An irritating itch down the back of your neck? Searing midsummer heat? Of course, it can only be SysAdmin Day

It is the balmy midsummer day when they grow wings, fly about in the hot sun, and get stuck to every kind of food and beverage. Yes, today is SysAdmin Day. Having spent the year cooped up in subterranean nests mindlessly following orders, sysadmins finally get their day in the sun. It all starts when the male and female …

[Anonymous South African Coward]

BzzzzzzzzzzzZAT

[Nick Ryan]

Ah, the sound of an over-charged cattle prod on a summer's evening...

[Mark 85]

Ah.. a day of open windows, elevators running amok, carpet rolls is now "official". What a time to be an admin.

We need a rite of passage for new admins. Something like kneeling before the BFOH, tapped on the shoulders by a cattle prod and the solemn " I dub thee admin, Arise sir geek".

[jake]

Since when was ...

... an operator qualified to anoint a systems administrator? Operators don't even rate root access, for gawd/ess' sake!

[matthewdjb]

Re: Since when was ...

Sure. That's what they want you to think.

[M7S]

Colonies of sysadmins have a single queen

Is this signalling the return of the Moderatrix?

(VERY long term reader reference)

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Colonies of sysadmins have a single queen

It's not so much that colonies of sysadmins have one queen, its just that only one of the sysadmins is female.

https://www.tvfanatic.com/quotes/protect-the-queen-which-ones-the-queen-im-the-queen-n/

[Robert Moore]

Re: Colonies of sysadmins have a single queen

The beloved Moderatrix is responsible for creating my favourite initialism of all time. ODFO

Oh

Do

F*ck

Off

For the youngsters out there.

[jake]

Re: Colonies of sysadmins have a single queen

Why do people think that using placeholders to mask letters somehow magically changes the word into something non-profane? We (TINW) know you meant fuck, so fucking type fuck. If some fucker can't handle it, they can fucking leave.

Or we can let the fuckheads who pretend to be easily shocked take over.

[matthewdjb]

Re: Colonies of sysadmins have a single queen

ODFO

;-)

[Ken Moorhouse]

Re: using placeholders

I think Jake needs a thesaurus.

Icon: Nearest I could find to a J*ke Alert------------------------->

[jake]

Re: using placeholders

Are you suggesting I need terma helper? How very dare you!

[jake]

Re: Colonies of sysadmins have a single queen

9ish years is a VERY long time?

Maybe in Internet years, I guess ... ::sighs::

[Gene Cash]

Re: Colonies of sysadmins have a single queen

Hey, I'm still sore over my loss of Schlock Mercenary.

[Snapper]

Re: Colonies of sysadmins have a single queen

Ms Beehave?

[Anonymous Coward]

Seeking sysadmins from other colonies to mate with

Since when do sysadmins have the time to mate?

[DJV]

Re: Seeking sysadmins from other colonies to mate with

January 1st 2000 was probably the last time. All were at work (because the higher ups decreed it) and they were sitting around twiddling their thumbs wondering what to do with themselves. They'd already triple and quadruple checked all the fixes for the multitude of possible Y2K problems in the preceding months. So, after drinking all the beer and eating all the pizzas, their minds turned to fruitier things.

All their offspring will turn 20 in a couple of months.

[Snapper]

Re: Seeking sysadmins from other colonies to mate with

Egad!

[Rich 11]

Re: Seeking sysadmins from other colonies to mate with

AllBoth their offspring will turn 20 in a couple of months.

FTFY.

The male:female ratio in our line of work could never have been considered equivalent. This somewhat reduces the opportunity for night-shift furtlings behind the racks.

[Youngone]

Searing midsummer heat?

No, because it's the middle of winter.

[jake]

Re: Searing midsummer heat?

You must live in the other gawd/ess-foresaken hemisphere.

[Denarius]

Sysadmins mate ?

I thought they were mostly mutants