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---daily@calder.net wrote:

Bruce H.G. Calder's                              December 8, 1998
  JOKE-OF-THE-DAY

              The Twelve Bugs of Christmas ....

     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.