They didn't carry it out to the extent of half an hour, just enough to get
the idea...

On Wednesday, January 28, 2015, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:

>   Is this the 5 minute argument, or the full half hour?
> Argument Clinic - Monty Python's The Flying Circus
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQFKtI6gn9Y>
>
>
>  *From:* Jason McKemie
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 28, 2015 1:54 PM
> *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Love calls like this
>
> Ha, this reminds me of the Brawndo conversation in Idiocracy.
>
> Brawndo: http://youtu.be/g5Q-yNNu-tM
>
> On Wednesday, January 28, 2015, Seth Mattinen <[email protected]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote:
>
>> On 1/28/15 9:32, Nate Burke wrote:
>>
>>> Customer:  I can't send email, the server keeps sending me back errors,
>>> it's been happening now for a few days.
>>> Me: So you're getting an error message back?
>>> Customer: Yes, it's telling me that the domain is not found.
>>> Me: Did you spell the domain name right?
>>> Customer: Yes!
>>> Me: 'Looks through mail log, find's error'  It looks like you're
>>> spelling the domain wrong
>>> Customer: No I'm not
>>> Me: Are you sure
>>> Customer: Yes, it's right
>>> Me: read it again
>>> Customer: It's right!
>>> Me: So you meant to put that extra 'T' in there?
>>> Customer: There is no 'T'
>>> Me: Read it to me
>>> Customer: Oh, that 'T'
>>> Me: Yep
>>> Customer: Oh, well, I guess it's working now, thanks.
>>>
>>>
>> Back in 2000 or thereabouts the most hilarious thing in my tech support
>> days was watching another tech arguing with a customer trying to get to the
>> O'Reilly Factor website over the apostrophe. The call quickly went on
>> speakerphone (it was a Saturday so the office was empty):
>>
>> Tech: You can't put the apostrophe in the address bar.
>> Cust: But that's how you spell his name!
>> Tech: Web addresses don't allow the apostrophe, I'm looking at it right
>> now if you type in "oreilly".
>> Cust: You can't spell his name like that!
>> Tech: Just try it.
>> Cust: It doesn't work.
>> Tech: Read back to me what you typed.
>> Cust: o ' r e i l l y
>> Tech: You have to take out the apostrophe.
>> Cust: But that's how you spell his name!
>>
>> Loop for 30 minutes with no resolution.
>>
>> ~Seth
>>
>

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