<OT> Humorous

[Bill Campbell]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2007, Ben Duncan wrote:
>Ric oughta get a charge outta this ..
>
>Broke my dipstick in my truck a few weeks back
>Ordered a new one from the dealership (specialty item) on
>Wednesday. They called yesterday for me to
>come get my "OIL level indicator apparatus" ..

That reminds me of an official U.S. Army Training manual, at
least 20 pages long on the ``General Purpose 80 Column Card'',
otherwise known as an IBM punch card.  I could almost understand
20 pages of technical specifications on how to manufacture the
things, but now on how to use them.

Bill
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