[PEN-L:5264] more geek humor

[naiman@xxxxxxx (Robert Naiman)]

please hit the delete key immediately...naturally, as the PC guy i am, i
deleted the obligatory naughty bits...

>From: Pat McGraw <mcgraw>
>Subject: UNIX is a joke....

>> These are some things that many Unix operating systems will print in
>> response to various commands.  What the user has typed has a "% " in
>> front of it:
>>
>>  ---------------------------
>> % cat "food in cans"
>> cat: can't open food in cans
>>
>> % rm God
>> rm: God nonexistent
>>
>> % ar t God
>> ar: God does not exist]
>>
>> % ar r God
>> ar: creating God
>>
>> % "How would you rate Quayle's incompetence?
>> Unmatched ".
>>
>> % [Where is Jimmy Hoffa?
>> Missing ].

>> % If I had a ( for every $ the Congress spent, what
>> would I have?
>> Too many ('s.
>>
>> % make love
>> Make: Don't know how to make love. Stop.
>>
>>
>> % got a light?
>> No match.
>>
>> % man: why did you get a divorce?
>> man:: Too many arguments.
>>
>> % !:say, what is saccharine?
>> Bad substitute.
>>
>>
>> /* not csh but sh */
>> $ PATH=pretending!/usr/ucb/which sense
>> no sense in pretending!
>>
>> $ drink <bottle; opener
>> bottle: cannot open
>> opener: not found

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