<story><title>“My wife has complained that OpenOffice will never print on Tuesdays” (2009)</title><url>https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161/comments/28</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ChristianBundy</author><text>Me too. Are there any others you could recommend?</text></item><item><author>K-Wall</author><text>This is one story I always enjoy when it is brought up.</text></item><item><author>mpeg</author><text>The title reminds me of &amp;quot;the 500 mile email&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ibiblio.org&amp;#x2F;harris&amp;#x2F;500milemail.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ibiblio.org&amp;#x2F;harris&amp;#x2F;500milemail.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dandelany</author><text>Some of my favorite hacker folklore:&lt;p&gt;Always Mount a Scratch Monkey
&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;edp.org&amp;#x2F;monkey.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;edp.org&amp;#x2F;monkey.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Magic Switch &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cs.utah.edu&amp;#x2F;~elb&amp;#x2F;folklore&amp;#x2F;magic.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cs.utah.edu&amp;#x2F;~elb&amp;#x2F;folklore&amp;#x2F;magic.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quake3&amp;#x27;s Fast InvSqrt() &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.beyond3d.com&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;8&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.beyond3d.com&amp;#x2F;content&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;8&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Battle Chess Duck &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.codinghorror.com&amp;#x2F;new-programming-jargon&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;blog.codinghorror.com&amp;#x2F;new-programming-jargon&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; (#5)&lt;p&gt;and of course, The Story of Mel, a Real Programmer &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cs.utah.edu&amp;#x2F;~elb&amp;#x2F;folklore&amp;#x2F;mel.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cs.utah.edu&amp;#x2F;~elb&amp;#x2F;folklore&amp;#x2F;mel.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;edit to add: Ford and the $10,000 chalk mark (Ctrl+F Ford) &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.smithsonianmag.com&amp;#x2F;history&amp;#x2F;charles-proteus-steinmetz-the-wizard-of-schenectady-51912022&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.smithsonianmag.com&amp;#x2F;history&amp;#x2F;charles-proteus-steinm...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>“My wife has complained that OpenOffice will never print on Tuesdays” (2009)</title><url>https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cupsys/+bug/255161/comments/28</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ChristianBundy</author><text>Me too. Are there any others you could recommend?</text></item><item><author>K-Wall</author><text>This is one story I always enjoy when it is brought up.</text></item><item><author>mpeg</author><text>The title reminds me of &amp;quot;the 500 mile email&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ibiblio.org&amp;#x2F;harris&amp;#x2F;500milemail.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ibiblio.org&amp;#x2F;harris&amp;#x2F;500milemail.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kirrent</author><text>Real programmers don&amp;#x27;t use PASCAL never fails to crack me up. A bit closer to the grandparent comment is the famous story of Mel.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.mit.edu&amp;#x2F;humor&amp;#x2F;Computers&amp;#x2F;real.programmers&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.mit.edu&amp;#x2F;humor&amp;#x2F;Computers&amp;#x2F;real.programmers&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cs.utah.edu&amp;#x2F;~elb&amp;#x2F;folklore&amp;#x2F;mel.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cs.utah.edu&amp;#x2F;~elb&amp;#x2F;folklore&amp;#x2F;mel.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>