» IT Support

Floppy backups
We had a customer who was making data backups on floppy disk. The old 5 1/4" disks that were thin and really actually floppy.

They had to restore from one of these backups and it didn't work, so we told them to try a previous backup. None of the backups they tried worked, so I went down there to see what the problem was.

They presented me with their backup archive - a ring binder with dozens of hole-punched floppy disks.
(Sat 26th Sep 2009, 22:00, More)

» Family Holidays

Pus Puddle
I had a mother of a boil on my bum which burst ten minutes into a four hour car journey to Swanage.

My dad refused to stop en-route so I had to sit in my pus-soaked slacks for the whole ride.
(Tue 7th Aug 2007, 19:19, More)

» Crappy Prizes

God Botherers
At a god bothering stall at the Town and Country Festival when I was a kid, you could 'win a prize' by answering bible questions by leafing through a pamphlet they gave you.

The prize was the pamphlet.

Yeah thanks for that.
(Sat 6th Aug 2005, 22:21, More)

» Walkman Flashbacks

I'm having such a good time
Every time I hear Don't Stop Me Now by Queen, it reminds me of the time I was barricaded in a pub surrounded by zombies.

Happy days.
(Thu 24th Mar 2005, 22:53, More)

» Secret Santa

Waste
I drew the chairman of the board out of the hat.

He'd fired some good people that year and been an arse about it, so I bought him a knife sharpener.

Sadly he didn't get it. All he said was 'Now all I need is a knife'.
(Fri 15th Dec 2006, 20:41, More)