..... Laptop the Third
Do any of you know the Monty Pythons Parrot speach? Do you?
"O: No no! 'E's pining!
C: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker!
'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies!
'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig!
'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!
(pause)
O: Well, I'd better replace it, then."
Please replace Parrot with Laptop. Insert a lot of blustering sales assistant before, add a senior sales assistant, a lot of paperwork and me really, really (!!!) quoting the above plus a little bit about customer service and looking up the phone number of my lawyer. BTW, I am writing on a friends laptop. I will get a new one (number 3 in 3 months) tomorrow at nine. They couldn't give me one on friday. Don't ask me why. The only good thing that came out of it is that I get an upgrade without having to pay for it. The senior sales assistant phoned his boss who was appologetic and since I was fuming (and quoting MP)he tried to placade me.
"O: No no! 'E's pining!
C: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker!
'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies!
'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig!
'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!
THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!
(pause)
O: Well, I'd better replace it, then."
Please replace Parrot with Laptop. Insert a lot of blustering sales assistant before, add a senior sales assistant, a lot of paperwork and me really, really (!!!) quoting the above plus a little bit about customer service and looking up the phone number of my lawyer. BTW, I am writing on a friends laptop. I will get a new one (number 3 in 3 months) tomorrow at nine. They couldn't give me one on friday. Don't ask me why. The only good thing that came out of it is that I get an upgrade without having to pay for it. The senior sales assistant phoned his boss who was appologetic and since I was fuming (and quoting MP)he tried to placade me.