From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 5 20:02:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 334AB106568D for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 20:02:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from mailout.zetnet.co.uk (mailout.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.47.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E04E88FC12 for ; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 20:02:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from irwell.zetnet.co.uk ([194.247.47.48] helo=zetnet.co.uk) by mailout.zetnet.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1KmZZA-0002zc-0H; Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:46:56 +0100 Received: from melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (54-144.adsl.zetnet.co.uk [194.247.54.144]) by zetnet.co.uk (8.14.1/8.14.1/Debian-9) with ESMTP id m95Jktvp008164; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 20:46:55 +0100 Received: by melon.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EAF41FCA4AD; Sun, 5 Oct 2008 20:46:49 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 20:46:49 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: Frank Mitchell Message-ID: <20081005194649.GB26520@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Frank Mitchell , freebsd-chat@freebsd.org References: <200810051645.45986.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200810051645.45986.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE-p2 i386 X-Organisation: 'http://www.shute.org.uk/' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (zetnet.co.uk [194.247.46.1]); Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:46:55 +0100 (BST) Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fawlty Towers X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:02:03 -0000 On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 04:45:45PM +0100, Frank Mitchell wrote: > > Is the television series "Fawlty Towers" known internationally? I've heard > it's used in India for Customer Relations tutorials. > > I was reminded of this when conversing with Dell Sales recently. Trouble is: > Nobody seems to have told them it's intended as a "How Not To" example. > > Faictz Ce Que Vouldras: Frank Mitchell I thought Dell sold faulty towers.... I'll get my coat... -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html