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Mary Poppins was
traveling home, but due to worsening weather she decided to stop at an
hotel for the night. She approached the receptionist and asked for a
room for the night. "Certainly madam," he replied
courteously. "Is the restaurant still open ?" inquired
Mary. "Sorry, no," came the reply, "but room
service is available all night.
Would you care to select something from this menu?" Mary
smiled and took the menu and perused it. "Hmm, I would like
cauliflower cheese please," said Mary. "Certainly,
madam," he replied. "And can I have breakfast in
bed?" asked Mary politely. The receptionist nodded and
smiled. "In that case, I would love a couple of poached eggs,
please," Mary mused. After confirming the order, Mary
signed in and went up to her room for the night.
The night passed uneventfully and the next morning Mary came down early
to check out. The same guy was still on the desk. "Morning
madam...sleep well?" "Yes, thank you," Mary
replied. "Food to your liking?" "Well, I have
to say the cauliflower cheese was exceptional, I don't think I have had
better. Shame about the eggs, though....
they really weren't that nice at all," replied Mary
truthfully. "Oh...well, perhaps you could contribute these
thoughts to our Guest Comments Book. We are always looking to
improve our service and would value your opinion," said the
receptionist. "OK, I will...thanks!" replied Mary....
then scribbled a comment into the book. Waving, she left to continue her
journey. Curious, the receptionist picked up the book to see the
comment Mary had written. This is what he saw:-
"Supercauliflowercheesebuteggswerequiteatrocious!"
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A TRANSCRIPT OF THE NEW ANSWERING SERVICE RECENTLY INSTALLED AT THE
MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE
Hello,
and welcome to the mental health hotline
If you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 repeatedly
If
you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2 for you
If
you have multiple personalities, press 3, 4, 5 and 6
If
you are paranoid, we know who you are and what you want. Stay on the
line so we can trace your call
If
you are delusional, press 7 and your call will be transferred to the
mother ship
If
you are schizophrenic, listen carefully and a small voice will tell
you which number to press
If
you are a manic-depressive, it doesn't matter which number you press:
no-one will answer
If
you are dyslexic, press 9696969696969
If
you have a nervous disorder, please fidget with the hash key until a
representative comes on the line
If
you have amnesia press 8 and state your name, address, phone number,
date of birth, social security number and your mother's maiden
name
If
you have post-traumatic stress disorder, slowly and carefully press
000
If
you have bi-polar disorder, please leave a message after the beep, or
before the beep. Or after the beep.
Please wait for the beep
If
you have short-term memory loss, press 9. If you have short-term
memory loss, press 9. If you have short-term memory loss, press
9. If
you have short-term memory loss press 9
If
you have low self esteem. Please
hang up. All our operators are too
busy to talk to you
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ONE FOR YOU COMPUTER BUFFS OUT THERE
At
a recent computer expo, Bill Gates reportedly compared the
computer industry with the auto industry and stated; "If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry
has, we
would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the
gallon." In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release
stating:
If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving
cars with the following characteristics:
1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have
to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no
reason. You
would have to pull over to the side of the road, close all of the
windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you
could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a manoeuvre such as a left turn would
cause
your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would
have to reinstall the engine.
5. Only one person at a time could use the car unless you bought
"CarNT", but then you would have to buy more seats.
6. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was
reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would only
run on five percent of the roads.
7. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would
all be replaced by a single "General protection Fault" warning
light.
8. New seats would force everyone to have the same sized butt.
9. The airbag system would ask, "are you sure?" before
deploying.
10. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you
out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door
handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.
11. GM would require all car buyers to also purchase a deluxe set of
Rand McNally road maps (Now a GM subsidiary), even though they neither
need
nor want them. Attempting to delete this option would immediately cause
the
cars performance to diminish by 50% or more. Moreover, GM would become a
target for investigation by the Justice Dept.
12. Every time GM introduced a new car, car buyers would have to
learn to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate
in
the same manner as the old car.
13. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the
engine off!!
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