Costello: Hey, Abbott!<\/p>\n
Abbott: Yes, Lou?<\/p>\n
Costello: I just got my first computer.<\/p>\n
Abbott: That’s great Lou. What did you get?<\/p>\n
Costello: A Pentium IV 1.4 Gig, with 8 Gigs of RAM, a 500 Gig hard drive, and a 96X CD-ROM.<\/p>\n
Abbott: That’s terrific, Lou.<\/p>\n
Costello: But I don’t know what any of it means!!<\/p>\n
Abbott: You will in time.<\/p>\n
Costello: That’s exactly why I am here to see you.<\/p>\n
Abbott: Oh?<\/p>\n
Costello: I heard that you are a real computer expert.<\/p>\n
Abbott: Well, I don’t know-<\/p>\n
Costello: Yes-sir-ee. You know your stuff. And you’re going to train me.<\/p>\n
Abbott: Really?<\/p>\n
Costello: Uh huh. And I am here for my first lesson.<\/p>\n
Abbott: O.K. Lou. What do want to know?<\/p>\n
Costello: I am having no problem turning it on, but I heard that you should be very careful how you turn it off.<\/p>\n
Abbott: That’s true.<\/p>\n
Costello: So, here I am working on my new computer and I want to turn it off. What do I do?<\/p>\n
Abbott: Well, first you press the Start button, and then-<\/p>\n
Costello: No, I told you, I want to turn it off.<\/p>\n
Abbott: I know, you press the Start button-<\/p>\n
Costello: Wait a second. I want to turn it off. Off. I know how to start it. So tell me what to do.<\/p>\n
Abbott: I did.<\/p>\n
Costello: When?<\/p>\n
Abbott: When I told you to press the Start button.<\/p>\n
Costello: Why should I press the Start button?<\/p>\n
Abbott: To shut off the computer.<\/p>\n
Costello: I press Start to stop.<\/p>\n
Abbott: Well Start doesn’t actually stop the computer.<\/p>\n
Costello: I knew it! So what do I press.<\/p>\n
Abbott: Start<\/p>\n
Costello: Start what?<\/p>\n
Abbott: Start button.<\/p>\n
Costello: Start button to do what?<\/p>\n
Abbott: Shut down.<\/p>\n
Costello: You don’t have to get rude!<\/p>\n
Abbott: No, no, no! That’s not what I meant.<\/p>\n
Costello: Then say what you mean.<\/p>\n
Abbott: To shut down the computer, press-<\/p>\n
Costello: Don’t say, “Start!”<\/p>\n
Abbott: Then what do you want me to say?<\/p>\n
Costello: Look, if I want to turn off the computer, I am willing to press the Stop button, the End button and Cease and Desist button, but no one in their right mind presses the Start to Stop.<\/p>\n
Abbott: But that’s what you do.<\/p>\n
Costello: And you probably Go at Stop signs, and Stop at green lights.<\/p>\n
Abbott: Don’t be ridiculous.<\/p>\n
Costello: I am being ridiculous? Well. I think it’s about time we started this conversation.<\/p>\n
Abbott: What are you talking about?<\/p>\n
Costello: I am starting this conversation right now. Good-bye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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