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<div>That one put a smile on my face. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone</div></div><br><br><div style="font-size:100%;text-align:left;color:#000000">-------- Original message --------<br>From: Richard Kreiss<br>Subject: Abbott and Costello - Buying a Computer - old but funny <br><br></div>This is old but will give you a smile.<br><br>Richard Kreiss<br><br><br><br> Abbott and Costello - Buying a Computer<br>If you are under 50 chances are you won’t get it. For the rest of us, I will hear LOL from all over<br><br><br><Image><br>You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello and too old<br>to REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this.<br>For those of us who sometimes get flustered by our computers, please read on...<br>If Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their infamous sketch, 'Who's on First?' might have turned out something like this:<br><br>COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT<br><br>ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?<br>COSTELL O: Thanks I'm setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer.<br>ABBOTT: Mac?<br>COSTELLO: No, the name's Lou.<br>ABBOTT: Your computer?<br>COSTELLO : I don't own a computer. I want to buy one.<br>ABBOTT: Mac?<br>COSTELLO: I told you, my name's Lou.<br>ABBOTT: What about Windows?<br>COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?<br>ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?<br>COSTELLO: I don't know. What will I see when I look at the windows?<br>ABBOTT: Wallpaper.<br>COSTELLO: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software.<br>ABBOTT: Software for Windows?<br>COSTELLO: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals,<br>track expenses and run my business. What do you have?<br>ABBOTT: Office.<br>COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?<br>ABBOTT: I just did.<br>COSTELLO: You just did what?<br>ABBOTT: Recommend something.<br>COSTELLO: You recommended something?<br>ABBOTT: Yes.<br>COSTELLO: For my office?<br>ABBOTT: Yes.<br>COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?<br>ABBOTT: Office.<br>COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!<br>ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.<br>COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows!<br>OK, let's just say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal.<br>What do I need?<br>ABBOTT: Word.<br>COSTELLO: What word?<br>ABBOTT: Word in Office.<br>COSTELLO: The only word in office is office.<br>ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.<br>COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows?<br>ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue 'W'.<br>COSTELLO: I'm going to click your blue 'W' if you don't start with some straight answers.<br>What about financial bookkeeping?<br>Do you have anything I can track my money with?<br>ABBOTT: Money.<br>COSTELLO: That's right. What do you have?<br>ABBOTT: Money.<br>COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?<br>ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.<br>COSTELLO: What's bundled with my computer?<br>ABBOTT: Money.<br>COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?<br>ABBOTT: Yes. At no extra charge.<br>COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much?<br>ABBOTT: One copy.<br>COSTELLO: Isn't it illegal to copy money?<br>ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.<br>COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?<br>ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!<br>(A few days later)<br>ABBOTT: Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?<br>COSTELLO: How do I turn my computer off?<br>ABBOTT: Click on 'START.'<br><br></body></html>