Another good article for a Friday. How technical people derail conversations by saying "well actually" http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html
On 18 February 2011 08:18, Winston Pang <winstonp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh wait, I just read it again haha I get it. > > Nice > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Winston Pang <winstonp...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > The engineer clearly didn't read the her specs right, it did say "one > > carton" lol. > > > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:14 AM, David Connors <da...@codify.com> wrote: > >> This came from one of the other lists I am on: > >> A wife asks her husband, a software engineer, "Could you please go > shopping > >> for me and buy one carton of milk, and if they have eggs, get 6!" > >> > >> A short time later the husband comes back with 6 cartons of milk. > >> > >> The wife asks him, "Why the hell did you buy 6 cartons of milk?" > >> > >> He replied, "They had eggs." > >> > >> -- > >> David Connors | da...@codify.com | www.codify.com > >> Software Engineer > >> Codify Pty Ltd > >> Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 > 417 > >> 189 363 > >> V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors > >> Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact > >> > >> > > >