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Q: How many IBM types does it take to change a light bulb?
A: 100. Ten to do it, and 90 to write document number GC7500439-0001,
Multitasking Incandescent Source System Facility, of which 10% of
the pages state only "This page intentionally left blank", and 20%
of the definitions are of the form "A ...... consists of sequences
of non-blank characters separated by blanks".
The hieroglyphics are all unreadable except for a notation on the back,
which reads "Genuine authentic Egyptian papyrus. Guaranteed to be at
least 5000 years old."
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is against the law to open a soda bottle without
the supervision of a licensed engineer.
I do hate sums. There is no greater mistake than to call arithmetic an
exact science. There are permutations and aberrations discernible to
minds entirely noble like mine; subtle variations which ordinary
accountants fail to discover; hidden laws of number which it requires a
mind like mine to perceive. For instance, if you add a sum from the
bottom up, and then again from the top down, the result is always
different.
-- Mrs. La Touche (19th cent.)
The way to make a small fortune in the commodities market is to start
with a large fortune.
Etymology, n.:
Some early etymological scholars came up with derivations that
were hard for the public to believe. The term "etymology" was formed
from the Latin "etus" ("eaten"), the root "mal" ("bad"), and "logy"
("study of"). It meant "the study of things that are hard to swallow."
-- Mike Kellen
We don't understand the software, and sometimes we don't understand the
hardware, but we can *___see* the blinking lights!
If little else, the brain is an educational toy.
-- Tom Robbins
Saturday, 18 April 2026 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org
