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Newsletter of the Melbourne Novell Users Group

February 1998

If Restaurants Worked Like Microsoft ...

Another one from Marc Heymann's collection of funnies (where does he get them all from?) ... -Ed

Patron: Server!

Server: Hi, my name is Bill, and I'll be your Support Server. What seems to the problem?

Patron: There's a fly in my soup!

Server: Try again, maybe the fly won't be there this time.

Patron: No, it's STILL there.

Server: Maybe it's the way you're using the soup; try eating it with a fork instead.

Patron: Even when I use the fork, the fly is STILL there.

Server: Maybe the soup is incompatible with the bowl; what kind of bowl are you using?

Patron: A SOUP bowl!

Server: Hmmm, that should work. Maybe it's a configuration problem; how was the bowl set up?

Patron: You brought it to me on a saucer; what has that got to do with the fly in my soup?!

Server: Can you remember everything you did before you noticed the fly in your soup?

Patron: I sat down and ordered the Soup of the Day!

Server: Have you considered upgrading to the latest Soup of the Day?

Patron: You have more than one Soup of the Day each day?

Server: Yes, the Soup of the Day is changed every hour.

Patron: Well, what is the Soup of the Day now?

Server: The current Soup of the Day is tomato.

Patron: Fine. Bring me the tomato soup and the bill. I'm running late now.

[Server leaves and returns with another bowl of soup and the bill.]

Server: Here you are, Sir. The soup and your bill.

Patron: This is potato soup.

Server: Yes, the tomato soup wasn't ready yet.

Patron: Well, I'm so hungry now, I'll eat anything.

[Server leaves.]

Patron: Server! There's a gnat in my soup!

           The Bill:

           Soup of the Day                      $5.00
           Upgrade to newer Soup of the Day     $2.50
           Fly                                  $2.00
           Gnat                                 $1.50
           Access to support                    $1.00
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           Total                               $12.00
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