Will it be compatible?

wenwilder · #1 (**permalink**) 06-02-2004, 09:28 AM

I overheard a nice conversation one day in a computer shop:

Customer: I'd like a mouse mat please.

Assistant: Certainly sir, we've got a large variety.

0 Customer while looking at said mats then asked: "But will they be compatible with my computer?"

All I could do to keep a straight face was walk out of the shop.

They must have owned a Compaq ;)
Sorry, that wasn't nice :p

lspence · #2 (**permalink**) 06-02-2004, 12:48 PM

This is funny, and sad at the same time! :) :(

pedstersplanet · #3 (**permalink**) 06-02-2004, 01:16 PM

A blonde female by any chance? lol

Sorry, typical English response :P

wclew · #4 (**permalink**) 06-03-2004, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by wenwilder

Assistant: Certainly sir, we've got a large variety.

Sorry pedstersplanet, I think that means it was a guy! ;o) I won't speak of his color though, could be blond. lol

venividi · #5 (**permalink**) 06-03-2004, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by wenwilder

A Customer while looking at said mats then asked: "But will they be compatible with my computer?"

There is even better (or worse depending on the way you see it). The girl who is doing a stage at my office after taking EC-sponsored web designer (I repeat, web designer) classes told me what one of her fellow students did on the first day after turning on the computer. Now please do this to understand the explanation:
Hold your hand out as a beggar, put the mouse on your palm and, yes, now move your hand up and down and from left to right in front of the screen ....

Valeria

mikmik · #6 (**permalink**) 06-03-2004, 10:30 AM

wen wrote

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They must have owned a Compaq ;)

Sorry, that wasn't nice :p

Ya, you left out 'eMachines' ROTFL ;-]

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venividi,

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Hold your hand out as a beggar, put the mouse on your palm and, yes, now move your hand up and down and from left to right in front of the screen ....

I would pay good money to see that, haha! A classic moment, I'm sure :o)

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For pedstersplanet and 'crazy salesman' wclew':

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Q. How do you know a blonde has been using a computer?
A. There is whiteout all over the screen.
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A woman was in her front yard, moving her lawnmower when her atractive blonde neighbour came out of his house and went straight to the mailbox. He opened it then slammed it shut and stormed back in the house. A little while later, he came out and again he checked his mailbox and angrily stormed back into his house. As the woman was getting ready to mow the lawn...he came out again, marched to the mailbox, opened it and slammed it closed. Puzzled by his actions the woman asked hin "Is something wrong?". To which he replied, "There certainly is!.......

My stupid computer keeps saying "YOU'VE GOT MAIL!"

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JUST FOUND!

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Most of these stories are true. Some happened to me personally. Some happened to friends of mine. Some are considered urban legends, but even most of these are more likely to have happened in some form or another than not. Skeptics look at such stories and doubt their truth. But reason, common sense, and experience tell me that if you sit someone who isn't computer literate (even a smart someone) down in front of a computer, you're bound to accrue anecdotes no less outrageous than these. You'd be surprised.

Computer Stupidities

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An man purchased a laptop from me. He called about a week later and said that it would no longer boot up. He brought it in, and I discovered that sixteen nicely drilled holes were in the bottom of the case. I asked him about it, and he said the machine was too hot sitting on his lap, so he had drilled these "air holes."

"Could that be the problem?" he asked

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sparky_t · #7 (**permalink**) 06-03-2004, 12:30 PM

Nice Site MikMik :>>>>>>