Here's a couple joke type things based on the 12 days of Christmas. First, one for the politically correct: >On the 12th day of the Eurocentrically imposed midwinter festival, my >potential-acquaintance-abuse-survivor gave to me, > >TWELVE males reclaiming their inner warrior through ritual drumming. > >ELEVEN pipers piping (plus the 18-member pit orchestra made up of >members >in good standing of the Musicians Equity Union as called for in their >union contract even though they will not be asked to play a note...) > >TEN melanin-deprived testosterone-poisoned scions of the patriarchal >ruling class system leaping, > >NINE persons engaged in rhythmic self-expression, > >EIGHT economically disadvantaged female persons stealing milk-products >from enslaved Bovine-Americans, > >SEVEN endangered swans swimming on federally protected wetlands, > >SIX enslaved fowl-Americans producing stolen nonhuman animal products, > >FIVE golden symbols of culturally sanctioned enforced domestic >incarceration, > >(NOTE: after a member of the Animal Liberation Front threatened to throw >red paint at my computer, the calling birds, French hens and partridge >have been reintroduced to their native habitat. To avoid further >animal-American enslavement, the remaining gift package has been >revised.) > >FOUR hours of recorded whale songs, > >THREE deconstructionist poets, > >TWO Sierra Club calendars printed on recycled processed tree carcasses > >and a Spotted Owl activist chained to an old-growth pear tree. And now for those nerdly computer/engineer type people: > This is a sing-along. OK now -- EVERYBODY SING! > > The 12 Bugs of Christmas > -------------------------------- > > For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me > See if they can do it again. > > For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me > Ask them how they did it and > See if they can do it again. > > For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me > Try to reproduce it > Ask them how they did it and > See if they can do it again. > > For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me > Run with the debugger > Try to reproduce it > Ask them how they did it and > See if they can do it again. > > For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me > Ask for a dump > Run with the debugger > Try to reproduce it > Ask them how they did it and > See if they can do it again. > > For the sixth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me > Reinstall the software > Ask for a dump > Run with the debugger > Try to reproduce it > Ask them how they did it and > See if they can do it again. > > For the seventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me > Say they need an upgrade > Reinstall the software > Ask for a dump > Run with the debugger > Try to reproduce it > Ask them how they did it and > See if they can do it again. > > For the eighth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me > Find a way around it > Say they need an upgrade > Reinstall the software > Ask for a dump > Run with the debugger > Try to reproduce it > Ask them how they did it and > See if they can do it again. > > For the ninth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me > Blame it on the hardware > Find a way around it > Say they need an upgrade > Reinstall the software > Ask for a dump > Run with the debugger > Try to reproduce it > Ask them how they did it and > See if they can do it again. > > For the tenth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me > Change the documentation > Blame it on the hardware > Find a way around it > Say they need an upgrade > Reinstall the software > Ask for a dump > Run with the debugger > Try to reproduce it > Ask them how they did it and > See if they can do it again. > > For the eleventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me > Say it's not supported > Change the documentation > Blame it on the hardware > Find a way around it > Say they need an upgrade > Reinstall the software > Ask for a dump > Run with the debugger > Try to reproduce it > Ask them how they did it and > See if they can do it again. > > For the twelfth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me > Tell them it's a feature > Say it's not supported > Change the documentation > Blame it on the hardware > Find a way around it > Say they need an upgrade > Reinstall the software > Ask for a dump > Run with the debugger > Try to reproduce it > Ask them how they did it and > See if they can do it again Merry Christmas to all!