Lame and off-topic, but I still read it and had a good laugh. Pass me one of those Kit Kats.
On Aug 7, 10:13 am, Andrew Badera <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Dewald Pretorius <[email protected]> wrote: > > > New York, August 7th, 2009: Convenience stores from around the world > > have reported a massive jump in Kit Kat sales during the shutdown of > > the Twitter API, after Twitter experienced the denial-of-service > > attack on Thursday, August 6th, 2009. > > > Anxious developers, who are running independent services that rely on > > the Twitter API, have been taking frequent breaks from chewing their > > nails, tearing their hair out, and watching their services come to a > > grinding halt, and have been relying solely on the calming break- > > taking magic of Kit Kat to soothe their frayed nerves. > > > One developer, who preferred to remain anonymous due to the sudden > > increase in the size of his bank overdraft, told our reporter that he > > had commandeered the neighborhood kids to form a human chain between > > his study and the convenience store, so that the Kit Kats he required > > for his frequent breaks could be supplied without interruption. > > > Even though some conspiracy theorists immediately alluded to a > > collusion between Twitter and the makers of Kit Kat, our > > investigations could not uncover any truth to that rumor. > > > Normal patrons of convenience stores are cautioned to send to the > > front of the line any raggedy looking person that mumbles in PHP or > > Perl, and whose fingernails are chewed into the raw flesh. > > > PS. This is an obligatory satire warning. > > Lame and offtopic. Save this for your friends.
