Friday, December 05, 2008

Rusty Gears

gawker : So did you interview the new guy?

colleague : Yes, I did. He's smart.

gawker : Really? What are his qualifications?

colleague : He has a masters degree from UPenn.

gawker : Cool. Masters in what?

colleague : Bayesian.

gawker : Bayesian?

colleague : Bayesian.

gawker : Bayesian probability?

colleague : Yes, Bayesian.

gawker : How will that help him in tech support? Are you sure about this? That he has a masters in......

colleague : Bayesian. Yes.

gawker : Hmmm....Bayesian....strange.

colleague : Yes. Bayesian.

gawker : Masters. In Bayesian. Hmmm.

colleague : Yes...?

gawker (sound of rusty gears creaking into motion) : Oh.....

colleague (waiting) : Yeeees........?

gawker : Goddamn you.

colleague : LOL.

gawker : Thank you for your patience.

colleague : You're welcome.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

what?

gawker said...

He had a masters in Bayesian. Master Bayesian.

JC said...

err!!! Guess I am even rustier than u, still dint get it :o

Anonymous said...

looool.... lol@God Damn you :D

J. Alfred Prufrock said...

Ai yi yi yi YI. Takes me back to the "Psycho" analysis - WHY was Norman Bates a psycho?
Because he spent his childhood as young Master ...

J.A.P.

gawker said...

JC : Come on now JC, lube em up and have another go.

chips : hehe

JAP : That factoid bodes ill for all of mankind.

RobRoy said...

It loses something in the reading.

Jitterplate said...

yes, it does lose something in the reading.

Ravi said...

Christine O'Donnell is not going to like it!