The other night, my husband and I were watching a movie about the CIA. One agent asked another agent for a piece of secret information.
“I could tell you,” the first agent replied, “but then I’d have to kill you.”
The next morning, when I turned my computer on, I had trouble getting it to start up. I kept getting pop-up messages:
“Do you want to activate the virus protection program?” (Well, OK, I guess I do. I clicked “Yes.”)
“Do you want Word for Windows to be able to access the Internet?” (I only want to type a letter, I don’t need to go on the Internet. I clicked “no.”)
“Please enter your password for Microsoft networking.” (I don’t have a password. I don’t have any idea what this is for. I clicked “Cancel.”)
Immediately, another pop-up window appeared.
“You are not authorized to remember this answer,” it said.
Oh, great. Now I’ll have to kill myself.
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