THE MINISTER IN MAINEWe have all seen those thick, complicated, and technical manuals for personal computers, not to mention software manuals running over 1,000 pages!
Seems a Minister in Maine (that's way up north) got one of those out-of-the-box computers, and just put the manuals aside on a shelf. His friends with computers talked a language he did not understand, even if his computer seemed to run just fine without reading his manuals.
So figured his own meanings for "computer words" he overheard. Here are a few.
LOG ON - Makin' the wood stove hotter.
LOG OFF - Don't add wood.
MONITOR - Keep an eye on the wood stove.
DOWNLOAD - Gettin' the firewood off the pickup.
MEGA HERTZ - When you are not careful downloadin' the wood (watch the toes!).
FLOPPY DISK - Whatcha get from pilin' too much firewood.
HARD DRIVE - Gettin' home in mud season.
WINDOWS - What to shut when it is below 40 degrees.
SCREEN - What you need for mosquito season.
BYTE - What mosquitoes do.
CHIP - What to munch on.
MICRO CHIP - What's left in the bag when the chips are gone.
MODEM - What you did to the hay fields.
DOT MATRIX - Farmer Matrix's wife.
PRINTER - Someone who can't write in cursive.
LAP TOP - Where little kids feel comfy.
KEYBOARD - Where you hang your keys.
486 MB - One of them there fancy imported cars.
MOUSE - What eats the horses' grain in the barn.
ENTER - C'mon in!
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY - You can't remember how much that new rifle cost when your wife asks.
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