Advice Thread Humor

[PedroDaGr8]

I came across this on fark.com. Repurposed it for here. Enjoy!

How many advice threads go:

Submitter: "Help! HELP! I'm stuck in a well!!!"

EEVBloggers1-4: "Climb! Climb up and take our hands!"

Submitter: "I'm thinking I should dig... should I dig?"

EEVBlogger5: "NO! I was trapped in a well, and digging is a bad idea! Climb out!"

EEVBloggers6-8: "We're lowering ropes! Take hold of a rope!"

EEVBlogger9: "I've even tied a harness to the end of this one!"

Submitter: "I can feel the ropes, but I don't want to hold onto them... should I dig?"

EEVBlogger10: "No! If you dig, you'll hit water, and then you'll be proper hosed. I should know, I almost drowned."

Submitter: "I dug a little bit just now, and I haven't hit water. I'm gonna keep digging..."

EEVBloggers11-18: "No! Climb! Climb out!"

Submitter: "Guys, I'm seriously stuck in this well! Help! HELP!!!"

EEVBlogger19: "I was trapped in a well once. It took me two years, but I managed to build a climbing machine that pulled me to safety out of a well bucket and a pocket watch. I'm dropping the blueprints, extra buckets, and an assortment of pocket watches."

EEVBlogger20: "I've engineered a jet-pack that will rocket you to safety. Stay where you are and we'll lower it down!""

Submitter: "Thanks for your help, guys. I'm gonna keep digging. I'll find the Mines of Moria and I'll just walk to the surface."

**EEVBloggers1-20 piss in the well**

EEVBlogger21: "Guys, seriously... stop peeing in the well."

[AlfBaz]

I've never had deja vu whilst laughing before 

[GreyWoolfe]

I had a good laugh reading this.  I was also laughing while I read it to SWMBO.  She didn't laugh but said it was cute.  Not funny, but cute.  Not sure what to say about that.   Is this type of humor too esoteric for non technical types?

[c4757p]

Is this type of humor too esoteric for non technical types?

I suspect it sounds a bit mean-spirited to someone who hasn't seen the exact same situation happen over and over again.

[Skimask]

I've never had deja vu whilst laughing before 

I usually end up having  "vu ja de"...
Ya know...that feeling that something has never happened before...

[GreyWoolfe]

Is this type of humor too esoteric for non technical types?

I suspect it sounds a bit mean-spirited to someone who hasn't seen the exact same situation happen over and over again.

My wife is a medical assistant in a very busy doctor's office.  She answers the phones, does call backs, takes messages for the doctor, does referrals and all that fun stuff.  She sees the same goofyness over and over herself.  She loves to tell me about the 'special' ones (of course, observing HIPAA regulations)  She says her patients take crazy wafers all the time.

[SeanB]

Today I had a good chucle. She asked " Which mouse button is the left one?".

[AlfBaz]

Today I had a good chucle. She asked " Which mouse button is the left one?".

Time to buy her a mac? 

[Skimask]

I can't find "Any Key".

[TerraHertz]

Today I had a good chucle. She asked " Which mouse button is the left one?".

Remove a button. The one that's left...

[miguelvp]

Reminds me when we installed a system in a hospital, we were going to train the doctors how to use it the next day. When we walked in, we noticed they turned the mouse upside down and were using the mouse as a trackball.

Of course this was many years ago, and most medical systems used trackballs back then.

[SeanB]

Similar query, where have all my emails gone. She was in Word..........

Then the time she managed to turn all the menus off.

Then complained the writing was too small, not much I can do as the screen resolution is 640x480 and big fonts are selected. Suggested she puts on her glasses..... Politely....... Please.


Another says computer is not working, nothing on screen but "something about input". Go there and turn the computer on.......... 3 days in a row.

[Skimask]

Also, I used to work in a shop that fixed "things" at a USAF base.
Guy walks in one day with an audio/video box he says doesn't work.  He just transferred back to the U.S. from a base in the U.K.
He placed the unit on the desk in front of me with the rear facing me.
I waved one hand over the of it while saying some "magic words" and performed some magic on the back of the unit with the other hand.
Never saw him again...