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August 17, 2004
Thanks, Mr. Edwards!
I was reading this article this afternoon when inspiration struck.
Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards promised Monday to deliver high-speed Internet access and more money for people to start businesses in rural areas.
At first I scoffed, thinking what would a bunch of hillbillies do with high-speed access....hmmm. Wait a minute. Huge unemployed labor pool. No unions. Tons of vo-tech schools for training. Add a T3 line and you've got:
Hillbilly Help Desk, Outsourcing by Inbreds.
I can see it now.
"Thankee fer a'callin tha Hillbilly Help Desk. This here's Cletus, kin I hep ye? What's that ya say? Cain't get ta yer server? Best tell Ma ta put on tha cawfee. This'uns gonna tek a while."
You laugh, but I'm gonna make about a billion dollars out of it.
Just you wait and see.
Posted by Rita at August 17, 2004 07:38 PM
Comments
"Hillbilly" would be a helluva lot easier for me to to understand than the garble spoken by folks from India on the Dell Support Line.
Posted by: Jim at August 17, 2004 08:40 PM
Funny Jim should mention that, since I was thinking that same thing.
Posted by: Craig at August 17, 2004 11:19 PM
Hey, you could get Darryl, kicked up to his brother Darryl, then get kicked up to his other brother Darryl. Wouldn't get the problem fixed, but it would at least be entertaining.
Posted by: bogie at August 18, 2004 03:50 AM
All this support could be delivred over a background of banjo music.
I kinda like it.
Posted by: Jim at August 18, 2004 08:07 AM
That's what I'm thinking too Jim & Craig. And I could charge by the minute, and since we speak sooooo sloooowly I'd make a fortune.
Funny you should say that Bogie, my dad's family has a tendency to name their kids the same. For example, my dad's name is Clifford, and he has first cousins named Cliff and Clifton. They're identical twins, which makes it even more confusing. There's a whole passel of James, Jims and Jimmys too.
You're referring to Flat & Scruggs, right Jim? ; )
Posted by: rita at August 18, 2004 09:50 AM
Cletus. Heh.
Posted by: david at August 19, 2004 10:28 PM