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To: High Grader who wrote (17334)12/14/2000 9:28:02 PM
From: Peter S. Maroulis  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 62550
 
An Alleged True Story
For all of you who occasionally have a really bad day when you just need to
take it out on someone! Don't take that bad day out on someone you know,
take it out on someone you DON'T know!

Now get this. I was sitting at my desk, when I remembered a phone call I had
to make. I found the number and dialed it. A man answered nicely saying,
"Hello?"

I politely said, "This is Patrick Hanifin and could I please speak to Robin
Carter?"

Suddenly the phone was slammed down on me! I couldn't believe that anyone
could be that rude. I tracked down Robin's correct number and called her.
She had transposed the last two digits incorrectly. After I hung up with
Robin, I spotted the wrong number still lying there on my desk. I decided to
call it again. When the same person once more answered, I yelled, "You're an
asshole!" and hung up.

Next to his phone number I wrote the word "asshole," and put it in my desk
drawer. Every couple of weeks, when I was paying bills, or had a really bad
day, I'd call him up. He'd answer, and I'd yell, "You're an asshole!" It
would always cheer me up.

Later in the year the Phone Company introduced caller ID. This was a real
disappointment for me; I would have to stop calling the asshole. Then one day
I had an idea. I dialed his number, then heard his voice, "Hello?" I made up
a name. "Hi. This is the sales office of the Telephone Company and I'm just
calling to see if you're familiar with our caller ID program?" He went,
"No!" and slammed the phone down. I quickly called him back and said,
"That's because you're an asshole!"

The reason I took the time to tell you this story, is to show you how if
there's ever anything really bothering you, you can do something about it.
Just dial 823-4863.

Keep reading this, it gets better!

An old lady at the shopping center really took her time pulling out of the
parking space. I didn't think she was ever going to leave. Finally, her car
began to move and she started to very slowly back out of the slot. I backed
up a little more to give her plenty of room to pull out. "Great", I thought,
"she's finally leaving." All of a sudden this black BMW comes flying up the
parking aisle in the wrong direction and pulls into her space. I hit the
horn and started yelling, "You can't do that. I was here first!"

The guy climbed out of his BMW completely ignoring me. He walked toward the
shopping center as if he didn't even hear me. I thought to myself, this guy's
an asshole, there sure a lot of assholes in this world. Then I noticed he
had a "For Sale" sign in the back window of his car. I wrote down the
number. Then I hunted for another place to park.

A couple of days later, I'm at home sitting at my desk. I had just gotten off
the phone after calling 823-4863 and yelling, "You're an asshole!" It's
really easy since I have his number on speed dial now!) I noticed the phone
number of the guy with the black BMW lying on my desk and thought I'd better
call this guy, too.

After a couple rings someone answered the phone and said, "Hello." I said,
"Is this the man with the black BMW for sale?" "Yes, it is." "Can you tell
me where I can see it?". "Yes, I live at 1802 West 34th Street. It's a yellow
house and the car's parked right out front." I said, "What's your name?".
"My name is Don Hansen". "When's a good time to catch you, Don?". "I'm home
in the evenings". "Listen Don, can I tell you something?".

"Yes."

"Don, you're an asshole!" and I slammed the phone down.

After I hung up I added Don Hansen's number to my speed dialer. I must say,
for a while things seemed to be going much better for me. Now when I had a
problem I had two assholes to call. Then, after several months of calling the
assholes and hanging up on them, it just wasn't as enjoyable as it used to
be. I gave the problem some serious thought and came up with a solution:

First, I had my phone dial asshole #1. A man answered nicely saying,
"Hello?" I yelled "You're an asshole!" but I didn't hang up. The asshole
said, "Are you still there?" I said, "Yeah." He said, "Stop calling me." I
said, "Make me." He said, "What's your name, Pal?" So I told him, "Don
Hansen." He said, "Where do you live?" "1802 West 34th Street. It's a yellow
house and my black BMW's parked out front." "I'm coming over right now, Don.
You'd better start saying your prayers." "Yeah, like I'm really scared,
asshole!" and I hung up.

Then I called asshole #2. He answered, "Hello?" I said, "Hello, asshole!"
He said, "If I ever find out who you are...." "You'll what?" "I'll kick your
ass." "Well, here's your chance. I'm coming over right now, asshole!" and I
hung up.

Then I picked up the phone and called the police. I told them I was at 1802
West 34th Street and that I was going to kill my gay lover as soon as he got
home.

Another quick call to Channel 13 about the gang war going on down on West
34th Street.

After that I climbed into my car and headed over to 34th Street to watch the
whole thing. Glorious satisfaction! Watching two assholes kicking the crap
out of each other in front of 6 squad cars, a police helicopter and a news
crew was one of the greatest experiences of my life!

The story you have just read is true. The names have been changed to protect
the guilty.