Best Audio Related Story (or joke).

So I'll tell a story....it's not audio related, but rather computer system related.

I am a systems engineer for the Walt Disney Company. 4 years ago when I was new and green, I went into the Data Center to replace a system board on a Sun server. Well, I had popped the failed board out, and a group of senior guys were watching me. It seems I was providing much entertainment to these fellas, as I must have had a 'scared $h**less' look on my face. Anyway, just as I sat the new board into the server, all the lights went out in the computer room. Just at that exact moment, Cal Edison had drilled through a core line down the street and we were without power for the whole day. I am now affectionitly known as 'Crash'

Z

Thanks Zstokes, I somehow thought this very funny thread might find time for a bit of light. So, along your lines, I offer the following:

I recently downloaded AOL 9 to an office computer I sometimes use to check for my emails. This is the one used to run our payroll. oops. Anyway, we use a payroll service that we access online. the next morning our accountant calls me on my cell phone, wanting to know what I did to 'his' computer. He could not access the internet, and instead he got a whole S*load of AOL stuff. As it turns out, the Broadband server was having trouble elsewhere and all was okay by 2pm. Still, even though he apologized, he still glares at me when I go anywhere near 'his' computer.

oops. That's something you never like to hear anyone say when they are in the Data Center. Bad, bad mojo.

One thing that gave me a chuckle...my Manager's name is Jeff. We call him 'Uncle Jeff'

Funny.

Happy Holidays!

Z

Albert we have a friend that He can easily be manipalted,
so we play into his head,In term of audio He is ahead of
us,We like to pull jokes on him.I would also tell Him,
that one of our friend has the best ears in terms,of
audio.So I told Him to invite Him.But before we went to
His home my friend andI agree, that I will agree on His
evaluation.There we go. After 5 songs.He asked. What do
you think? My friend said the bass sound sterile, He
said.What? My friend look at me.I said yes.He started
talking, I wonder whats wrong, My friend said maybe the
cabling, spend time replacing cable, while my friend
and I are laughing whenever He turn his back on.After
that. 5 songs after. Hows the bass? We both agree, that
it improve,but my friend told Him, the midrange is no
longer measuring up with the bass,Whats wrong? We told
Himto remove the bass trap,in our surprise He did.Oh
albert we are having a ball, to make Him more confuse
we did not help him, so he will get tired.After removing
the bass trap,We told Him its now balance, except the vocal
are shaking, And He looks and I said Yes.We spend four
hours pulling this jokes,the next day, He called me If,He
need to upgrade, I told Him just put things back together.
This is so funny, It went for weeks.

Jayctoy: You and your buddy are the kind of guys i'd like to kill : )

I have a few customers that are easily rattled. Their buddies / co-workers know this and screw with them all the time. One of these customers used to come into my shop 2 - 3 times a week to have his equipment checked out because all of these "pranksters" kept telling him it wasn't working correctly. As it turns out, yes, you guessed it, it always worked just as it should and his buddies were pulling his leg. After about two to three months of this, ( and about 30 - 40 visits to my shop ), he finally caught on to what they were doing. Needless to say, i wanted to kill those other guys as i was the one that had to deal with this guy and all of his anxieties. I bet from their perspectives though, it was all quite funny : ) Sean
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PS... is this "jingle cats" disc still available ?