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A Truly, Truly Bizarre Story (high carb cpu)
Reuters via Yahoo News ^
| 01-12-2004
| Reuters
Posted on 01/12/2004 7:38:56 AM PST by steveo
German police are investigating after an angry man returned a computer he had just bought saying it was packed with small potatoes instead of computer parts.
The store replaced the computer free of charge but became suspicious when he returned a short time later with another potato-filled computer casing, police in the western city of Kaiserslautern said Monday.
"The second time he said he didn't need a computer any more and asked for his money back in cash," a police spokesman said.
Police are now investigating the man for fraud.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: computer; eurogoof; germanyorflorida; tater
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Ya just make this stuff up.
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posted on
01/12/2004 7:38:57 AM PST
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steveo
To: steveo
I bet it crashes less often than mine does.
To: steveo
potato chips.
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posted on
01/12/2004 7:41:40 AM PST
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01/12/2004 7:41:47 AM PST
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(If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would never have happened!)
To: steveo
German police are investigating after an angry man returned a computer he had just bought saying it was packed with small potatoes instead of computer parts. Should'a gotten a Mac. A big Mac.
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posted on
01/12/2004 7:43:57 AM PST
by
Eala
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To: steveo
At least it wasn't yams.
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posted on
01/12/2004 7:47:26 AM PST
by
boris
(The deadliest Weapon of Mass Destruction in History is a Leftist With a Word Processor)
To: steveo
Norton's Irish version has a virus protection program for this.
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posted on
01/12/2004 7:48:39 AM PST
by
reed_inthe_wind
(That Hillary really knows how to internationalize my MOJO.)
To: steveo
it's the O'Dell, the latest Irish computer.
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posted on
01/12/2004 7:49:53 AM PST
by
almcbean
To: steveo
Now Idaho will be calling itself the famous computer state.
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posted on
01/12/2004 7:53:35 AM PST
by
secret garden
(Go Predators! Go Spurs!)
To: steveo
I have a neighbor like that: He buys stuff,uses it,then returns it to the store for varying reasons and gets his money back.I could just about picture him stuffing a computer with potatos......
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posted on
01/12/2004 8:12:58 AM PST
by
genefromjersey
(So little time - so many FLAMES to light !!)
To: steveo
Paging Dr. Atkins.
To: steveo
caution: overclocking can cause baked potatoes
To: steveo
but became suspicious when he returned a short time later with another potato-filled computer casing,
I can't believe it worked the first time, but trying twice in a row? The idiot just got too greedy.
To: Welsh Rabbit
or got hungry and ran out of potatoes
To: steveo
It was loaded with Russert 2.1.0.1.
Spudway markets that Computer in the States.
To: Bluntpoint
Russert = Russet
Before all you potato server programmers go all nerdy on me.
To: steveo
Potatoes Explorer 5.6
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posted on
01/12/2004 8:36:31 AM PST
by
coloradan
(Hence, etc.)
To: mhking
Oh check this out!
Just Damn.
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posted on
01/12/2004 8:46:03 AM PST
by
netmilsmom
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an angry man returned a computer he had just bought saying it was packed with small potatoes instead of computer parts.What? Doesn't CPU stand for "Cooked Potato Units?"
Just damn.
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posted on
01/12/2004 8:50:57 AM PST
by
mhking
(Maldición justa.)
To: steveo
What? No Linux kernel for that platform?
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