Programmers Q & A's

Q: What is a programmer's favourite hang out place?

A: Foo Bar.

Tim Cooke wrote:

Oh, please, no need, at least I didn't know this joke. Nevertheless, I thought in Belfast is sunny today

Why limit ourselves to programmers? What is the difference between a Dutch and a Sicilian actuary? The Dutch one knows how many people will die next year, the Sicilian also knows their names.

Hah that's a good one Piet.

My girlfriend is a psychologist and when we were out together last weekend, I couldn't help but tell her this one:

"Pavlov is sitting in a bar. Then behind the counter, the phone rings. Pavlov bursts outside shouting "Shit! I forgot to feed the dog".

She just rolled her eyes at me and then laughed about how stupid my jokes are.

Hihihihi....

At least your girlfriend is laughing about your silly jokes. My wife, well, ...  

While we are on the subject of programmer's humor, my brother in law told me about the TV series Halt and Catch Fire, which reminded me of the old list of proposed opcodes.  Those were the days...

The Jargon file

Rumour is that foobar is taken from the good old military term; FUBAR (fooked up beyond all repair), which is of course the specialist skill of the REME (wReck Everything Mechanical Eventually).        

Peter Rooke wrote:. . . foobar is taken from the good old military term; FUBAR . . .

Of course it is, but the military were very careful about their abbreviations. It is Fouled Up Beyond Any Repair. That acronym is cognate with SNAFU.

Situation normal all fouled up?  

I made up this one :

Whats my favorite slogan?
"Make love not and war (and jar)"