My Comp Class

For a computer programming class, I sat directly across from someone, and our computers were facing away from each other.

A few minutes into the class, she got up to leave the room. I reached between our computers and switched the inputs for the keyboards. She came back and started typing and immediately got a distressed look on her face.

She called the teacher over and explained that no matter what she typed, nothing would happen. The teacher tried everything. By this time, I was hiding behind my monitor
and quaking, red-faced.

I started to type, “Leave me alone!”

They both jumped back, silenced.

“What the . . . ” the teacher said.

I typed, “I said leave me alone!”

The girl got real upset. “I didn’t do anything to it, I swear!”

It was all I could do to keep from laughing out loud. The conversation between them and HAL 2000 went on for an amazing five minutes.

Me: “Don’t touch me!”

Her: “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to hit your keys that hard.”

Me: “Who do you think you are, anyway?!” etc. Finally, I couldn’t contain myself any longer and fell out of my chair laughing.

After they realized what I had done, they both turned beet red. Funny, I never got more than a C- in that class.

This joke is filed under Computer.