From MohanR@STARS-SMI.com Wed, 14 Mar 2001 13:01:05 -0800 From: "Mohan, Ross" Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 13:01:05 -0800 Subject: RE: Off topic, humour, flagrant breach of the rules Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Title: RE: Off topic, humour, flagrant breach of the rules LoL....Dave, it was AEROSMITH who did "Walk This Way" !! -----Original Message----- From: Dave Morgan [mailto:dmorgan@bartertrust.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 10:46 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Off topic, humour, flagrant breach of the rules This should make it through GE's filters but .. I think they have it backwards though. Shouldn't it be "something to protect the software from Matt" rather than "software to protect Matt from something" My apologies Jared, but it's only one rule. I usually break them 4 or 5 at a time. Announcing a new musical with music by The Travelling DBA's !!! A one act musical on UNIX, NT/2000 clients are advised to reboot after each song and apply all new Microsoft patches. Curtain rises .... A DBA's spouse  wanders down to the basement where his or her partner has been tele-commuting for the past little while and breaks into a song by George Thoroughgood.         Get a haircut and get a real job,         clean your act up and don't be a slob         Get it together like your LITTLE brother bob,         why don't you get a haircut and get a real job Next we join our intrepid hero(ine) in SILICON VALLEY!!!         Working 5(am) to 9(pm), what a way to make a living         barely catching by, it's all taking and no giving         they just use your mind, then they never give you credit Enter stage right, the NEW BOSS! Best portrayed by a young person with no experience who has one of the following certificates, MSCE or OCP. (Cisco certified techies are ineligible for this role)         With apologies to AC/DC         Walk this way         Talk this way         DBA this way         Administer this way. Cut to our hero(ine) who appears to have many more grey hairs (and wrinkles) laughing hysterically just before you hear the wonderful music of Johhny Paycheck!         Take this job and shove it         I ain't working here no more         My CLIENTS left and took all the reasons I was working for         You better not try to stand in my way         When I'm walking out the door         Take this job and shove it         I ain't working here no more         Fade to a chorus of sysadmins, network admins, and data entry clerks crooning to the tune of You've Lost That Lovin Feeling         You've lost that Dee Bee Aaa         Whoa, that Dee Bee Aaa         You've lost that Dee Bee Aaa         Now it's gone, gone, gone, woah Final shot Our hero, once again in the basement with the loving spouse leaning over his/her shoulder whispering "I'm so glad you're back to stay" Curtain falls .....   Thanks to all who have helped me at this job. I will rely on you at my next one :) (In Calgary, at one of Canada's largest ISP's) Jared, I'll be good from now on, I promise. After Friday I will be reachable at dvmrgn@telusplanet.net. Dave -- Dave Morgan Senior Database Administrator Internet Barter Inc. www.bartertrust.com 408-910-4183 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Dave Morgan   INET: dmorgan@bartertrust.com Fat City Network Services    -- (858) 538-5051  FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California        -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from).  You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).