Top 10 Things Heard in the Server Room After It Goes Down

10. "Pedal faster, you guys! The power's dropping!"
9. "Hmm.. maybe we shouldn't use the undergrad server to keep coffee warm."
8. "I should've cut the blue wire! RUN!"
7. "Does anyone have any glue? The gum's not working."
6. "Y2K? Yeah, I was going to look into that someday."
5. "Okay, we've given them nearly ten minutes notice. Pull the plug."
4. "I'll admit, the system boards do get kind of dusty. But we don't normally use furniture polish."
3. "If we do this a couple of times a week they usually give us some more money."
2. "Maybe the new shag carpet wasn't such a good idea."
1. "Damn squirrels! OUT!"

Steve Hanov