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From the funny email pile.  Below the picture is the mother’s response to the teacher the following day.

Dear Mrs. Jones, I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer.   I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter how hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit.  I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get it.    Her picture doesn’t show me dancing around a pole.  It’s supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot. From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.  Sincerely, Mrs.  Smith

My father sent this to me yesterday…thought I’d share.

You have to be old enough to remember Abbott and Costello, and too old to REALLY understand computers, to fully appreciate this. For those of us who  sometimes get flustered by our computers, please read on..

If Bud  Abbott and Lou Costello were alive today, their famous sketch, “Who’s on  First?” might have turned out something like this:

COSTELLO  CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT

ABBOTT:
Super Duper computer store. Can I help you?

COSTELLO:
Thanks. I’m  setting up an office in my den and I’m thinking about buying a computer.

ABBOTT:
Mac?

COSTELLO:
No, the name’s Lou.

ABBOTT:
Your computer?

COSTELLO:
I don’t own a computer. I want to buy one.

ABBOTT:
Mac?

COSTELLO:
I told you, my name’s  Lou.

ABBOTT:
What about Windows?

COSTELLO:
Why? Will it get  stuffy in here?

ABBOTT:
Do you want a computer with  Windows?

COSTELLO:
I don’t know. What will I see when I look at the windows?

ABBOTT:
Wallpaper.

COSTELLO:
Never mind the  windows. I need a computer and software.

ABBOTT:
Software for Windows?

COSTELLO:
No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals,
track expenses and run my business. What do you have?

ABBOTT:
Office.

COSTELLO:
Yeah, for my office. Can you  recommend anything?

ABBOTT:
I just did.

COSTELLO:
You just  did what?

ABBOTT:
Recommend something.

COSTELLO:
You  recommended something?

ABBOTT:
Yes.

COSTELLO:
For my  office?

ABBOTT:
Yes.

COSTELLO:
OK, what did you recommend  for my office?

ABBOTT:
Office.

COSTELLO:
Yes, for my  office!

ABBOTT:
I recommend Office with Windows.

COSTELLO:
I  already have an office with windows! OK, let’s just say I’m sitting at
my  computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?

ABBOTT:
Word.

COSTELLO:
What word?

ABBOTT:
Word in Office.

COSTELLO:
The only word in office is office.

ABBOTT:
The Word in Office for Windows.

COSTELLO:
Which word in office for  windows?

ABBOTT:
The Word you get when you click the blue
“W”.

COSTELLO:
I’m going to click your blue “w” if you don’t start with some straight
answers. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track
my money with?

ABBOTT:
Money.

COSTELLO:
That’s right. What do you have?

ABBOTT:
Money.

COSTELLO:
I need money to track my money?

ABBOTT:
It  comes bundled with your computer.

COSTELLO:
What’s bundled with my  computer?

ABBOTT:
Money.

COSTELLO:
Money comes with my  computer?

ABBOTT:
Yes. No extra charge.

COSTELLO:
I get a  bundle of money with my computer? How much?

ABBOTT:
One  copy.

COSTELLO:
Isn’t it illegal to copy money?

ABBOTT:
Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.

COSTELLO:
They can give  you a license to copy money?

ABBOTT:
Why not? THEY OWN IT!

(A few days later)

ABBOTT:
Super Duper computer store.  Can I help you?

COSTELLO:
How do I turn my computer  off?

ABBOTT:
Click on  “START”…………

Do you know what these are?

See the comments for the answer.