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There was once a couple named Nancy and Mike Tate, and it was
theirlife's dream to have a compass company. They finally saved enoug
hmoney and started the Tate's Compass Company.

Luck was with them, for the first contract they acquired was to
manufacture 750,000 compasses for the Boy Scouts.

Nancy and Mike worked feverishly day and night to meet their deadline,
and finished just before the Boy Scout Jamboree was to begin.

On the day of the Boy Scout Wilderness hike, each boy scout was given
a Tate's Compass to help them find their way.

Unfortunately, it was discovered a little too late that every single
compass was made with the colored point of the needle facing the wrong
way, so when one was facing North, the needle pointed to the South.

Needless to say, all of the boy scouts got lost and it was the biggest
fiasco known in Boy Scout history. The Tate's compass company went out
of business, but from this experience came the familiar adage:

"He who has a Tate's is lost." (Say it out loud).