Grin. I hope it is too, otherwise that has to be the greatest computer neofite in existence!
-----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 8:38 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Customer Frustrations was Side scrollers Hi Dark, Lol! Please, tell me your joking. That's absolutely hilarious. "I've got my keyboard. The wooden board I hang my keys on." That one needs to go down as one of the greatest computer stupidity lines ever. dark wrote: > Oh but Tom, ---- i've ordered Mota, ---- therefore I as your lord and > master here by command you to polish my boots! > > grin! > > Rather reminds me of a friend of mine who worked for a while as a tech > support assistant for the government m.o.t. service and was regularly > phoned by baffled mechanics who, ----- while perfectly happy fixing > cars, couldn't make head nor tale of a computer, ---- much less a > government registration system (and with the Uk government I couldn't > honestly blame them). > > He for instance got one call which opend with an angry cornish > mechanic (think Hagrid), saying "oym gonna take that computerr, oym > gonna put it ootside, and oym gonna run it overr with moy vaaaan!" > > on another occasion the conversation went thus: > > Mechanic: "I can't logue in to this thing" > > "my friend: "well, ---- have you typed your password" > > Mechanic: "typed where?" > > My friend: "----- Well, in the box on screen, ---- just type your > password and press enter" > > "mechanic: "enter?" > > my friend: "Get your keyboard ----" > > "Mechanic: "My keyboard? ---- are you sure? ----" > > "my friend: "yes, ---- just get your keyboard" > > mechanic: "okay, ---- but i don't think it would help" > > there then followed an interval of mysteriously ominous clanking noises. > > Mechanic: "well I've got it, ---- what now" > > my friend: (in great suspicion),"What exactly have you got there" > > Mechanic: "my keyboard, ---- the wooden board I hang my keys on!" > > Beware the Grue! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.