_92741221301_9427389_526656838_n.jpg https://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/09/c7/9d/09c79d2d1099311997417f75fbf3b9c0.jpg https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-l7lCaTlOa1I/UEbiBn_CC6I/AAAAAAAAAic/eKqfApSb7is/s640/MBA+Meme.jpg https://www.taxguru.net/comix/TVstockgurus.gif

Another ... https://jurgenkaljuvee.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/polish-bloke.png

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There is a page on my blog with my favorite MBA jokes: https://parttimembadegree.com/2010/01/28/favorite-mba-jokes/. Most of them were listed in this thread. Still there are a couple of youtube videos on part-time MBA vs full-time MBA students that I find quite funny. Mind you, I am a part-time MBA myself. I was also pleased to see in this thread that MBAs can take the jokes about themselves. Specifically, the Fedex Commercial (https://parttimembadegree.com/2010/09/16/mba-joke-fedex-commercial/); I found this https://www.complaints.com/october2003/complaintoftheday.october6.14.htm on complaints.com. That reaction to the video is a joke in itself.
One more site with jokes on MBA, probably the oldest one, as google always brings it on top of searches: https://www.yamanoor.com/h/mbaj.htm

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Apparently NASA has launched a new website - https://gmatcentral.org/

You can now take a GMAT Course from NASA :-)

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P.S. Let's see if GMAC writes them a nasty-gram about the use of the trademarked word.

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