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RoccoR5955

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26. I can tell stories to this one.
Fri Dec 16, 2011, 09:43 PM
Dec 2011

As I am a tech who has been doing this for over 20 years.
Here's a good one. Someone once called and said that they had a mouse in their computer, and I should come right away.
I told them that they were supposed to have a mouse, but they said that it wasn't that kind of mouse.
Surely enough, there was a little live mouse in the PC!

Another time, long time ago, someone thought that they had a virus on their computer. I had just gotten done with a call at the Health Department, so decided to pull a prank, and asked for a mask, and a pair of rubber gloves. Upon going to the site that had the virus, I put them on, and the woman got out some lysol, thinking that it would help get rid of the virus, and asked if there was a chance that she would catch it.

Those are two. I think some day I'll write a book about them.

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Drinktray stuck shut again? Occulus Apr 2011 #1
No. That flimsy piece of craptastic plastic broke off after it tried to close with my carmug in it struggle4progress Apr 2011 #4
You need to update your hard drive canetoad Apr 2011 #2
Can't I just run it through the dishwasher? struggle4progress Apr 2011 #3
That would drown the magic pixies living inside it Occulus May 2011 #5
lol Hutzpa Dec 2011 #11
back up my hard drive? Where's the reverse switch??? wizstars Dec 2011 #12
Since all the pix were wiped between trials canetoad Dec 2011 #14
is your mouse trying to bite you again ? :p nt steve2470 May 2011 #6
It's frickin tryin to blind me! Just try starin into that red unblinkin cyclopean eye struggle4progress May 2011 #7
I always wondered if that was like staring into the sun ! :) nt steve2470 May 2011 #8
Have you tried defenestration? HopeHoops Dec 2011 #9
of myself or of my problem box? struggle4progress Dec 2011 #20
Well I think either would probably solve the problem, but I meant the box. HopeHoops Dec 2011 #21
Quick alert the Internets! Rex Dec 2011 #10
Unplug the outlet strip from the outlet strip, and plug it into the WALL outlet........ wizstars Dec 2011 #13
format c: /s Renew Deal Dec 2011 #15
rm -rf / struggle4progress Dec 2011 #16
Sounds like a nut loose on the keyboard SecularMotion Dec 2011 #17
Paperweights have their uses too. ElboRuum Dec 2011 #18
PBK&C N/T Old Codger Dec 2011 #19
This thread is freaking priceless! EvolveOrConvolve Dec 2011 #22
Isaac Asimov identified your problem: wizstars Dec 2011 #23
Try a chown. gkhouston Dec 2011 #24
! struggle4progress Dec 2011 #25
I can tell stories to this one. RoccoR5955 Dec 2011 #26
Don't forget the classic "my P is stuck" wandy Dec 2011 #29
o_0 Lucky mouse chrisa Dec 2011 #31
Seems to be happening more often to me lately as well.. IDemo Dec 2011 #27
If that mouse is plugged into a serial port, we have a BIG problem...... wizstars Dec 2011 #28
My beautiful assistant looked at it and said 473 tubes are going bad. sorry BlueJazz Dec 2011 #30
It's fine - the internet has 1000's of other series of tubes. chrisa Dec 2011 #32
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