Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Good morning crew,

You never know when a great story will fall in your lap; like yesterday morning. One of the computer guys had to run downtown to pick up a server from our web host.

Since our host is in an area where the few parking spots available cost $175 per hour, the boss decided to send one of our customer service girls to drive the car around the block while the computer guy went inside and got the box.

The instructions were as follows, "Just drive around the block until you see Andy standing on the corner holding a computer. Then come back to the office."

So the young lady (I won't give her name for liability purposes) was on her third circuit when she saw what she thought was an ideal spot to park for a couple minutes. Even more tantalizing was the convenience store across the street with coolers full of cold, delicious soda.

She figured she would pop in for half a minute for a can of pop and a two-pack of Ho-Ho's and be back before the light changed. But the poor girl grossly underestimated the well-oiled machine that is Chicago's traffic and parking enforcement.

She came back outside just in time to see Andy's car being towed away.

So there was Andy...standing on the corner of Jackson and LaSalle with a computer in his arms...when the young lady came running up to him gasping, "Your car got towed! Your car got towed!"

But, all's well that ends well. The towing and impound fees were $260, but this is only slightly more expensive than it would have been to park downtown for a half hour.

Laugh it up,

Joe

joe@gophercentral.com

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"There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it." -Mary Wilson Little

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"I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top."

--Anonymous English Professor, Ohio University

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West Nile virus made its first appearance this summer from mosquito bites in South Carolina. It alarms California health officials. The disease causes brain cell death and listlessness, which means it could go undetected for years in Los Angeles. --Argus Hamilton

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At our local funeral home families are given the chance to chose the music they would like to enter the service to.

One family asked to enter to Elvis Presley's hit, "Love me Tender."

The day of the funeral arrived and the music was started ready for the family to walk in to the service.

Unfortunately the wrong track number was entered into the CD player, and the family found themselves walking in to, "Return to Sender."


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I came down with laryngitis last week. This was the day our fifth grade class was going on a field trip to the zoo and I did not want to miss it, so I went to school in spite of having lost my voice. The highlight of the visit to the zoo was the time we spent in the petting zoo. While I was petting a baby Shetland Pony, my teacher asked, "How are you feeling today?"

I responded, "Oh, I'm feeling a little horse."