The Register® — Biting the hand that feeds IT

BOFH: Defiling the profile

Page:

Anonymous Coward

LAWL 

Paris Hilton

kthxbye

Codge

Friday already? 

Happy

It's been a few weeks, but worth the wait!

Cheers Simon!

Geeks and Lies

Ahhh the slander..... 

Happy

:-) carry on

Anonymous Coward

Glorious 

Heart

Though I was thinking of blackmail to get some money in before moving to the public humiliation...

Still - Fine work!

Mike

great! 

what can i say? great as usual!

Martin Bezemer

ABFAB! 

Thumb Up

The BOFH *and* the PF(not-so-anymore)Y working in unison to bring the downfall of not one but two bosses at the same time.

Brilliant.

Thanks Simon, I'll send over the invoice for a new kibo shortly.

Alex Osmond

Abso f**king lootly brilliant 

Says it all

Chris

hmmmm 

Thumb Down

After all our nagging there is another episode quicker than a month but am i the only one thinking its not THAT funny?

Watching Martin Johnson in Ireland - England in the past 6nations now THAT was funny... The guy is a standup comedian!

Rich Harding

Priceless 

Thumb Up

Best for a while :)

Dan

rofl 

Happy

Best bofh for a while...

storng.bare.durid

win. 

Thumb Up

This installment of BOFH is teh win. Best I've seen in a while. Good work, keep it up.

Danny

a return to form 

Thumb Up

though i definitely enjoyed most of last year's episodes, this year is turning out even better. if this is a sample of what we're going to get this year, then it'll be a fantastic year for sure.

go Simon!

Sir Runcible Spoon

A true return to form 

Heart

first one to actually make me laugh out loud for months..much needed today,thanks Simon :D

The Dorset Rambler

Yaaayyyy!!! 

Thumb Up

Nice work Simon.

All sorts of mind pictures created by "leek fetish"......

daniel

Keyboard, coffee etc. 

Thumb Up

Very well written, worth the wait, but any chance of more BOFH?

Sarah Bee

Re: hmmmm 

(Written by Reg staff)

The management would like to reassure you that your nagging is almost never taken into consideration when editorial decisions are being made.

Nathanael Bastone

First class! 

Thumb Up

Brilliant stuff from the BOFH. Obviously missing a good "fatal user error" although maybe one will result when the Director finds out...

Well done, another solid and amusing BOFH tale :)

kenzie

Hooray! 

Heart

Love for Simon =)

Nick

Brilliant 

That was laugh out loud funny - as in it made me actually laugh out loud, not just the "mildly amusing" which people usually mean by "laugh out loud funny".

Thanks,

and keep it up!

Rene Schickbauer

Smooth :-) 

Thumb Up

BOFH goes Web2.0. Guess that's the modern version of installing a hacked login script into user accounts - except getting creative with Facebook is (still) legal ;-)

But i have to admit, it doesn't beat stories like getting the user to put his pot plant ontop of his computer, connect to to the neon lights and water it real good.

Or have to user move the emergency exit signs away from the door and then turn off the lights and sound the fire alarm.

L. W.

Good one! 

Paris Hilton

Nothing like a little cyber-sabotage to ones reputation!!

Not to mention TWO BOFH's in a month... things are indeed looking better!

Paris, because she knows all about cyber-reputations!

jan

well well 

Gates Horns

social network my rear, as well as the joy of seeing the boss unemployed or even better throughly humiliated

mark buggy

it's been a bloody long month 

Thumb Up

and I needed that. A vintage episode.

Jazzle

Excellent Work 

Jobs Horns

Thanks Simon, excellent work yet again, cant wait to see more BOFH Carnage!!!

Now where is my bag of lime, spade and roll of old carpet, new boss and all.

Juillen

Deliciously underhanded... 

Coat

And truly elegant! Fantastic episode!

I think Rule #1 is don't drink coffee while reading this year's BOFH episodes.

Being an ordinary bloke from Bristol, makes me wonder if the PFY wasn't taking over established profiles too.. Would explain the tweaks on my FB profile!

Mine's the one with the PFY's little black book in the pocket.

Jon Brindley

I'm glad 

Happy

.. that it's not just me that's fallen for those devious scoundrels on facebook

Jason

Brillance 

Thumb Up

Thank you simon, excellent!

b

bristol 

Flame

OY!

