Re: Hihi!

Martin DiViaio wrote:
> 
> Since the subject has come up, here is a comedy piece someone sent me
> a long time ago. While the ending MAY not have happened, I'm willing
> to bet that somewhere someone did make a call like this. (Oh well, so
> much for my faith in human nature   :)
>
>   Helpline
>  =--=
>  "Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?"
> 
>  "Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
>...
>  "Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."

So much for your faith in human nature? Hmmmm. OTOH, it's very much part
of human nature that this story will continue to be circulated, and
circulated, and circulated ... even though it's firmly established that
the ending DIDN'T happen. See
http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps,ST_m=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=350300434 ,
which quotes the original message (undated, unfortunately) from the
person who actually answered the call. The crucial bit of the message is:
,-----------
"Well, turn on the office light then."
   "I can't."
"No?  Why not?"
  "Because there's a power outage."
"A p--!"
[ARGH!]

This woman was good friends with my supervisor, who was also a French
professor (still is, matter of fact--and in addition, she's now also
my wife), so I couldn't deal with her the way I really wanted to, and
was forced to explain sweetly and gently to her that computers needed
power just like office lights, and if the office lights were out, then
the computer was too, and that yes, if she hadn't saved her work she
had probably lost everything she'd done so far in WordPerfect.  But I
could still fantasize:

"A power outage?  Aha!  Okay, we've got it licked now.  Do you still
have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff your computer came in?"
  "Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."
"Good!  Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like
it was when you got it.  Then take it back to the store you bought it
from."
`-----------
... etc.

So now you know.
-- 
Matthew `can't remember the last time I was on-topic' Thomas
Columnist, http://www.newsroom.co.nz/
Webmaster, http://www.ucsa.canterbury.ac.nz/clubs/kakariki/
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