I just cannot resist. We moved to the US a few years ago and the other day my wife was talking to one of our children's teacher. They were making an appointment for a meeting and my wife said: "...so I see you around fifteen hundred hours...". The "deer in the headlights" look washes over the teachers face until my wife "corrects" the statement with - "...I mean I will see you at 3pm...".
Corneel Booysen. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Fochtman Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 8:41 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: OT: Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomor... -------------------<snip>---------------------- >Oh, good, so it's not just me... ;) > >For some reason, I do that all the time. The look on their face says it all. > >At a local pizza place, they sell soup, pretty good soup I might add. On the board it's 12oz, 16oz and 32oz. I always order it by Pint or Quart. That gets them going as well. Ah... a pint, that's 32oz, right...? No, wait, isn't that 16oz? > >I know, I know, I'm an anal-orifice (tm). > > -----------------<unsnip>-------------------- At our local McDonalds, I once asked for McNuggets. Offered sizes of 8, 12, or 16, I asked for a dozen. Got the "Deer in the headlights" stare; she had to call the manager to decypher "dozen". Tell me about the "dumbing down" of America! :-( ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
