\"Airlines running operating systems\" 
 
Here are some basic descriptions of what may happen if airplanes had different operating systems running them. 
 
DOS: Everybody pushes it till it glides, then jumps on and lets it coast till it skids, then jumps off, pushes, jumps back on, etc. 
 
DOS with QEMM: Same as DOS, but with more leg room for pushing. 
 
Macintosh: All the flight attendants, captains and baggage handlers look the same, act the same and talk the same. Every time you ask a question, you are told you don\'t need to know, don\'t want to know and everything will be done for you without your knowing, so just shut up. 
 
OS/2: To get on board, you have to have your ticket stamped 10 different times by standing in 10 different lines. Then you fill out a form asking how you want your seating arranged--with the look and feel of an ocean liner, a passenger train or a bus. If you get on board and off the ground, you will have a wonderful trip, except when the rudder and flaps freeze, in which case you have time to say your prayers before you crash. 
 
Windows: Colorful airport terminal, friendly flight attendants, easy access to a plane, and an uneventful takeoff. Then, all in a sudden, boom! You blow up without any warning whatsoever. 
 
NT: The terminal and flight attendants all look like those the Windows plane uses, but the process of checking in and going through security is a nightmare. Once aboard, those passengers with first class tickets can go anywhere they want and arrive in half the time, while the vast majority of passengers with coach tickets can\'t even get aboard. 
 
Unix: Everyone brings one piece of the plane. Then they go on the runway and piece it together, all the while arguing about what kind of plane they\'re building. 
 
CAIRO: The airplane is distributed among 47 different hangars in 13 airports scattered over 8 states, 4 Canadian provinces, and a remote mountain hideaway in Nicaragua. But you don\'t need to know where the airplane is or who it belongs to in order to fly it. Actually, you don\'t fly the airplane itself; you fly a simulation that behaves just like the real thing except that you don\'t go anywhere. But that\'s okay, because when the world is at your fingertips you never need to leave home. 
 
Some very common traits in two drunks 
A man stumbles up to the only other patron in a bar and asks if he could buy him a drink. \"Why of course,\" comes the reply. 
 
The first man then asks: \"Where are you from?\" 
 
\"I\'m from Ireland,\" replies the second man. 
 
The first man responds: \"You don\'t say, I\'m from Ireland too! Let\'s have another round to Ireland.\" 
 
\"Of course,\" replies the second man. 
 
I\'m curious, the first man then asks: \"Where in Ireland are you from?\" 
 
\"Dublin,\" comes the reply. 
 
\"I can\'t believe it,\" says the first man. \"I\'m from Dublin too! Let\'s have another drink to Dublin.\" 
 
\"Of course,\" replies the second man. 
 
Curiosity again strikes and the first man asks: \"What school did you go to?\" 
 
\"Saint Mary\'s,\" replies the second man, \"I graduated in \'62.\" 
 
\"This is unbelievable!\", the first man says. \"I went to Saint Mary\'s and I graduated in \'62, too!\" 
 
About that time in comes one of the regulars and sits down at the bar. \"What\'s been going on?\" he asks the bartender. 
 
\"Nothing much,\" replies the bartender. \"The O\'Kinly twins are drunk again.\" 
 
I can\'t breathe without that 
 
A blonde goes into the beauty and hair parlor with her walkman on her head. 
 
\"I need to take that walkman off your head,\" says the beauty specialist as she notices the blonde. 
 
\"You can\'t! I\'ll die!\" retorts the blonde. 
 
\"I can\'t cut your hair with the walkman on your ears!\" says the beauty specialist getting annoyed. 
 
\"I said you can\'t take it off, or I\'ll die!\" 
 
The beauty specialist, outraged and flustered, grabs the walkman and throws it off the head of the blonde. Within seconds, the blonde dies. When the specialist picks up the walkman to listen, she hears it repeating \"breath in, breath out, breath in\". 
 
Punishment for Gates 
 
Satan greets him: \"Welcome Mr. Gates, we\'ve been waiting for you. This will be your home for all eternity. You\'ve been selfish, greedy and a big liar all your life. Now, since you\'ve got me in a good mood, I\'ll be generous and give you a choice of three places in which you\'ll be locked up forever. 
 
Satan takes Bill to a huge lake of fire in which millions of poor souls are tormented and tortured. He then takes him to a massive coliseum where thousands of people are chased about and devoured by starving lions. Finally, he takes Bill to a tiny room in which there is a bottle of the finest wine sitting on a table. To Bill\'s delight, he sees a PC in the corner. Without hesitation, Bill says \"I\'ll take this option.\" 
 
\"Fine,\" says Satan, allowing Bill to enter the room. Satan locks the room after Bill. 
 
As he turns around, he bumps into Lucifer. \"That was Bill Gates!\" cried Lucifer. \"Why did you give him the best place of all!\" 
 
\"That\'s what everyone thinks\" snickered Satan. 
 
\"The bottle has a hole in it!\" 
 
\"What about the PC?\" 
 
\"It\'s got Windows 95!\" laughed Satan. 
 
\"And it\'s missing three keys,\" 
 
\"Which three?\" 
 
\"Control, Alt and Delete.\" 
 
Application rejections 
 
 
Baxter Conners 
Vice President 
Company 203 
203 Wall St. 
New York, NY 10015 
 
Dear Mr. Conners, 
 
Thank you for your letter of February 17th. After careful consideration I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me employment with your bank. 
 
This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually large number of rejection letters. With such a varied and promising field of candidates it is impossible for me to accept all refusals. 
 
Despite Company 203\'s outstanding qualifications and previous experience in rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at this time. Therefore I will initiate employment with your firm immediately following graduation. I look forward to seeing you then. 
 
Sincerely, 
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