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Re: Joke: DBAs vs. Developers

From: Anonymous <mail_for_deja_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 30 Nov 2001 17:54:19 -0800
Message-ID: <8ee5d7c9.0111301754.3fbc8d86@posting.google.com>


Developer more clever than DBA?

"R Chin" <robert_chin_2000_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<77EN7.7865$z8.1954722_at_news02.optonline.net>...
> Well OOW 2001 is coming up and here is a joke I found on
> pipetalk.revealnet.com
> I thought I share with you all.
> You may have read this somewhere already, perhaps a diff version btw 2 types
> of people
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On a train to an Oracle convention there were a bunch of DBA's and a bunch
> of Developers.
> Each of the DBA's had a train ticket. The group of Developers had only ONE
> ticket for all of them.
>
> The DBA'a started laughing, figuring the developers were going to get caught
> and thrown off the train.
> When one of the Developers, the lookout, said "here comes the conductor",
> all
> of the developers went into the bathroom. The DBA's were puzzled.
>
> The conductor came aboard, said "tickets please" and got tickets from all
> the DBA's. He then went to
> the bathroom and knocked on the door and said "ticket please". The Developer
> stuck the ticket under the door.
> The conductor took it and moved on. A few minutes later the Developers came
> out of the bathroom.
> The DBA's felt really stupid.
>
> On the way back from the convention, the group of DBA's decided that they
> would try that method, too.
> They bought one ticket for the whole group.
> They met up with the Developers in the same car. This time NONE of them had
> tickets.
> Again, the DBA's started snickering at the developers.
> When the lookout said "Conductor coming!", all the DBA's went to one
> bathroom and all the Developers
> went to the other bathroom.
> Before the conductor came on board, one of the Developers left their
> bathroom, knocked on the DBA's
> bathroom, and said "ticket please."
Received on Fri Nov 30 2001 - 19:54:19 CST

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