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* BOFH: The PFY's comeuppance

Carsten Pedersen

Another stroke of genius 

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And besides, the PFY is completely right about them short people. Can't trust 'em...

Anonymous Coward

Beautiful 

Heart

Pure poetry...

Adam

Great :-) 

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BOFH is finally getting back to the funny standards of yesteryear - keep up the good work!

Mike Smith

Hope the Director had sweaty hands 

Pirate

>KKKKKKKKKZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Pure class.

Now THAT's what being a BOFH is all about. I hope the batteries were fully charged!

Made my day.

Andraž Levstik

Brilliant... 

Best one in a while...

Now where's the one that she get's stuck in the elevator for a few days... PReferably in a sub sub basement...

Sir Runcible Spoon

chuckle 

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I haven't had a laugh out loud moment in this job for weeks.

LOL! (I'm getting funny looks now :P)

Harvey Trowell

Volleyball team 

Happy

Scary stuff, how is the BOFH monitoring the PFY's fantasies? Scarier still, no mention of the team's gender...

TrixyB

Best read in Ages! 

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Well done Simon BOFH has been brilliant this year! :)

Peter Fielden-Weston

And beards 

Paris Hilton

never trust anyone with a beard. Even the men.

Scott

Blackmail 

Paris Hilton

Should of just done the usual BOFH and blackmailed the head tester with something, photo shop and the chief exec in an unexpected position...slipping BOFH, where do i send my CV as blackmail at work is my field (Works christmas party and a mobile with a camera love it!!!)?

Paris because she also likes analizing heads!!!

Lukin Brewer

But... 

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was it set to stir-fry or stun? All we can be sure is that the Director wouldn't have spotted or understood this important detail until he pulled the trigger.

Anonymous Coward

Simon: you'll be hearing from my solicitors 

I sprayed coffee all over my keyboard and monitor, you shagger!

There should be some kind of warning on this column - "Please ensure all comestibles are well finished before reading."

Mike Smith

Am I the only one... 

Paris Hilton

who thought this was a Freudian slip?

"Paris because she also likes analizing heads!!!"

Well said, sir.

Mike Smith

Re: Brilliant 

Pirate

"Now where's the one that she get's stuck in the elevator for a few days... PReferably in a sub sub basement..."

With the PFY.

Who knows she tried to get him fired.

Chris Simmons

The PFY's comeuppance... 

Happy

And right next to the story-text a RegJobs ad titled "Principal SAP".

/I know there was more to it but that's how my eye caught it

John Widger

Classic 

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How can you read this and keep a straight face? I'm still laughing.

ImaGnuber

In the details 

"The Bollard"

Perfect. Can't stop cooing like a happy baby. Thank god I'm alone.

Fluffykins

The Bollard. 

Oh, the bollard

Oh, the bollard

Oh, the bollard

>guffaw<

dervheid

:-D 

Brilliant!

Andrew Moore

@Lukin Brewer 

>was it set to stir-fry or stun?

Do you think that question even needed to be asked...

Tony Barnes

Genius 

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Great ep, good work!!

Michael King

Hahaha 

Happy

You owe me a new keyboard this one's covered in coffee now...

Anonymous Coward

@Lukin Brewer, Andrew Moore 

Happy

Asked and answered:

"By permitting you to [b]stun[/b] him with his own insulation tester..."

Emphasis added.

Simon Millard

Fssttt 

Flame

I nearly fell of my chair laughing

Andy Taylor

It's the details that make it 

" "The Swedish volleyball team are visiting a jelly factory just as a fire breaks out, and the sprinklers come on and one of the jelly crystal tanks bursts, just as one of the team members makes an unkind remark about one of the other members hair styles," I reply. "But apart from that..."

"No paranoia, delusions?" she asks, scribbling something down on a separate sheet of paper and writing my name at the top..."

Pure genius once again. It's high time the BOFH got his own TV or radio show.

Jerry

No new keyboard for you! 

Gates Horns

Y'all should KNOW better than to eat of drink while reading the Bastard!

Mycho

Swedish football team? 

Not the brazilian women's football team then?

(Usual disclaimers, don't google at work...)

robert cooke

Does it get any better? 

Happy

"The Swedish volleyball team are visiting a jelly factory just as a fire breaks out, and the sprinklers come on and one of the jelly crystal tanks bursts, just as one of the team members makes an unkind remark about one of the other members hair styles," I reply. "But apart from that..."

PURE GENIUS.

Karl

Best by far! 

Paris Hilton

Brought alot more depth to the PFY, alot of points you can realt to... like the little people part. brilliant for cabling when its on the ground, not so great at replacing a switch at the top of a 42u though.

Rosuav

Warnings about coffee? Who needs 'em! 

> There should be some kind of warning on this column - "Please ensure all comestibles are well finished before reading."

There is. It's abbreviated to "BOFH: " in front of the title.

Great episode!

Anonymous Coward

thank you, thank you 

Paris Hilton

"I was going to say 'a bonus' - but accident will do," I respond.

WELL DONE....as for:

"Paris because she also likes analizing heads!!!"...well way to slip that one in there!

Rusty Warrior

The Bollard 

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Sheer genius!

Herby

Where do I get one of those "insulation testers" 

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Are they available at the Cash and Carrion section?

How much?

Does the switch have a lock for the "stun" position?

Has it been properly "modified"?

Every budding BOFH needs one of these!!

Anonymous Coward

Re: Volleyball team 

Dead Vulture

"Scarier still, no mention of the team's gender..."

Is volleyball played by anyone other than naked women???

DS

Delusions and Paranoia 

What, no librarians? I was sure there'd be some busty bloodsucking book-keepers, but alas not.

On to the real question... If a dwarf, tester-in-hand, were to self-test himself, would he resemble a garden gnome?

Stuart

Ah the build-up..... 

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....and then the "killer" blow at the end!

Loved it!

Keep up the excellent work

Steen Hive

I couldn't resist. 

Coat

Swedish women's beach volleyball team for er.. research purposes:

http://www.swedenbeach.se/

Wesley

Google ads 

In Australia, we didn't get the ad about the poor SAP, but this was there instead....

Paranoia explained

Extensive information on paranoia, and paranoid schizophrenia

www.psychiatry24x7.com

Too perfect!

Cheers,

Wes

Anonymous Coward

Re: Volleyball team 

Coat

AC wrote:

>"Scarier still, no mention of the team's gender..."

>Is volleyball played by anyone other than naked women???

Wouldn't be much point to it otherwise, would there?

Pyros

Finally... 

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They have officaly opposed the legion that is... The Great Midget Rebellion.

Which, of course, will start... shortly.

Matthew Malthouse

Something's wrong here... 

Pirate

BOFH + PFY + cattle prod + van + an IT Director of the dwarfish persuasion...

And the short person survived?

Anonymous from Mars

Magnificent. 

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So good that those last three lines weren't necessary.

Stuart Berry

Brilliant 

Go

By far the best BOFH i have read in ages!

Always a laugh!!

Duckorange

That's beautiful 

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A work of genius, sir.

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