>
> Copied from the CRTECH Forum:
>
> Here's something that I read today, thought some of y'all might like
it:
>
>
> "Abbott & Costello on Computers"
>
>
> ABBOTT: 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.
>
> ABBOTT: Mac?
>
> COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.
>
> ABBOTT: Your computer?
>
> COSTELLO: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one.
>
> ABBOTT: Mac?
>
> COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou!
>
> ABBOTT: What about Windows?
>
> COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?
>
> ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?
>
> COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look in the
windows?
>
> ABBOTT: Wallpaper.
>
> COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.
>
> ABBOTT: 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?
>
> ABBOTT: Office.
>
> COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?
>
> ABBOTT: I just did.
>
> COSTELLO: You just did what?
>
> ABBOTT: Recommend something.
>
> COSTELLO: You recommended something?
>
> ABBOTT: Yes.
>
> COSTELLO: For my office?
>
> ABBOTT: Yes.
>
> COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?
>
> ABBOTT: Office.
>
> COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!
>
> ABBOTT: 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?
>
> ABBOTT: Word.
>
> COSTELLO: What word?
>
> ABBOTT: Word in Office.
>
> COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.
>
> ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.
>
> COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?
>
> ABBOTT: 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?
>
> ABBOTT: 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!
>
> ABBOTT: Real One.
>
> COSTELLO: If it's a long movie I also want to see reel 2, 3, and 4.
Can
> I watch them?
>
> ABBOTT: Of course.
>
> COSTELLO: Great, with what?
>
> ABBOTT: Real One.
>
> COSTELLO: OK, I'm at my computer and I want to watch a movie. What
do I
> do?
>
> ABBOTT: You click the blue 1
>
> COSTELLO: I click the blue one what?
>
> ABBOTT: The blue 1.
>
> COSTELLO: Is that different from the blue W?
>
> ABBOTT: The blue 1 is Real One and the blue W is Word.
>
> COSTELLO: What word?
>
> ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.
>
> COSTELLO: But there's three words in "office for windows!"
>
> ABBOTT: No, just one. But it's the most popular Word in the world.
>
> COSTELLO: It is?
>
> ABBOTT: 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?
>
> ABBOTT: 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- do you have anything I can track my money with?
>
> ABBOTT: Money.
>
> COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have?
>
> ABBOTT: Money.
>
> COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?
>
> ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.
>
> COSTELLO: What's bundled to my computer?
>
> ABBOTT: Money.
>
> COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer! ?
>
> ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.
>
> COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?
>
> ABBOTT: One copy.
>
> COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?
>
> ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.
>
> COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?
>
> ABBOTT: Why not, they own it.
>
>
> Hope you got a laugh out of this...
>
> Steve Hall
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