For all the peon programmers toiling in their cubicles... the 12 bugs of Christmas...

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For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me See if they can do it again.

For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

For the sixth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

For the seventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

For the eighth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

For the ninth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me Blame it on the hardware Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

For the tenth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me Change the documentation Blame it on the hardware Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

For the eleventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me Say it's not supported Change the documentation Blame it on the hardware Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

For the twelfth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me Tell them it's a feature Say it's not supported Change the documentation Blame it on the hardware Find a way around it Say they need an upgrade Reinstall the software Ask for a dump Run with the debugger Try to reproduce it Ask them how they did it and See if they can do it again.

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), December 25, 1999

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Thirteenth bug in 6 days time...

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), December 25, 1999.


LOL, good one Andy!

-- Hokie (nn@va.com), December 25, 1999.

ROTFLMAO!! I just sang the entire thing, word for word. It works beyond expectations.

-- (normally@ease.notnow), December 25, 1999.

I loved this when it was postedthe first 6 times and I love it now. Will be kinda like the reported Y2K glitches, the same bug will be posted over and over, and you idiots will try to act like they are seperate bugs.

-- lovin' it (lovin'@it.con), December 25, 1999.

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