Macintosh vs. IBM: The Hammer
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Description: An allegorical story making fun of Windows users who insist their machine is more useful.
Macintosh vs. IBM [rec.humor.funny] [email protected] (Steve Kroese) Original work written by Stephen Kroese As I was walking down the street the other day, I noticed a man working on his house. He seemed to be having a lot of trouble. As I came closer, I saw that he was trying to pound a nail into a board by a window -- with his forehead. He seemed to be in a great deal of pain. This made me feel very bad, watching him suffer so much just to fix his window pane. I thought, "Here is an opportunity to make someone very happy simply by showing him a better way to do things." Seeing him happy would make me happy too. So I said, "Excuse me sir, there is a better way to do that." He stopped pounding his head on the nail and with blood streaming down his face said, "What?" I said, "There is a better way to pound that nail. You can use a hammer." He said, "What?" I said "A hammer. It's a heavy piece of metal on a stick. You can use it to pound the nail. It's faster and it doesn't hurt when you use it." "A hammer, huh?" "Thats right. If you get one I can show you how to use it and you'll be amazed how much easier it will make your job." Somewhat bewildered he said,"I think I have seen hammers, but I thought they were just toys for kids." "Well, I suppose kids could play with hammers, but I think what you saw were brightly colored plastic hammers. They look a bit like real hammers, but they are much cheaper and don't really do anything," I explained. "Oh," he said. Then went on, "But hammers are more expensive than using my forehead. I don't want to spend the money for a hammer." Now somewhat frustrated I said, "But in the long run the hammer would pay for itself because you would spend more time pounding nails and less time treating head wounds." "Oh," he said. "But I can't do as much with a hammer as I can with my forehead," he said with c
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