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January 21st, 2002
Texas Version of Windows Sent in by Allen Crise, Texas (of course)
Dear Customers:
It has come to our attention that a few copies of the WINDOWS 2002
TEXAS EDITION may have accidentally been shipped outside of TEXAS. If you
have one of these, you may need some help understanding the commands. The
TEXAS edition may be recognized by the unique opening screen. It reads:
WINDERS 02, with a background picture of Sam Houston superimposed on a Texas
flag. It is shipped with a Remember the Alamo screen saver. Please also
note:
The Recycle Bin is labeled “Outhouse”
My Computer is called “This Dern Contraption”
Dial up Networking is called “Good Ol’ Boys”
Control Panel is known as “The Dashboard”
Hard Drive is referred to as “4 Wheel Drive”
Floppies are “them little ol plastic disc thangs”
Instead of an error message a “garbage bag and roll of duct tape” pops up.
CHANGES IN TERMINOLOGY IN TEXAS EDITION:
OK . . . . . . . . . . ats aw-right
Cancel . . . . . . . stopdat
Reset . . . . . . . . try er agin
Yes . . . . . . . . . yep
No . . . . . . . . . . noop
Find . . . . . . . . . hunt fer it
Go to. . . . . . . . over yonder
Back . . . . . . . . back yonder
Help . . . . . . . . hep me out here
Stop . . . . . . . . . kwitit
Start . . . . . . . . . crank er up
Settings . . . . . . settins
Programs . . . . . stuff at duz stuff
Documents . . . . stuff ah done did
Also note that TEXAS EDITION does not recognize capital letters or
punctuation marks.
Some programs that are exclusive to Winders 02:
Tiperiter . . . . . . . . A word processing program
colerin book . . . . . a graphics program
cyferin mersheen . calculator
outhouse paper . . notepad
iner-net . . . . . . . . ..Microsoft Explorer4.0
pichers . . . . . . . . . A graphics viewer
We regret any inconvenience it may have caused if you received a copy of the
TEXAS EDITION. You may return it to Microsoft for a replacement version if
y’all want.
I hope this helps all y’all!
Billy Bob Gates
Originally published January 21st, 2002 on Fly Anglers Online by Allen Crise.