Saturday, December 15, 2007

A BURNING QUESTION?

Have you ever sworn at a computer?
David Macmahon, of http://david-mcmahon.blogspot.com/ asked this question on his web site.
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I've started a reply more than once, denying, each time, that I would ever do such a thing to an inanimate object. And each time Wild Thing has made strangling noises in her throat. And Schotzy smiled (yes, she can smile. Or maybe that's a sneer.) in my direction. All of those posts have been deleted. So there.
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Confession is good for the soul, I'm told. I forget who told me that (probably my Mom, years and years ago.) So here's my confession:
Yes, dammit. However, in my defense, I recognized soon that cursing only helped my mental state. It didn't do a thing for, nor to, the damn computer.
Further, in my defense, I was really cursing the software, not the machine.
That being the case, I guess I have never sworn at the computer.
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Now, I will admit to having used unsavory language regarding the keyboard. It sometimes puts strange and unpronounciable words on my screen . There is no excuse for it and I often threaten to replace it with a smarter tool.
So there, David.
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Don't forget the header. It's from the UK.

3 comments:

alphonsedamoose said...

Cat: Yes, I was swearing at mine last night. My Email went wonky and I couldn't get it to load properly. Very frustrating especially as it was an email from you. I finally got it worked out though.

Catmoves said...

Moose, you might consider answering David's question.
Do you still have to enter code into your 'puter? Manually? hehehehehe.

Anonymous said...

...please where can I buy a unicorn?