Chika(miyuki@spam-no-way.invalid) added

> > > <snip>
> > >>>>>>> How very odd.  You haven't got a UK release of the film 
> > >>>>>>> haveyou? 
> > >>> (snip)
> > >>>>>> 	It *is* the UK release, yes. 
> > >>>>> Ah, all is explained.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>> 	Well, if you leave aside the question of why these things 
> > >>>> keep happening...!
> > >>> Two words: "cutting corners"
> > >> Somebody should tell them that DVDs don't *have* corners...
> > > 
> > > I remember, many years ago now, trying to tell my boss that 
> > > 5.25" floppy disks were round.  He held one up and said "look, it's
> > > *square*".
> 
> > 	Let me guess: he had a cup-holder fitted to his PC, yes? ^_^
> 
> But he never did find the "any" key, did he? ^_^

No one has ever found the "any" key!

I quite like the story of the guy who went into PC World and asked for a right
hand mouse because his computer instruction book said he needed to press the
'right hand mouse button'.  ^_^


== Peter ==
-----------------------------------------------------
"Making a clean getaway is the mark of a professional."
(Mireille Bouquet: Noir)

Peter Boulter wrote:
> Chika(miyuki@spam-no-way.invalid) added

(snip)

> I quite like the story of the guy who went into PC World and asked for a right
> hand mouse because his computer instruction book said he needed to press the
> 'right hand mouse button'.  ^_^

	I once had someone ask me for an "Internet Card" at work. Turns out 
they meant a "Network Railcard". [1]

	[1] For those who hail from the same part of Franco-Yorkshire as Jean 
Luc-Picard, it gives a discount on an increasingly small number of rail 
fares in the South-East, and like so many things, isn't as good as it 
used to be.


-- 
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* "Attack who?" *                             *
* "EVERYONE!"   *                             *
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While strolling carefully through the minefield that is Usenet, on
Mon, 7 Jul 2008 21:40 +0100 (BST), starhunter@cix.co.uk (Peter
Boulter) wrote:

>Chika(miyuki@spam-no-way.invalid) added
>
>> > > <snip>
>> > >>>>>>> How very odd.  You haven't got a UK release of the film 
>> > >>>>>>> haveyou? 
>> > >>> (snip)
>> > >>>>>> 	It *is* the UK release, yes. 
>> > >>>>> Ah, all is explained.
>> > >>>>>
>> > >>>> 	Well, if you leave aside the question of why these things 
>> > >>>> keep happening...!
>> > >>> Two words: "cutting corners"
>> > >> Somebody should tell them that DVDs don't *have* corners...
>> > > 
>> > > I remember, many years ago now, trying to tell my boss that 
>> > > 5.25" floppy disks were round.  He held one up and said "look, it's
>> > > *square*".
>> 
>> > 	Let me guess: he had a cup-holder fitted to his PC, yes? ^_^
>> 
>> But he never did find the "any" key, did he? ^_^
>
>No one has ever found the "any" key!
>
>I quite like the story of the guy who went into PC World and asked for a right
>hand mouse because his computer instruction book said he needed to press the
>'right hand mouse button'.  ^_^
>
Years ago, doing some inane computer course, the guy running it told
us to "move our mice around until we saw the cursor on the screen", so
the guy next to me picked his mouse up and waved it around in the
air...
I still giggle at that one :)
--
Tsunami
If at first you don't succeed, give up skydiving!
tsunami@nospam.jyurai.co.uk

starhunter@cix.co.uk (Peter Boulter) wrote:

> Chika(miyuki@spam-no-way.invalid) added
>>
>> But he never did find the "any" key, did he? ^_^
> 
> No one has ever found the "any" key!

My mum has a DVD/video recorder (Samsung I think) which *does* have an 
"ANY KEY" on the remote! I think whoever designed it must have a sense
of humour.

In article ,
   Wasabi <blue@mountain.invalid> wrote:
> starhunter@cix.co.uk (Peter Boulter) wrote:
>
> > Chika(miyuki@spam-no-way.invalid) added
> >>
> >> But he never did find the "any" key, did he? ^_^
> > 
> > No one has ever found the "any" key!
>
> My mum has a DVD/video recorder (Samsung I think) which *does* have
> an "ANY KEY" on the remote! I think whoever designed it must have a
> sense of humour. 

I like it!  I might try to get hold of one of these myself...

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