Message-ID: <14256288.1075858264423.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 08:02:00 -0800 (PST) From: phillip.love@enron.com To: alove770@cs.com, dlove8847@aol.com, kevin.bosse@enron.com, kyle.lilly@enron.com Subject: FW: Too bad stupidity isn't painful... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Phillip M Love X-To: alove770@cs.com, dlove8847@aol.com, Kevin Bosse, Kyle R Lilly X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Phillip_Love_Jun2001\Notes Folders\All documents X-Origin: Love-P X-FileName: plove.nsf ---------------------- Forwarded by Phillip M Love/HOU/ECT on 01/22/2001 03:59 PM --------------------------- Bruce Mills@ENRON 01/22/2001 03:52 PM To: Phillip M Love/HOU/ECT@ECT cc: Subject: FW: Too bad stupidity isn't painful... > > > > >> HOW DO THESE PEOPLE SURVIVE ?!?!?!? > > >> > > >>True story. I went to McDonald's. I looked at the menu > > >> > > >>and saw that you could have an order of 6, 9 or 12 Chicken > > >> > > >>McNuggets. I asked for a half dozen nuggets "We don't have a > > >> > > >>half-dozen nuggets," said the teenager at the counter. "You > >don't?" > > >I > > >> > > >>replied. > > >> > > >>We only have six, nine or twelve," was the reply. "So I can't > > >> > > >>order a half dozen nuggets but I can order six?" "That's right." > >So > > >> > > >>I shook my head and ordered six McNuggets. > > >> > > >> ======================================== > > >> > > >>MAKES YOU WONDER HOW THESE PEOPLE CAN SURVIVE!!!!!! > > >> > > >>A lady at work was seen putting a credit card into her floppy > >drive > > >> > > >>and pulling it out very quickly. When inquired as to what she > was > > >> > > >>doing, she said she was shopping on the Internet and they asked > > >> > > >>for a credit card number, so she's using the ATM"thingy". > > >> > > >> ======================================== > > >> > > >> I recently saw a distraught young lady weeping beside > > >> > > >>her car. "Do you need some help?" I asked. She replied, "I knew > I > > >> > > >>should have replaced the battery to this remote door unlocker. > Now > > >> > > >>can't get into my car. Do you think they (pointing to > > >> > > >>not-to-distant convenient store) would have a battery to fit > >this?" > > >> > > >>"Hmmm, I dunno. Do you have an alarm too?" I asked. "No, just > > >> > > >>this remote thingy," she answered, handing it and the car keys > to > > >> > > >>me. As I took the key and manually unlocked the door, I > > >> > > >>replied, "Why don't you drive over there and check about the > > >> > > >>batteries it's a long walk. > > >> > > >> ======================================== > > >> > > >>Several years ago, we had an intern who was none too > > >> > > >>swift. One day she was typing and turned to a secretary and > said, > > >> > > >>"I'm almost out of typing paper. What do I do?" > > >> > > >>'Just use copier machine paper," the secretary told > > >> > > >>her. With that, the intern took her last remaining blank piece > of > > >> > > >>paper, put it on the photocopier and proceeded to make five > >"blank" > > >> > > >>copies. > > >> > > >> ======================================== > > >> > > >>I was in a car dealership a while ago, when a large > > >> > > >>motor home was towed into the garage. The front of the vehicle > was > > >> > > >>in dire need of repair and the whole thing generally looked like > > >an > > >> > > >>extra in "Twister". I asked the manager what had happened. He > told > > >> > > >>me that the driver had set the "cruise control" and then went in > > >the > > >> > > >>back to make a sandwich. > > >> > > >> ======================================== > > >> > > >>IDIOTS AT WORK... > > >> > > >>Sign in a gas station: Coke -- 49 cents. Two for a dollar. > > >> > > >> ======================================== > > >> > > >>IDIOTS & COMPUTERS > > >> > > >>My neighbor works in the operations department in the > > >> > > >>central office of a large bank. Employees in the field call him > > >when > > >> > > >>they have problems with their computers. One night he got a call > > >> > > >>from a woman in one of the branch banks that had this question: > > >> > > >>"I've got smoke coming from the back of my terminal. Do you guys > > >> > > >>have a fire downtown?" > > >> > > >> ======================================== > > >> > > >>IDIOTS ARE EASY TO PLEASE > > >> > > >>I was sitting in my science class, when the teacher > > >> > > >>commented that the next day would be the shortest day of the > year. > > >> > > >>My lab partner became visibly excited, cheering and clapping. I > > >> > > >>explained to her that the amount of daylight changes, not the > > >actual > > >> > > >>amount of time. Needless to say, she was very disappointed. > > >> > > >> ======================================== > > >> > > >>Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect > > >> > > >>by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting it with > > >wires > > >> > > >>to a photocopy machine. The message "He's lying" was placed in > >the > > >> > > >>copier and police pressed the copy button each time they thought > > >the > > >> > > >>suspect wasn't telling the truth. Believing the "lie detector" > was > > >> > > >>working, the suspect confessed. > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > >