Upgrading Earth.

[ralerin]

So yesterday half the state lost power. Our local newspaper lost power as it was printing the Sunday news. Therefore, Aid of Rite did not get newspaper deliveries, except for Boston Globe, NY Times and other larger papers. Cue much complaining.

One old guy was especially irate.

"NO POWER? HOW DO YOU THINK THEY PRINTED NEWSPAPERS IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN THE EARTH WAS FLAT?!?"

Coworker P: "Well, they stopped using them when they upgraded the shape of the earth!"

Cue old guy: and me and about 10 other people laughing.

[MoonCat]

Ow. My brain 'sploded.

[dragon_wings]

Shit! I needed that laugh. to your coworker.

[BeenThereDoneThat]

LOL! Nice pwnage!

[RayvenQ]

I suspect the meaning of "by hand" would be lost on this guy.

[KiaKat]

Hah!

And I gotta ask - the Monitor, or the Leader? Cause I've got jokes about BOTH readerships that fit this...

[NateTheChops]

I'm pretty happy that Salem and the North Shore didn't get hit with the power outage.

Stupid people have been short on electricity for a while.

[wolfie]

So yesterday half the state lost power. Our local newspaper lost power as it was printing the Sunday news. Therefore, Aid of Rite did not get newspaper deliveries, except for Boston Globe, NY Times and other larger papers. Cue much complaining.

One old guy was especially irate.

"NO POWER? HOW DO YOU THINK THEY PRINTED NEWSPAPERS IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN THE EARTH WAS FLAT?!?"

Appropriate answer: With hand-operated presses - and in those days, a 4-page newspaper with a 500 copy circulation was considered big.