Fw: Who's on Start?

From: Charles E. Fox <foxvideo_at_wincom.net>
Date: Tue Sep 29 05:50:18 1998

>From: "F.J. Ted Douglas" <tdouglas_at_MNSi.Net>
>To: "Charles Fox" <foxvideo_at_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_at_hotmail.com>
>To: tamahome_at_tvo.org <tamahome_at_tvo.org>; not_at_idirect.com <not_at_idirect.com>;
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>Cc: tdouglas_at_MNSi.Net <tdouglas_at_MNSi.Net>
>Date: September 28, 1998 8:30 AM
>Subject: Who's on Start?
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>>> 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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