On Tue, 2 Apr 2013, Toby Thain wrote:
On 02/04/13 10:50 PM, David Griffith wrote:
On Tue, 2 Apr 2013, Dave McGuire wrote:
... I had an argument a few days ago with an
"engineer" (who is a
salesman who apparently USED to be an engineer) who loves the fact that
people send huge HTML-laden emails around, because he SELLS STORAGE
SYSTEMS.
I thought I'd vomit. But I flamed him to the waterline instead.
It's times like that I think it would be a really handy ability to vomit
on demand. "You make me sick! <huaggghhhh!!!> See!"
Pretty sure there are substances that can make this happen. Just need to
keep a capsule in your pocket.
I can think of several, but none have the sort of instant reaction that is
required for this application. A former coworker of mine had such a
reaction to liquid Pepto-Bismol. For some reason, someone kept a bottle
of the stuff in the IT office fridge. One day he complained about
something that would be ordinarily treated with Pepto-Bismol. Someone
offered him the bottle. He politely declined and told us of his unique
reaction: swallow a tiny bit -- instant barf-o-matic. Oddly, he could
take the chewables just fine.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at
cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?