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- From: cobra@coyote.datalog.com (Ken Thompson)
- Subject: Humor In The Truest Sense
- Message-ID: <ZP1cuB4w165w@coyote.datalog.com>
- Sender: bbs@coyote.datalog.com (Waffle System)
- Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 01:33:52 GMT
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- I found this, taped on the side of a multi-million dollar piece of shit
- that had been cannabalized for other uses. This piece of gear was
- notorious for breaking down at the most inopportune times (like a woman,
- nearly every month, it got "bitchy", thus, someone had the sense to post
- this for all to see.
-
- Now, that it's going to the great beyond (it's being scrapped), the sign
- should continue to live...I have no idea where this came from, it's been
- photocopied many times...
-
- WARNING!
- THIS MACHINE IS SUBJECT TO BREAKDOWNS DURING PERIODS OF CRITICAL NEED.
-
- A special circuit in the machine called a "critical detector" senses the
- operator's emotional state in terms of how desperate he or she is to use
- the machine. The "critical detector" then creates a malfunction
- proportional to the desperation of the operator. Threatening the machine
- with violence only aggravates the situation. Likewise, attempts to use
- another machine may cause it to also malfunction. They belong to the
- same union. Keep cool and say nice things to the machine. Nothing else
- seems to work.
-
- Never let anything mechanical know you are in a hurry.
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