Quote #9

Some days I just look at my Inbox and feel uninspired. Stacked ahead of me are the dull and mundane tasks that'd bore anyone with an IQ higher than their pants size. You know the sort of thing: 'Can you install a printer driver on the server?', 'Can we get more disk on the Homeshare machine?' etc. So, at times like this, I like to take solace in something comforting. >clickety..< >tap< >tap!< ... >rustle< >tap!< >tap!< 'Bugger!' >tap< >tap< >TAP!< >BASH!< 'What is it?' the PFY asks. >BASH< >BASH!< >BASH!!!< 'The bloody VMS machine has crashed!'

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