-=PCTechTalk=- Re: "Hey-y-y ....Abbott !!!" (Only slightly off-topic, but very funny)
- From: "Sandi Beach" <sandib2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:36:37 -0500
Ah---I am old enough to remember and I even have a DVD of Africa Screams
with Abbot and Costello that I thought the grandkids would enjoy. And I
remember the line "Who's on First?"
Sandi
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From: "ml" <my2punkin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 10:57 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: "Hey-y-y ....Abbott !!!" (Only slightly
off-topic, but very funny)
>I guess they were in my time but I only knowthe name. don't remember what
> they were about
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> From: "Larry Southerland" <larrysoutherland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Gman'" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>; <Puters_N_Such@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 7:15 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- "Hey-y-y ....Abbott !!!" (Only slightly off-topic,
> but very funny)
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>> You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, and too old to
>> REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this. For those of us
>> who
>> sometimes get flustered by our computers, please read on...
>>
>> ABBOTT2020COSTELLO20PHOTO20NICE20BIG.jpg
>>
>>
>> If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch,
>> 'Who's on First?' might have turned out something like this:
>>
>> COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT
>>
>>
>> ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?
>>
>> COSTELLO : Thanks. I'm! setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking
>> about buying a computer.
>>
>> ABBOTT : Mac?
>>
>> COSTELLO : No, the name's Lou .
>>
>> ABBOTT : Your computer?
>>
>> COSTELLO : I don't own a computer. I want to buy one.
>>
>> ABBOTT : Mac?
>>
>> COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou .
>>
>> ABBOTT : What about Windows?
>>
>> COSTELLO : Why? Will it get stuffy in here?
>>
>> ABBOTT : Do you want a computer with Windows?
>>
>> COSTELLO : I don't know. What will I see when I look at the windows?
>>
>> ABBOTT : Wallpaper.
>>
>> COSTELLO : Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.
>>
>> ABBOTT : Software for Windows?
>>
>> COSTELLO : No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write
>> proposals, track expenses and run my business. What do you have?
>>
>> ABBOTT : Office.
>>
>> COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?
>>
>> ABBOTT : I just did.
>>
>> COSTELLO : You just did what?
>>
>> ABBOTT : Recommend something.
>>
>> COSTELLO : You recommended something ?
>>
>> ABBOTT : Yes.
>>
>> COSTELLO : For my office?
>>
>> ABBOTT : Yes.
>>
>> COSTELLO : OK, what did you
>> recommend for my office?
>>
>> ABBOTT : Office.
>>
>> COSTELLO : Yes, for my office!
>>
>> ABBOTT : I recommend Office with Windows.
>>
>> COSTELLO : I already have an office with windows! OK, let's just say I'm
>> sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?
>>
>> ABBOTT : Word.
>>
>> COSTELLO : What
>> word?
>>
>> ABBOTT : Word in Office.
>>
>> COSTELLO : The only word in office is office.
>>
>> ABBOTT : The Word in Office for Windows..
>>
>> COSTELLO : Which word in office for windows?
>>
>> ABBOTT : The Word you get when you click the blue 'W'.
>>
>> COSTELLO : I'm going to click your blue 'w' if you don't start with some
>> straight answers.. What about
>> financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?
>>
>> ABBOTT: Money.
>>
>> COSTELLO : That's right. What do you have?
>>
>>
>>
>> ABBOTT : Money.
>>
>> COSTELLO : I need money to track my money?
>>
>> ABBOTT : It comes bundled with your computer.
>>
>> COSTELLO : What's bundled with my computer?
>>
>> ABBOTT : Money.
>>
>> COSTELLO : Money comes with my computer?
>>
>> ABBOTT : Yes. No extra charge.
>>
>> COSTELLO : I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?
>>
>> ABBOTT : One copy.
>>
>> COSTELLO : Isn't it illegal to copy money?
>>
>> ABBOTT : Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.
>>
>> COSTELLO : They can give you a license to copy money?
>>
>> ABBOTT : Why not? THEY OWN IT!
>>
>> (A few days later)
>>
>> ABBOTT : Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?
>>
>> COSTELLO : How do I turn my computer off?
>>
>> ABBOTT : Click on 'START'..............
>>
>> "And that ends our visit to yesteryear and its fun stuff"
>>
>> LiL OL Me
>>
>> Teri Lee
>>
>>
>>
>>
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