A Howler Forwarded to Me

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Some reader sent this to me. Ka-THWAP!!!






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18:24 Fred Otash> hello
18:25 New party ('Manuel') has joined the session
18:25 Manuel> Hi Fred Otash, Thanks for choosing Gateway.com, my name
is Manuel and I will be your e-sales advisor today.May I please get
your phone number?
18:25 Fred Otash> <<snip>>
18:25 Manuel> Thank you Fred Otash How are you doing today?
18:26 Fred Otash> as well as can be expected
18:26 Manuel> How may I help you?
18:27 Fred Otash> we are looking at the new xeon mp
18:28 Manuel> Are you referring about the Xeon Processor?
18:28 Fred Otash> yes
18:28 Fred Otash> there is a new version
18:30 Manuel> That is the one we actually have
http://accessories.gateway.com/Acc [...] ProdDetail
18:30 Fred Otash> no
18:30 Fred Otash> imeant an entire computer
18:32 Manuel> We don't have anyone with this processor
18:32 Fred Otash> ?
18:33 Manuel> Our computers have a Intel Pentium 4 and Intel celeron
18:33 Fred Otash> you don't have any with xeon
18:33 Fred Otash> or opteron or itanium?
18:33 Manuel> Exactly
18:33 Fred Otash> p-4 is a low end to mid performance desktop
18:34 Manuel> Ok.
18:35 Fred Otash> i think youse guys are going to go t**s up in 6 mos
18:35 Fred Otash> one good sign is the hold music
18:35 Fred Otash> hasn't changed in 6 mos to a year
18:35 Fred Otash> the product line is another
18:35 Fred Otash> the hold times are a third
18:36 Fred Otash> i think ted waitt will bust the company out
18:36 Fred Otash> and walk away with 400 million cash
18:36 Manuel> What t**S means?
18:37 Fred Otash> the female mammalian protruberances
18:37 Fred Otash> gazongas
18:37 Fred Otash> golden bozos
18:37 Fred Otash> bazoomies
18:37 Fred Otash> ever seen a russ meyer movie?
18:38 Manuel> Sorry, but I'm not here to talk about the company's
future.
18:38 Fred Otash> that's good
18:38 Fred Otash> because it has none
18:38 Manuel> Thank you for choosing Gateway.com. Have a great day!
18:39 Fred Otash> are you really grateful?
18:39 Fred Otash> probably annoyed
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