I originally posted this so a few friends could view it.
But one of them posted it to a message board and when I tried to take it
down I was inundated with requests for it, so here it is again.
Thanks to David Rummel, I now have the website address for Hunter Cressel. You can
find him here: http://www.happynowhere.net
No clue where this came from, but I like
it......
Imagine the phone
ringing......
ABBOT: Super Duper Computer Store... Can I help
you?
COSTELLO: Thanks. I'm setting up an office in my den, and I'm
thinking about buying a computer.
ABBOT: Mac?
COSTELLO: No, the
name's Lou
ABBOT: Your computer?
COSTELLO: I don't own a computer.
I want to buy one.
ABBOT: Mac?
COSTELLO: I told you, my name's
Lou
ABBOT: What about Windows?
COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy
in here?
ABBOT: Do you want a computer with windows?
COSTELLO: I
don't know. What will I see when I look in the windows?
ABBOT:
Wallpaper.
COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer
and software.
ABBOT: Software for windows?
COSTELLO: No. On the
computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and
run my business. What have you got?
ABBOT: Office.
COSTELLO:
Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?
ABBOT: I just
did.
COSTELLO: You just did what?
ABBOT: Recommend
something.
COSTELLO: You recommended something?
ABBOT:
Yes.
COSTELLO: For my office?
ABBOT: Yes
COSTELLO: OK, what
did you recommend for my office?
ABBOT: Office.
COSTELLO: Yes, for
my office!
ABBOT: I recommend office with windows.
COSTELLO: I
already have an office and it has windows! OK, let's just say, I'm sitting at
my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?
ABBOT:
word.
COSTELLO: what word?
ABBOT: word in office.
COSTELLO:
the only word in office is Office.
ABBOT: the word in office for
windows.
COSTELLO: which word in office for windows?
ABBOT: the
word you get when you click the blue w
COSTELLO: I'm going to click your
blue w if you don't start with some straight answers OK, forget that.
Can I watch movies on the Internet?
ABBOT: yes, you want real
one.
COSTELLO: maybe a real one, maybe a cartoon What I watch is none
of your business. Just tell me what I need!
ABBOT: real
one.
COSTELLO: if it's a long movie I also want to see reel 2,3&4.
Can I watch them?
ABBOT: of course.
COSTELLO: great, with
what?
ABBOT: real one.
COSTELLO: OK, I'm at my computer and I want
to watch a movie. What do I do?
ABBOT: you click the blue
1
COSTELLO: I click the blue one what?
ABBOT: the blue
1.
COSTELLO: is that different from the blue w?
ABBOT: the blue 1
is Realone and the blue w is word. COSTELLO: what word?
ABBOT: the
word in office for windows.
COSTELLO: but there's three words in office
for windows!
ABBOT: no, just one. but it's the most popular word
in the world
COSTELLO: it is?
ABBOT: yes, but to be fair, there
aren't many other words left. It pretty much wiped out all the
other words out there.
COSTELLO: and that word is real
one?
ABBOT: real one has nothing to do with word. Real one isn't even
part of office.
COSTELLO: stop! Don't start that again. What
about financial bookkeeping you have anything I can track my money
with?
ABBOT: money.
COSTELLO: that's right. What do you
have?
ABBOT: money.
COSTELLO: I need money to track my
money?
ABBOT: it comes bundled with your computer.
COSTELLO:
what's bundled to my computer?
ABBOT: money
COSTELLO: money comes
with my computer?
ABBOT: yes. No extra charge.
COSTELLO: I get a
bundle of money with my computer? How much?
ABBOT: one
copy
COSTELLO: isn't it illegal to copy money?
ABBOT: Microsoft
gave us a license to copy money.
COSTELLO: they can give you a license to
copy money?