From: H.HINZ@HEATHER.hanse.de (Harald Hinz)
Newsgroups: de.talk.jokes
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Subject: Coder's 12 days of Christmas
Date: 29 Dec 92 10:23:20 +0100
Organization: Heather Heart Mailbox, Germany
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Coder's 12 days of Christmas
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For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
    See if they can do it again.
For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
    Ask them how they did it and
    See if they can do it again.
For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
    Try to reproduce it.
    Ask them how they did it and
    See if they can do it again.
For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
    Run with the debugger.
    Try to reproduce it.
    Ask them how they did it and
    See if they can do it again.
For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
    Ask for a dump.
    Run with the debugger.
    Try to reproduce it.
    Ask them how they did it and
    See if they can do it again.
For the sixth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
    Reinstall the software.
    Ask for a dump.
    Run with the debugger.
    Try to reproduce it.
    Ask them how they did it and
    See if they can do it again.
For the seventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
    Say they need an upgrade.
    Reinstall the software.
    Ask for a dump.
    Run with the debugger.
    Try to reproduce it.
    Ask them how they did it and
    See if they can do it again.
For the eighth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
    Find a way around it.
    Say they need an upgrade.
    Reinstall the software.
    Ask for a dump.
    Run with the debugger.
    Try to reproduce it.
    Ask them how they did it and
    See if they can do it again.
For the ninth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
    Blame it on the hardware.
    Find a way around it.
    Say they need an upgrade.
    Reinstall the software.
    Ask for a dump.
    Run with the debugger.
    Try to reproduce it.
    Ask them how they did it and
    See if they can do it again.
For the tenth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
    Change the documentation.
    Blame it on the hardware.
    Find a way around it.
    Say they need an upgrade.
    Reinstall the software.
    Ask for a dump.
    Run with the debugger.
    Try to reproduce it.
    Ask them how they did it and
    See if they can do it again.
For the eleventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
    Say it's not supportded.
    Change the documentation.
    Blame it on the hardware.
    Find a way around it.
    Say they need an upgrade.
    Reinstall the software.
    Ask for a dump.
    Run with the debugger.
    Try to reproduce it.
    Ask them how they did it and
    See if they can do it again.
For the twelvth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
    Tell them it' a feature.
    Say it's not supportded.
    Change the documentation.
    Blame it on the hardware.
    Find a way around it.
    Say they need an upgrade.
    Reinstall the software.
    Ask for a dump.
    Run with the debugger.
    Try to reproduce it.
    Ask them how they did it and
    See if they can do it again.


Note: Replace "Christmas" with the name of any Software you like.
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So: If you guys ever hear this kind of response...

Howdy
Hardy
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