de tomKronieken

It seems like an "Is this it?" feeling wave is running through blogland: Incessant Ramblings doesn't want to write about his work, and even dive into mark is not too optimistic. The good news is: they blog about not wanting to blog anymore :-)
I can only say this: I love to learn about anecdotes of the bowels of Microsoft (where the author of the first works), and I like to read stuff I don't understand about standard compliance ;-) Lighthouses could be nice also, though.
Which brings me to the following: Mark teaches some zen:

One day Zen Master Bo Woi asked Zen Master Jun Kang, "A long time ago, Zen Master Ma Jo said to the assembly, 'I have a circle. If you enter this circle, I will hit you. If you do not enter this circle, I will also hit you. What can you do?' So I ask you, Jun Kang, if you had been there, how would you have answered?"

Jun Kang replied, "I don't like nonsense. How do I not get hit by Ma Jo's stick?"

Bo Wol answered, "Why are you holding Ma Jo's stick?"

I don't get it. Where does the stick come from? And why shouldn't I hit Ma Jo first? Any help?