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#41
April 1st 05, 06:33 PM
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"Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message
. .. Roy Smith wrote: After a half an hour of this, the tech says, "Sir, do you still have the box the computer came in?". The hapless person on the phone admits that he does. "OK, sir, what I want you to do is take the computer, put it back in the box, and return it to the store you bought it from. You are obviously too stupid to own a a computer". True story, the problem was because the electricity was off, and the computer owner thought it should work without any... Tech was fired over that comment too... Nope, urban legend. http://www.snopes.com/humor/business/wordperf.htm --Gary 
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#42
April 1st 05, 06:51 PM
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Gary Drescher wrote:
True story, the problem was because the electricity was off, and the computer owner thought it should work without any... Tech was fired over that comment too... Nope, urban legend. http://www.snopes.com/humor/business/wordperf.htm Nope true story: http://www.snopes.com/humor/business...erf.htm#stupid Except for the getting fired part, he married her instead...
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#43
April 1st 05, 07:04 PM
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Darrel Toepfer wrote:
Nope true story: http://www.snopes.com/humor/business...erf.htm#stupid Except for the getting fired part, he married her instead... And except for the punch line. George Patterson Whosoever bloweth not his own horn, the same shall remain unblown.
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April 1st 05, 07:11 PM
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George Patterson wrote:
And except for the punch line. She probably wouldn't have married him if he had...
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#45
April 6th 05, 02:56 AM
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On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 12:33:09 -0500, "Gary Drescher"
wrote: "Darrel Toepfer" wrote in message ... Roy Smith wrote: After a half an hour of this, the tech says, "Sir, do you still have the box the computer came in?". The hapless person on the phone admits that he does. "OK, sir, what I want you to do is take the computer, put it back in the box, and return it to the store you bought it from. You are obviously too stupid to own a a computer". True story, the problem was because the electricity was off, and the computer owner thought it should work without any... Tech was fired over that comment too... Nope, urban legend. http://www.snopes.com/humor/business/wordperf.htm Urban legend does not necessiarly mean it's false. It may have been repeated so often as to have taken on a life of its own. Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com --Gary
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