Anonymous Coward

Given the scenario of this month's BOFH.... 

Joke

... are all the above comments from your different persona, Simon ?

Andrew Parsons

Bristol 

Flame

Double OY!

You should have chosen Swindon...

Newsman

2 in one month! 

Linux

OMG! Two episodes in less than 4 weeks? What's the world coming to??? I'm happy to see another episode... and the PHB (to steal a term from Dilbert) is getting his! Seems like the BOFH and the PFY Ride Again! Just like old times. Now, here's hoping for another episode in less than a month!

Charlie van Becelaere

Well 

plotted, scripted, and paced.

While my keyboard remains coffee-free, I did chuckle quite audibly.

Thanks, Simon, for an elegant romp.

Sir Runcible Spoon

re:Given the scenario 

Go

I'm Simon and so's my wife, plus my brother-in law is the ex-mayor of god!

Anonymous Coward

Thanks for the How-To Guide 

Just this week, our company president has become entranced by Web 2.0 and "social networking." Imagine my pleasure at finding your helpful tips this morning. I'm eagerly awaiting your user guide re Twitter.

John

Nice one 

It's nice to see the boss doesn't have to die every time. Loved it. Humiliation is SOOOO much better than Quicklime and a tape safe.

Rosuav

@Nick 

Nick said: That was laugh out loud funny - as in it made me actually laugh out loud, not just the "mildly amusing" which people usually mean by "laugh out loud funny".

Nick, your comment was "cackle out loud funny". As in, I read your comment, and I really did cackle. I don't know what anyone who has used that in any other context, and there's only a thousand Google results for "cackle out loud" (quoted), but whatever they mean, I probably didn't mean it.

jubtastic1

Perfect 

Loved that one, grinning ear to ear

Matthew

Virtually sure 

Paris Hilton

There are only three real people on Facebook, and I'm not one of them.

Neither is Paris.

Chris

limey lingo 

Alert

What's a slapper?

Anonymous Coward

Good for you! Shoot for the impossible! 

Happy

I should know better than to be eating or drinking anything during BOFH. Dammit, man!

Iam Me

I knew it 

Happy

I fooking knew that the BOFH and the PFY would not only be able to game the web 2.0 crowd to a masterful degree, but arrange the downfall of at least one manager in the process. Absolutely brilliant Simon thank you for making my Friday.

Anonymous Coward

@Chris 

Thumb Up

"After all our nagging there is another episode quicker than a month but am i the only one thinking its not THAT funny?"

Yes

Anonymous Coward

@ Limey Lingo 

Thumb Up

According to my Anglo - American Dictionary:

Slapper (n): Similar to "Trailer Trash". One with tooooooo much make-up. As in slaps it on with a trowel.

Shane Orahilly

@ Sarah 

Stop

"The management would like to reassure you that your nagging is almost never taken into consideration when editorial decisions are being made. "

Now you've done it. By saying "almost", you've given the enemy the one thing you never should - Hope.

Report to the computer room for reprogamming, the cattleprod is almost charged.

Ken Hagan

"It's all about bait..." 

Heart

"...He'll meet someone as Candice or Lord Peter and use her/him to introduce all the other personalities, finally organising a date as Jerry."

This should be taught in schools, you know. What better way to warn naive youths of the dangers of the internet than to introduce them to the PFY?

Toastan Buttar

Slapper ? 

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=slapper

Scott Gower

@Chris 

Black Helicopters

I'm no "limey" but I'll give it a shot here. Use the syntax. Clearly, a "slapper"is a woman with a "morally-casual attitude" (I love that phrase) and quite low standards when it comes to male companionship. You know...the woman who thinks "acting ladylike" is just too much bother. Often seen in minimalist attire in and around nightspots.

Celtic Ferret

Gaming the web 2.0 crowd... 

Thumb Up

This should be taught in schools...

Speaking of that...

RT@Ofsted: "Primary schools to teach Twitter and Wikipedia"

http://notnews.today.com/2009/03/26/rtofsted-primary-schools-to-teach-twitter-and-wikipedia/

Gilbert Wham

This sounds... 

...like a horribly plausible technique. Please tell me it's made up?

Anonymous Coward

thank you thank thank you 

Thumb Up

its been a hard stretch lately.

Simon, thanks for the first good laugh in 2 weeks

Page: