From the grab-bag...

Your Grab-bag today is the Bastard Operator from Hell.

This comes from the latter part of the 80s, as Simon himself tells us here. Those of you who are either professional geeks or have ever worked any kind of help desk will understand this perfectly.

The rest of you - well, it's just pretty damned funny. :-)

So without further adieu,  Spatula City BBS presents The Bastard Operator From Hell.