[ale] [HUMOR] Abbot & Costello Revisited

[Marc Ferguson]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:23 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Marc Ferguson <marcferguson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>       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
> >>       infamous 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?
> >>
> <snip>
> >>       (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'.............
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> --
> >> James P. Kinney III
> >> Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness
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> > Ha-ha, it was a bit long, but funny.  I haven't seen the original "Who's
> on
> > First" bit, but I've heard it.  We need to post this online so I can
> tweet
> > it to the rest of the Linux community.  They'll get a chuckle out of it!
> :D
> >
> > --
> > Marc F.
>
> Marc,
>
> Just google it. I found lots of hits.
>
> See http://chisako.livejournal.com/45287.html for one.
>
> Greg
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Silly me, I thought this was something Jim came up with. :D

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Marc F.

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