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DBAs vs. Developers: User wins !

From: Robert Chin <robert_chin_2000_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 05:52:44 GMT
Message-ID: <M4YQ7.86867$MX1.13664974@news02.optonline.net>


Yeah....but there's one User on that train too ! - Dick and he appeared to be the only survivor. He was last seen shuffling around the smoldering wreckage with a hollow, nervous grin on his face, rocking his head left and right, aimlessly kicking the debris and mumbling repeatedly: "I didn't use the bathroom...I didn't touch nothin'!..."

Joel Garry:
> More likely, they pulled the wrong chain in the bathroom and crashed the
> train.
>

Brian Peasland:
> > Sounds to me like they are trying to do it any way other than the
> > "correct" way. Sound familiar?
> >
> > > > "R Chin"
> > > > > 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 Sun Dec 09 2001 - 23:52:44 CST

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