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A software developer's wife asked him to get a gallon of milk from the store (lemmy.zip)

submitted 3 months ago by RacerX@lemmy.zip to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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"... and if they have eggs, get a dozen, " she added.

He later came home with 12 gallons of milk.

"Why'd you get so much milk!?!" his wife asked.

He replies, "THEY HAD EGGS!"

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[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 104 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

Alternate version:

"While you're there, pick up some bread," she added. He never returned.

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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 7 points 3 months ago

"Some say he's still there picking up bread to this day..."

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[–] 0xDREADBEEF@programming.dev 19 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

and when he returned empty-handed he answered "I then set the bread back down"

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[–] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.today 9 points 3 months ago

Obviously someone else then took the bread, the only way to break the cycle.

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