IT humour

**James Deuce** · 19th May 2006, 14:52

One of the guys at work here was just dealing with a woman at a client site called Ping (that's her name).

He connected remotely to her PC to troubleshoot her problem, opened a command prompt and typed: ping xxxxxxxxx

Before he could hit enter she typed (wait for it - I'm still crying): "yes?"

Ahh IT.

**Lias** · 19th May 2006, 15:25

I giggled.

**Jantar** · 19th May 2006, 15:38

I could see what was going to happen as soon as you mentioned the client site. Who would name any business "Ping" if they are going to use the internet?

**Karma** · 19th May 2006, 15:41

Hmm... case of where you put the inflection... seems to me that the woman was called Ping, not the business.

**DemonWolf** · 19th May 2006, 15:44

hha... quite amusing. what was her lastname.. nbtstat ?

**vifferman** · 19th May 2006, 15:46

I know about the "ping" command, but I don't get the joke.

No, don't explain it - that would render it even less funny.

Just had my most exciting moment of the month - I went for a cup of tea, and saw the receptionist standing in the doorway of one of our meeting rooms, talking to some people inside. I walked down the corridor and gave her a gentle poke in the side with my forefinger. She leapt into the air and into the room, letting out an ear-splitting shriek, then burst into nervous and embarrassed laughter.

Crikey.