>
>
> 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.
Notfinding 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 "unlocker". 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 thing," 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
longwalk."
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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. It probably
> was a resume for the White House internship ! )
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 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 & COMPUTERS
> My neighbor works in the operations department inthe central
office of a
> large bank. Employees in the field call him when they have
problems with
> their computers. One night he got a call from a woman in one
of the branch
> banks who had this question: "I've got smoke coming
from the back of my
> terminal. Do you guys have a fire downtown?"
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> IDIOTS ARE EASY TO PLEASE
> I was sitting in my science class, when the teacher
commented that the
next
> day would be the shortest day of the year. My lab partner
became visibly
> excited, cheering and clapping. I explained to her that the
amount of
> daylight changes, not the actual amount of time. Needless to
say, she was
> very disappointed.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ...AND THE WINNER IS.....
> 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
> nanc
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