your mouth shut

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 idiot! 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!!

Moral: If you're not up-to-date with technology trends, it is better keep
your mouth shut and let people think you're a genius, than to open your
mouth and remove all doubt!!!