Re: Joke: DBAs vs. Developers

Brian Peasland <oracle_dba_at_peasland.com> wrote in message news:<3C0BF4D0.C171A552_at_peasland.com>...
> Sounds to me like they are trying to do it any way other than the
> "correct" way. Sound familiar?

More likely, they pulled the wrong chain in the bathroom and crashed the train.

jg
Please don't flush while the train is in the station!

>
> 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 Wed Dec 05 2001 - 19:21:25 CST