29 Sep
1998
29 Sep
'98
1:50 a.m.
From: "F.J. Ted Douglas"
<tdouglas(a)MNSi.Net>
To: "Charles Fox" <foxvideo(a)wincom.net>
Subject: Fw: Who's on Start?
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 14:31:08 -0400
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-----Original Message-----
From: Meg Perry <callusedwarhorse(a)hotmail.com>
To: tamahome(a)tvo.org <tamahome(a)tvo.org>rg>; not(a)idirect.com <not(a)idirect.com>om>;
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Cc: tdouglas(a)MNSi.Net <tdouglas(a)MNSi.Net>
Date: September 28, 1998 8:30 AM
Subject: Who's on Start?
Costello: Hey, Abbott!
Abbott: Yes, Lou?
Costello: I just got my first computer.
Abbott: That's great, Lou. What did you get?
Costello: A Pentium II-266, with 40 Megs of RAM, a 2.1 Gig hard drive,
and a 24X CD-ROM.
Abbott: That's terrific, Lou.
Costello: But I don't know what any of it means!
Abbott: You will in time.
Costello: That's exactly why I'm here to see you.
Abbott: Oh?
Costello: I heard that you're a real computer expert.
Abbott: Well, I don't know . . .
Costello: Yes-sir-ee. You know your stuff. And you're going to train
me.
Abbott: Really?
Costello: Uh huh. And I am here for my first lesson.
Abbott: O.K. Lou. What do want to know?
Costello: I am having no problem turning it on, but I heard that you
should
be very careful how you turn it
off.
Abbott: That's true.
Costello: So, here I am working on my new computer and I want to turn
it off. What do I do?
Abbott: Well, first you press the Start button, and then . . .
Costello: No, I told you I want to turn it off.
Abbott: I know, you press the Start button . . .
Costello: Wait a second. I want to turn it Off. I know how to start
it.
So tell me what to do.
Abbott: I did.
Costello: When?
Abbott: When I told you to press the Start button.
Costello: Why should I press the Start button?
Abbott: To shut off the computer.
Costello: I press Start to stop?
Abbott: Well, Start doesn't actually stop the computer.
Costello: I knew it! So what do I press?
Abbott: Start.
Costello: Start what?
Abbott: Start button.
Costello: Start button to do what?
Abbott: Shut down.
Costello: You don't have to get rude!
Abbott: No, no, no! That's not what I meant.
Costello: Then say what you mean.
Abbott: To shut down the computer, press . . .
Costello: Don't say, "Start!"
Abbott: Then what do you want me to say?
Costello: Look, if I want to turn off the computer, I am willing to
press
the Stop button, the End button and
Cease and Desist
button,
but no one in their right mind
presses the Start to Stop.
Abbott: But that's what you do.
Costello: And you probably Go at Stop signs, and Stop at green lights.
Abbott: Don't be ridiculous.
Costello: I'm being ridiculous? Well, I think it's about time we
started
this conversation.
Abbott: What are you talking about?
Costello: I am starting this conversation right now. Good-bye.
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