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In a post about databases, Roy Osherove slips in this funny bit:

"Question:%A0 If the DBMS knew you were approaching the end of your rope, why didn't it say something?%A0 My working hypothesis is that it's kind of like when your wife wants you to take out the trash, but all she says is, "The trash can is almost full."%A0 Not, "Honey, will you please take out the trash?"%A0 Her objective is not to get you to take out the trash; rather, it is to improve you, the husband, morally and spiritually -- while at the same time getting you to take out the trash.%A0 You're supposed to infer, based on the facts she's provided, that you need to do it.%A0 I say, this is more like training than housekeeping.%A0 My wife insists that she must therefore be a very poor trainer.%A0 But trust me, she's keeping score."

Heh. Very true, that...