I heard that joke on a radio station over here in England about 3 months back and the station got lots of calls asking for it to be read out again as apparently the first time it was read people actually thought it was true, only realising half way thru and obviously by then they'd missed half of it. Regards Ian, FWDLKing in the U.K. ian-rubrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1961 New Yorker Coupe 1959 Plymouth Station Wagon ----- Original Message ----- From: John Bartell <jrbartell@xxxxxxx> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 4:54 PM Subject: [FWDLK] technology > Good Morning FwdLkrs, > This isn't FwdLk related, but, I'm sure we all have experienced > soemthing like this. I needed to call for service on our satellite dish > receiver, so I called the 800 number. You have probably all heard the > dial 1 for...etc., and spent untold amounts of time waiting for a live > human to talk to you. Todays call reminded me of something I read that > my wife brought home from the shrinks office where she works, and I > thought I would share the humor. > Imagine calling a psychiatrist's office and getting his electronic > answering service...You have reached Wackey, Befuddled and Overcharge > Psychiatric Offices, Please press #1 repeatedly if you are > Obsessive/Compusive, Ask someone to press #2 for you, if you are > Codependent, If you are a Multiple Personality, press #'s 3, 4, 5 and > 6,. If you are just Paranoid and Delusional, we already know what you > want and who you are, just stay on the line while we trace your call. > If you are a Schizophrenic, please hold and a little voice will tell you > what to press. If you are Depressed, it probably doesn't matter what > you press, it won't do you any good anyway. > Anyhow, would there be any objections to posting a joke of the day once > in a while? I think we could all use some humor in our everyday lives. > Stay tuned for another episode of "As the Crankshaft Turns" > John in WI >
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