Obscure, Nerdy Humour

[OldF] Niteowl: cpa, let us knwo when yer ready
[MeFi] CPA-ONE: a'ite
[MeFi] CPA-ONE: altering some database atm
Elhamtx: is that more fun?
[OldF] Niteowl: Drop them all and let the DBA sort that shit out
[MeFi] CPA-ONE: more necessary to my job...
[MeFi] CPA-ONE: and I am the DBA
Elhamtx: hahaha
[OldF] Niteowl: then drop all the tables and let the developers sort it out?
[MeFi] CPA-ONE: i'm also the developer!!!
[MeFi] CPA-ONE: GOD HELP ME
[OldF] Niteowl: DROP THE TABLES AND LET QA SORT IT OUT THEN
[MeFi] CPA-ONE: actually, tho, I'm not the dev for this project; but he asked me for help, and since I outrank him, I feel obligated.
[MeFi] CPA-ONE: Seems kinda backwards
[OldF] Niteowl: yes, that is
[OldF] Niteowl: just write some really fucking obscure regex, pipe it to a dead box running a 3 year old crontab, and tell him
[OldF] Niteowl: 'well, it's all pretty self explanatory from there'
[MeFi] CPA-ONE: haha
[OldF] Niteowl: and then end it with a cryptic hint about 'using sed and awk to really make it zing'
[MeFi] CPA-ONE: $dba =~ /^on\svacation!$/
[OldF] Niteowl: HAH
Elhamtx: HUH?
Elhamtx: not HAH
Elhamtx: HUH?
[MeFi] CPA-ONE: i need to work on my BOFH
[OldF] Niteowl: totally
Elhamtx: is that like a BFF
Elhamtx: b/c i have one of those
[MeFi] CPA-ONE: It's very close!
[OldF] Niteowl: DON"T YOU START DROPPING YER DRAWRING LINGO ON US ARCHITECT MAN
[MeFi] CPA-ONE: t-square!!!!
[MeFi] CPA-ONE: shite - just realized i'm going to have to watch this til it finishes. it's halfway there.
Elhamtx: don't make me calculate how many bricks it would take to veneer your exterior!
[OldF] Niteowl: that's some pretty disturbing code you got gonig on there elham