Demon Clown Baby

My old computer had the fun problem of crashing due to bad AGP slot. Usually using Excel, but not always. Sometimes the display just quit, sometimes it crashed and reverted to 16-colour 640×480 which at least gave me a chance to save my work.

So I got a new computer, but the onboard audio for that wouldn’t work. Installing updated drivers had the wonderful side effect of causing the whole machine to power down. I tried booting up in safe mode but it powered down before I could get in. I finally managed to disable onboard audio and log in to regular mode just long enough to frantically run regedit and delete the necessary keys.

So at this point I’m must-shoot-puppies-now frustrated, and trying to put in a new video card I manage to cut my finger. Serves me right for trying to do it while under the desk, instead of unplugging and setting the case on a nice table. And it figures that I don’t get hurt doing major construction projects but I do with a little routine computer hardware maintenance.

So the next day I tell my boss about it and have this conversation:

Me: So then I cut my thumb and my finger while fiddling with the card. I thought about filing worker’s comp for it, but…

Boss: No, I think you should file for that.

Me: …

Boss: But you were terminated last Friday, so I don’t think it’ll fly. In fact, I don’t really know what you’re doing here.

Me: … Touché.

Boss:

Me: You win this round!

It’s nice to have a boss with a sense of humour.