>>> It knows it's you, and it doesn't like *you*.
>>>
>>> (Said by a sysop answering the phone for the 30th time when the 
>>> mainframe had crashed and he was trying to fix it. I still giggle at 
>>> the memory.)
>>
>> Now that's what I *call* a BOFH! O_O
> 
> It was funny. He's a nice guy, but the trouble phone was mounted on the 
> wall right over the operator's console. So he's trying to fix the thing, 
> and the phone is ringing every 10 seconds as someone dials into the 
> mainframe and it doesn't answer. After about the tenth call, he bellows 
> that into the phone and slams it down, and everyone else in the room 
> just fell down laughing. I've been using that expression for like 3 
> decades now.

I'm still irritated with Chris.

Picture the scene: Me and my dad are on her hands and knees outside the 
server room door. In front of us is a large pile of assorted bits of 
metal and wire that *should* be inside the server room, servicing 
requests. We're both kneeling there, leaning over this thing and trying 
to get the job done.

...and Chris walks over, serveys the situation, and then offhandedly 
enquires "you do know that Watson isn't working, right?"

(I believe my responce was of the form "yeah, no ****, Sherlock! Now 
**** off and let me fix it!")

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