Darren New wrote:
> Rune wrote:
>> "Darren New" wrote:
>>> 2 + 2 is ... 10.....
>>>
>>>   ... IN BASE 4!  I'm *FINE*!
>>
>> It did annoy me that that joke doesn't really make sense when spoken 
>> out loud. "10" can mean many different numbers but "ten" cannot.
> 
> Actually, it makes perfect sense. The computer has been hit by a number 
> of missiles. It says "Two plus two is ten."  It then tries to pretend it 
> didn't make a mistake, in a rather lame and transparent way.  The joke 
> isn't supposed to make sense. The joke is that it's a lame attempt at 
> pretending everything is just fine. :-)

Somebody somewhere wrote that "Windows 98 is like an old guy sitting in 
the corner who pees himself and then tries to pretend there's nothing 
wrong"...

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