I e-mailed a company asking about a DVD they sell. I think people forget that the V stands for versatile. Those freaky silver discs can hold data that represents all manner of things. But anyway . . . so I e-mail them asking what operating system the disc runs under (presuming that it contains some kind of software; it may not, of course, but given the nature of the DVD, that would be very strange were it not to . . . it contains a database, put it that way). So, you would think that would be a simple enough question. However, the reply comes back:

So what does that mean? Anyone? How can such a simple question provoke such a strange reply? Hence, I replied:

So yes . . . not much going on right now. M****'s due on 3rd July (or 5th . . . whatever, it's around then) so it could be any time around now. But, on the day, don't expect some kind of "Okay, M****, I'm on my way home now. I'll just need to update my web-site, though, so that everyone knows," kind of scenario.