Re: Joke: DBAs vs. Developers

Sounds to me like they are trying to do it any way other than the "correct" way. Sound familiar?

Cheers,
Brian

Tom Grenier wrote:
>
> Just sneakier!
>
> Anonymous wrote:
>
> > 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 Mon Dec 03 2001 - 15:55:28 CST