werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) (10/01/84)
In Doonesbury, several years ago, Mike went along with the Rev. Scott Sloan to buy a computer. The following transpired after talking to the salesman about Bytes, K, floppies, etc.* Rev.: Mike, help me! Mike: (to salesman) Excuse me. Do you have any customer-compatible salesman? Salesman: Oh, you mean user friendly liveware. Sorry, he went out for lunch! Craig Werner, liveware. -- Craig Werner !philabs!aecom!werner What do you expect? Watermelons are out of season!
werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) (10/12/84)
Aaaaaghhhh, I can't believe I messed up the punchline. I even edited this one in advance. I can't apologize enough... Anyway, the ending should read >>> Mike: (to salesman) Excuse me. Do you have any customer-compatible salesman? Salesman: Oh, you mean consumer-compatible liveware. Sorry, he went out for lunch! The key phrase here is "consumer-compatible liveware." -- Craig Werner !philabs!aecom!werner What do you expect? Watermelons are out of season!
mbr@fortune.UUCP (Mark Rosenthal) (10/15/84)
Try again. The original was closer to:
Mike:
Do you have any user-friendly sales people?
Store Manager:
Oh. You mean our consumer compatible liveware.
I'm sorry. He's off today.
{ihnp4,ucbvax!amd,hpda,sri-unix,harpo}!fortune!mbrburd@unm-cvax.UUCP (10/18/84)
This cartoon has been on my door ever since it was printed. The entire
text is:
Mike: Hi. My friend here is interested in looking at some
word processors.
Salesman: Hard disk or flopsies? What are your storage capacity
requirements? What kind of retrieval speed? How
many bytes per second data transfer?
Rev: I knew it. He doesn't speak English. Let's go.
Mike: Hold on, Rev, don't panic. I've got a phrase book..
Excuse me, sir, do you have any user-friendly sales
reps?
Salesman: You mean consumer-compatible liveware? No, he's off today.
Stephen D. Burd
Anderson School of Management
University of New Mexico