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Do you enjoy tech humor? Tech Monday ~ 11-16-15

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Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899

It’s Monday morning, where did the week-end go? I was busy showing property to two different families; one relocating to Austin and one a past client hoping to purchase an investment property. I met with 2 other families and will be listing their homes first quarter in 2016. Enjoyed date night with Geno for dinner and we watched granddaughter Hailey play girl's volleyball for Bucknell University. They beat Army and Holy Cross....what a way to end their season in the Patriot League!! 

 

Sadden for the people of Paris beyond belief, hard to understand there are those so full of hatred.  Grab a cup of your favorite brew and join me with some tech support humor to help start your day:

(An employee has just finished talking to a group of people at a penguin exhibit when a middle-age man approaches her.)

Customer: “I really love penguins. My wife and I saw some on our trip to Alaska last summer.”

Employee: “Oh, did you go to the Alaskan Sea Life Center? I hear it’s very nice.”

Customer: “No, we saw them when we were walking on the beach.”

Employee: “Actually, sir, wild penguins only live in the southern hemisphere. What you and your wife saw were most likely puffins. They look very similar to penguins, but they can fly and are commonly seen in places like Alaska.”

Customer: “No, they were penguins. I’m not stupid! I think I know a penguin when it flies right in front of me.”

Employee: “Penguins can’t fly, sir.”

Customer: “All birds fly!”

Employee: “No, not all of them. Ostriches, for example, can’t fly either.”

Customer: “Ostriches are birds?”

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Good Monday morning Dorie Dillard 

After such a depressing and upsetting weekend with all that's going on in the world we all need some Monday morning funny.  

Nov 15, 2015 09:18 PM
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

That is funny, Dorie.  I did see the penguins in their natural habitat in South Africa.  They look a bit different there, too, BTW.  Must be evolution.

Nov 15, 2015 09:25 PM
Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

You are too funny. I had to laugh out loud. And I am in jury duty. Oops

Nov 15, 2015 09:49 PM
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

I enjoyed the laugh, Dorie. Have a wonderful and productive week in Austin.

Nov 15, 2015 09:58 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Dolores and I enjoyed our weekend. I love your penguins story.

Have an outstanding week.

Nov 15, 2015 10:01 PM
Tammy Lankford,
Lane Realty Eatonton, GA Lake Sinclair, Milledgeville, 706-485-9668 - Eatonton, GA
Broker GA Lake Sinclair/Eatonton/Milledgeville

I smiled at the humore and the furrowed my brow as I  remembered my last conversation with someone telling me they weren't stupid when they didn't want to believe what I had just told them was fact.

Nov 15, 2015 10:03 PM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

Glad you had such a great weekend.....ostriches are birds?  What did he think they were, fish?

Nov 15, 2015 10:37 PM
Amanda S. Davidson
Amanda Davidson Real Estate Group Brokered By Real - Alexandria, VA
Alexandria Virginia Homes For Sale

Dorie, I always enjoy your Tech Humor on Monday morning. It was a sad weekend for the world, very scary times. I hope that you have a productive week!

Nov 15, 2015 10:38 PM
Anita Clark
Coldwell Banker Access Realty ~ 478.960.8055 - Warner Robins, GA
Realtor - Homes for Sale in Warner Robins GA

Thanks for the techie humor to start my week, Dorie. I hope you have a productive and blessed real estate week.

Nov 15, 2015 11:02 PM
Beth Atalay
Cam Realty and Property Management - Clermont, FL
Cam Realty of Clermont FL

Good morning Dorie, what took place in France over the weekend was horrific for the entire world. Thank you for the chuckle!

Nov 15, 2015 11:02 PM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Good morning, Dorie -- yes, weekends and even November is flying by...and speaking of flying what about when pigs fly....are those birds too? 

Nov 15, 2015 11:09 PM
Maria Gilda Racelis
Home Buyers Realty, LLC-Manchester, Bolton. Vernon,Ellington - Manchester, CT
Home Ownership is w/in Reach. We Make it Happen!

Hi Dorie,

Great loss of precious lives can dampen our mood. I am glad that you had a wonderful and productive weekend.

I wish I can fly too, btw. Just like ostriches.

Nov 15, 2015 11:22 PM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Dorie how can anyone argue with logic like that ..... LOL

Glad to hear Hailey's team ended the season on a winning note.

Nov 16, 2015 08:51 AM
Lisa Von Domek
Lisa Von Domek Team - Dallas, TX
....Experience Isn't Expensive.... It's Priceless!

Hello Dorie Dillard 

Oh, too funny...I really needed a good laugh tonight - thank you.

Have a wonderful week - but it is going to be hard to top the weekend that you enjoyed!

Nov 16, 2015 09:33 AM
Lou Ludwig
Ludwig & Associates - Boca Raton, FL
Designations Earned CRB, CRS, CIPS, GRI, SRES, TRC

Dorie

Some people won't confuse their thinking . . . . with facts.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Nov 16, 2015 12:17 PM
Joe Petrowsky
Mortgage Consultant, Right Trac Financial Group, Inc. NMLS # 2709 - Manchester, CT
Your Mortgage Consultant for Life

Good morning Dorie. Sounds like you really had a business weekend.

After listening to the conversation they were having, it was going to end nowhere good.

Nov 16, 2015 06:59 PM
Sally K. & David L. Hanson
EXP Realty 414-525-0563 - Brookfield, WI
WI Real Estate Agents - Luxury - Divorce

And there are flying squirrels...but don't think they are clasisfied as birds :)

Nov 16, 2015 07:00 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Thanks everyone for stopping by!!!

Nov 16, 2015 07:45 PM
Grant Schneider
Performance Development Strategies - Armonk, NY
Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes

Dorie - yes we could use a little humor after all of the tragedy around us.

Nov 18, 2015 02:43 AM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

I will never forget getting technical help from AT&T when my computer wouldn't connect to the internet.  The call which took me through two foreign countries, and the ultimately to a tech here in the states took me on a journey through global culture that I couldn't have imagined.  The first guy located in the Philapines told me while we waited for my computer to reboot, that rats were pretty good to eat.  They are bigger there than in the states.  They taste like chicken, but are easier to clean.  His tech help didn't resolve my problem however.  Nor did the second tech guy in Mexico.  Finally, when I reached tech help in Missouri, they sent out a guy to fix the AT&T box a few blocks away from home.  It was only about 50 minutes of my crawling around on the floor plugging and unplugging things, to come to the realization that the issue wasn't at my home, it was at their box offsite.

Nov 18, 2015 11:49 AM