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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004514 More actions · Answer 1

Ran across this earlier, thought it appropriate.

http://www.despair.com/cluelessness.html

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173108 More actions · Answer 2

Alvin Ramard (9/21/2010)
A query walks into a bar, sees two tables and says: "May I join you?" 😀

GROAN!

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GilaMonster (9/22/2010)
Ran across this earlier, thought it appropriate.
http://www.despair.com/cluelessness.html

That is hilarious!

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399278 More actions · Answer 4

Chris Morris-439714 (9/22/2010)
Alvin Ramard (9/21/2010)
Steve Jones - Editor (9/21/2010)
Keep up the bad jokes and we'll likely get 30 a day 🙂
A query walks into a bar, sees two tables and says: "May I join you?" 😀
Edit: Just realized I had quoted wrong post.
One of the tables replies "On one condition..."

Really? I thought they said "It depends..."

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399278 More actions · Answer 5

GilaMonster (9/22/2010)
Ran across this earlier, thought it appropriate.
http://www.despair.com/cluelessness.html

Ha! I have that hanging at my desk.

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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104768 More actions · Answer 6

GilaMonster (9/21/2010)

Alvin Ramard (9/21/2010)
A query walks into a bar, sees two tables and says: "May I join you?" 😀
That's so old the archaeologists are tired of it.

Variation: The architect told the junior DBA he needed table A left outer join with table B inner join table C. The DBA went and did it, and came back with results with no columnbs from table A. When the architect asked hime what on earth he was at, he said "Well you told me you want me to leave A outa the join of B and C".

Tom

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004514 More actions · Answer 7

Grant Fritchey (9/22/2010)
GilaMonster (9/22/2010)
Ran across this earlier, thought it appropriate.
http://www.despair.com/cluelessness.html
Ha! I have that hanging at my desk.

I have this one hanging above mine (at home)

http://www.despair.com/despair.html

I bought this one for my manager at the bank before I left (farewell gift). He had it prominently displayed in his office last time I saw. http://www.despair.com/idiocy.html

Gail Shaw
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TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104768 More actions · Answer 8

GilaMonster (9/22/2010)
Ran across this earlier, thought it appropriate.
http://www.despair.com/cluelessness.html

And then there's http://www.despair.com/consulting.html as well, but I hope that's not a good fit for anyone here.

Tom

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GilaMonster (9/22/2010)
I bought this one for my manager at the bank before I left (farewell gift). He had it prominently displayed in his office last time I saw. http://www.despair.com/idiocy.html

LOL. Don't say that's hanging on AH's office wall?

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173108 More actions · Answer 10

Back on topic. Some questions on this site aren't necessarily bad. They're just terrifying.

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic986504-1292-1.aspx?Update=1

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004514 More actions · Answer 11

Jan Van der Eecken (9/22/2010)
GilaMonster (9/22/2010)
I bought this one for my manager at the bank before I left (farewell gift). He had it prominently displayed in his office last time I saw. http://www.despair.com/idiocy.html
LOL. Don't say that's hanging on AH's office wall?

No. He was never my manager. He wasn't a manager at all when I was there. Ask him about the Head of Production Support, he should remember.

Gail Shaw
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We stand on the bridge and no one may pass

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399278 More actions · Answer 12

GilaMonster (9/22/2010)
Grant Fritchey (9/22/2010)
GilaMonster (9/22/2010)
Ran across this earlier, thought it appropriate.
http://www.despair.com/cluelessness.html
Ha! I have that hanging at my desk.
I have this one hanging above mine (at home)
http://www.despair.com/despair.html
I bought this one for my manager at the bank before I left (farewell gift). He had it prominently displayed in his office last time I saw. http://www.despair.com/idiocy.html

The place where SQL Saturday 46 was held down in Raleigh had all the original motivational posters up. I was desperate to pull them down & replace them with demotivational posters. I kept giggling when I walked past them. I think people thought I was a little weirder than usual.

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Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173108 More actions · Answer 13

Grant Fritchey (9/22/2010)
...I think people thought I was a little weirder than usual.

I'm so glad you put those last two words on that sentence. Otherwise, I would feel the need to mock you. @=)

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Brandie Tarvin (9/22/2010)
Back on topic.

How's that for a party killer 😀

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399278 More actions · Answer 15

Brandie Tarvin (9/22/2010)
Grant Fritchey (9/22/2010)
...I think people thought I was a little weirder than usual.
I'm so glad you put those last two words on that sentence. Otherwise, I would feel the need to mock you. @=)

Hey, you gotta remember, I almost look normal (if you can't see the tattoos). I just act like a total freak.

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