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Thread ID: 79274	2007-05-14 16:43:00	Hey! Abbott!	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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549822	2007-05-14 16:43:00	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? 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: Vista . COSTELLO: What vista? ABBOTT: The one on your desktop . COSTELLO: I can see a vista from my desktop? ABBOTT: Yes, if you're using Windows . COSTELLO: How else am I going to see a vista unless I look at my window on my desktop? ABBOTT: That's right! COSTELLO: What's this vista gonna look like? I live on the 3rd floor in the city, behind another big building . ABBOTT: Wallpaper . COSTELLO: Whose wallpaper? ABBOTT: On you Windows Vista desktop . COSTELLO: That's what I just asked: Whose wallpaper am I gonna see on my windows vista desktop? ABBOTT: I just told you, you're gonna see wallpaper on your desktop when you look at Vista in Windows . COSTELLO: (screaming) Nevermind the neighbor's wallpaper! I need a computer and software! ABBOTT: Software for Windows? COSTELLO: What's with you and my windows? ABBOTT: I'm just trying to help you sir! What software are you going to need on your Windows? COSTELLO: (exasperated) 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 told you I 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: Right! Now we're back to that windows thing again! ABBOTT: It's all about Windows, sir! 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" . . . . . . . . . . . . .	SurferJoe46 (51)
549823	2007-05-15 06:03:00	Wonderful! I remember well the old Abbott & Costello movies from the '40s & '50s when "Chums Club" was a Saturday morning event at the Regent Theatre in Whangarei .	Richard (739)
549824	2007-05-15 06:07:00	WOW...14+ hours for the first response! Thanks for being first....	SurferJoe46 (51)
549825	2007-05-15 23:55:00	Hey! :mad: :annoyed: I'm bumping this 'cause it's funny! (and I worked hard on revisions and re-writes to it myself!) :cool: Alright? :groan: No smilies were harmed in the production of this post . . but I might change my mind!	SurferJoe46 (51)
549826	2007-05-16 00:10:00	He he, I liked it Joe, thanx:lol:	rob_on_guitar (4196)
549827	2007-05-16 00:13:00	TY...that's two..COUNT 'EM...2 responses so far.... This is beginning to look like my "Free Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll" post a while back... Now..YOU DON'T WANT ME TO REVIVE THAT ONE...or do you?	SurferJoe46 (51)
549828	2007-05-16 00:27:00	Thats a good one Joe. How about this one: guam.packet.org:1104	jcr1 (893)
549829	2007-05-16 01:06:00	Great...love it!	SurferJoe46 (51)
549830	2007-05-16 02:28:00	...... that made me giggle ...... I'm not so sure thats a good look for me but, very clever. That would be the exact conversation I would have with my mother, father, brother and sister when trying to explain comp stuff to them. Took me about an hour to explain to my father why the : was on the same (button) as the ;. Did I say explain? .... I mean scream and run out of the room sobbing after an hour. :groan:	never-u-mind (6500)
549831	2007-05-16 03:58:00	Hey! :mad: :annoyed: I'm bumping this 'cause it's funny! (and I worked hard on revisions and re-writes to it myself!) You did well . It is indeed funny . I remember the original skit .	Biggles (121)
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