Okay folks.
I know it's not truck material, but I couldn't resist!
Tom B. 57 Stepside 3200
-----Original Message-----
From: BRIAN APUZZO [SMTP:bapuzzo@nmbtech.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 1999 8:31 AM
To: dherrin@hirose.com; kdmorgan@chw.edu; bmddl@aol.com;
melissa.williams@precisionint.com
Subject: Nerd Season
This is a good one!
>
> >A truck driver hauling a tractor-trailer load of computers
> >stops for a beer. As he approaches the bar he sees a big sign
> >on the door saying
> >
> >"NERDS NOT ALLOWED--ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!"
> >He goes in and sits down.
> >
> >The bartender comes over to him, sniffs, says he smells kind of
> >nerdy, asks him what he does for a living. The truck driver says
> >he drives a truck, and the smell is just from the computers he is
> >hauling. The bartender says OK, truck drivers are not nerds, and
> >serves him a beer.
> >
> >As he is sipping his beer, a skinny guy walks in with tape around
> >his glasses, a pocket protector with twelve kinds of pens and
> >pencils, and a belt at least a foot too long. The bartender, without
> >saying a word, pulls out a shotgun and blows the guy away. The
> >truck driver asks him why he did that. The bartender said not
> >to worry, the nerds are over-populating Silicon Valley, and
> >are in season now. You don't even need a license, he said.
> >
> >So the truck driver finishes his beer, gets back in his truck,
> >and heads back onto the freeway. Suddenly he veers to avoid an
> >accident, and the load shifts. The back door breaks open and
> >computers spill out all over the freeway. He jumps out and sees
> >a crowd already forming, grabbing up the computers. They are
> >all engineers, accountants and programmers wearing the nerdiest
> >clothes he has ever seen.
> >
> >He can't let them steal his whole load. So remembering what
> >happened in the bar, he pulls out his gun and starts blasting
> >away, felling several of them instantly. A highway patrol
> >officer comes zooming up and jumps out of the car screaming
> >at him to stop.
> >
> >The truck driver said, "What's wrong? I thought nerds were
> >in season."
> >
> >"Well, sure." said the patrolman,
> >"But you can't bait 'em."
> >
> >==
> >Veni. Vedi. Visa.
> >I came. I saw. I did a little shopping...
> >
> >
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