MSDN unleashes a fresh round of unintentional innuendo bingo The spirit of Kenneth Williams* is alive and well in the corridors of Redmond, with staffer Raymond Chen detailing some internal Microsoft jargon in a euphemism-heavy MSDN posting. Chen was discussing the problem of getting to grips with jargon that it is assumed everyone knows but which no one thinks to explain. In this …
Oh dear. Is it a slow news day?
At the risk of sounding pious, I stopped sniggering at this kind of thing at some point during my time at primary school.
It really doesn't do anything for the image of people in the industry other than reinforce the view that most IT Professionals are socially stunted.
The inevitable downvotes will probably demonstrate my point for me.
"It really doesn't do anything for the image of people in the industry other than reinforce the view that most IT Professionals are socially stunted."
Innuendo in the form of puns shows an intelligent grasp of the language and its ambiguities. It denotes a flexibility of mind that is useful in creative careers - including many areas of IT.
"It really doesn't do anything for the image of people in the industry other than reinforce the view that most IT Professionals are socially stunted."
"Familiarity breeds contempt--and children." ~ Mark Twain
"An intellectual is a person who's found one thing that's more interesting than sex." ~ Aldous Huxley
"Nothing risqué, nothing gained." ~ Alexander Woollcott
"Sex. In America an obsession. In other parts of the world a fact." ~ Marlene Dietrich
At the risk of sounding pious, I stopped sniggering at this kind of thing at some point during my time at primary school.
Life comes at you fast doesn't it? Of course formal education crushes a lot of the joy out of many of us but also affords a glimpse of untold intellectual riches. One hopes that it will leave you with some of the former and inspire you to pursue the latter but sadly it can easily work out like Larkin's mum and dad.
I am absolutely sincere in my wish that you will someday rediscover the joy of a good knob gag alongside your loftier pursuits.
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