[ale] OT - Humor

[Bill West]

Found this on the Langa List for 11Sept2000. Hope you enjoy -

10) Just For Grins
Reader Jody Roy has been playing with UNIX, whose command shell offers
these responses to nonsensical commands (the commands are preceded by a
"%" sign).
% make love
Make Don't know how to make love. Stop.

% got a light?
No match.

% sleep with me
bad character

% man Why did you get a divorce?
man Too many arguments.

% make 'heads or tails of all this'
Make Don't know how to make heads or tails of all this. Stop.

% make sense
Make Don't know how to make sense. Stop.

% make mistake
Make Don't know how to make mistake. Stop.

% \(-
(-: Command not found.

% date me
You are not superuser date not set Mon Sep 11 155230 PDT 2000

% man rear
No manual entry for rear.

% * How would you describe Clinton
* Ambiguous.

% %Vice-President
%Vice-President No such job.

% [Where is Jimmy Hoffa?
Missing ]. |

% ^How did the^sex change operation go?
Modifier failed.

% who is my match?
No match.

% awk "Polly, the ship is sinking"
awk syntax error near line 1
awk bailing out near line

% 'thou shalt not commit adultery'
thou shalt not commit adultery Command not found.

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