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I'll bet he had to pay more than '6 bits' for them too. Bob Saville Maynard Smith wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > No doubt some of you have seen these, but it really makes you wonder! > > ================================================== > Recently, when I went to McDonald's I saw on the menu > that you could have an > order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken McNuggets. I asked for a > half dozen nuggets. "We > don't have half dozen nuggets," said the teenager at the > counter. "You > don't?" I replied. "We only have six, nine, or twelve," > was the reply. "So I > can't order a half dozen nuggets, but I can order > six?" "That's right." So I > shook my head and ordered six McNuggets. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The paragraph above doesn't amaze me because of what > happened a couple of > months ago. I was checking out at the local Foodland > with just a few items > and the lady behind me put her things on the belt close > to mine. I picked up > one of those "Dividers" that they keep by the cash > register and placed it > between our things so they wouldn't get mixed. After > the girl had scanned > all of my items, she picked up the "Divider" looking it > all over for the bar > code so she could scan it. Not finding the bar code she > said to me "Do you > know how much this is?" and I said to her "I've changed > my mind, I don't > think I'll buy that today." She said "OK" and I paid her > for the things and > left. She had no clue to what had just happened..... > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her > floppy drive and > pulling it out very quickly. When inquired as to what > she was doing, she said > she was shopping on the Internet and they kept asking > for a credit card > number, so she was using the ATM "thingy". > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside > her car. Do you need > some help? I asked. She replied, "I knew I should have > replaced the battery > to this remote door UN-locker. Now I can't get into my > car. Do you think they > (pointing to a distant convenient store) would have a > battery to fit this?" > "Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm too?" I asked. "No, > just this remote > thingy," she answered, handing it and the car keys to > me. As I took the key > and manually unlocked the door, I replied, "Why don't > you drive over there > and check about the batteries. It's a long walk. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Several years ago, we had an Intern who was none too > swift. One day she was > typing and turned to a secretary and said, "I'm almost > out of typing paper. > What do I do?" "Just use copier machine paper," the > secretary told her. With > that, the intern took her last remaining blank piece of > paper, put it on the > photocopier and proceeded to make five "blank" copies. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I was in a car dealership a while ago, when a large > motor home was towed into > the garage. The front of the vehicle was in dire need of > repair and the whole > thing generally looked like an extra in Twister." I > asked the manager what > had happened. He told me that the driver had set > the "cruise control" and > then went in the back to make a sandwich. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > IDIOTS AT WORK... > Sign in a gas station: Coke -- 49 cents. Two for a > dollar. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect > by placing a metal > colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a > photocopy machine. The > message "He's lying" was placed in the copier, and > police pressed the copy > button each time they thought the suspect wasn't telling > the truth. Believing > the "lie detector" was working, the suspect confessed. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "Life is tough. It's tougher if you're stupid." > > MAKES YOU WONDER HOW THESE PEOPLE CAN SURVIVE!!! > ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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