[BITList] Fwd: Abbot and Costello for today

[John Feltham]

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This is exhausting !!


Subject: Abbot and Costello for today




You  have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, and too  
old to  REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this. For  
those of us who  sometimes get flustered by our computers, please read  
on...

If Bud  Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their famous sketch,  
'Who's on  First?' might have turned out something like  this:



  COSTELLO  CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT

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 at 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 do you  have?

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 with 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. What about financial bookkeeping? 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 with 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!


  (A few days later)

ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store.  Can I help you?

COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer  off?

ABBOTT: Click on  'START'..............































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