At 09:58 AM 14/04/2005 +0200, Pavel wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Jokes are nice and powerful guerila marketing tools, as they can spread
>the message like bushfire. To start the ball rolling, here is one I made
>up this morning:
>
>Oracle and Firebird database admins sits in the pub, chatting about
>their work, when the pocket of Oracle admin suddenly starts beeping.
>"What's that?" asks Firebird admin.
>"Well, that's a new handheld I've recently got from my company!", said
>Oracle admins, and draws it from the pocket.
>"It's simply wonderful!", he continues. "It's connected to my office via
>pub's FireWire network, so I can see what's going on with my Oracle
>servers, day and night. See? I can even manage them all right from here!"

What a lovely gadget!" says the Firebird admin. "I would love to have
one. But, my wife's right, I have to stop buying gadgets I'm never going
to need."