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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 12:05 AM
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I just had a customer who did not know what a colon is. (Punctuation, not body part.)
What.

The.

Fuck?

x(
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 12:07 AM
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1. Reading things like this make me want to go out and french kiss my tailpipe.
x(
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 12:09 AM
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3. I told her to type a colon after HTTP and she aked me to spell it.
Then I spent a minute or two explaining it and trying to help her find it on her keyboard. "There's a key with three vertical dots and another symbol on it."

:banghead:
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 12:11 AM
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4. I wouldn't even know how to describe a colon to someone.
It's like trying to describe the taste of water.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 12:16 AM
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6. "Two dots, on on top of the other" is the only possible explanation.
Well that or "TAKE AN ENGLISH CLASS YOU SORRY EXUSE FOR AN ADULT!"
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 12:20 AM
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8. Wouldn't it be nice to dispatch a team to remove her computer and internet access?
I will be the first to admit our educational system is not the greatest in the world, but holy shit, I can't remember NOT knowing what a colon is.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 12:09 AM
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2. He must have been one of the following:
an idiot
a loser
a repub (ding ding ding)
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 12:12 AM
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5. She, but yeah, not the sharpest knife.
What a painful call.
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 12:18 AM
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7. If she didn't know something with an obscure name like an ampersand or a tilde I might understand...
but a colon?
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 12:20 AM
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9. I know!
I weep for humanity. :P
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-10-09 12:21 AM
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10. I woulda told her to stick her keyboard up her...
... hmm. If she doesn't know what one kind is then she probably wouldn't know the other.
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