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Writer's Block

where my strange imagination roams free...

Abort

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"Fatal System Exception - (A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail?"
My eyes go wide - that doesn't look good. Fatal?! Fatal for who? Have i annoyed the computer THAT much?
I cautiously move my hands away from the keyboard, look around nervously. Nothing seems to be happening. Would it happen instantly? The message is still blaring out its warning. Wait...Abort, Retry and Fail? Those look like options - maybe it's not too late to make amends. But which one to pick? Fail sounds dangerous. Abort sounds like an escape or surrender. Retry sounds positive, but might just annoy the computer even more.
I close my eyes for a few seconds, but it's still there when i open them again. Ok. Decision time. I reach out and tentatively press R.
"Error reading disk - (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)gnore?"
Ignore? Is that better than Fail somehow? Either way, i don't like the way this is going. I reach out and hit A.
"Abort failed. (A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail?"
What the-? I press A again out of irritation.
"Abort failed. (A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail?"
I don't like the way it's shepherding me towards Fail. R this time.
"An unknown error has occurred. (A)bort, (F)ail?"
Wait, where'd Retry go?! I press A.
"Keyboard malfunction. Press Space to continue"
Space? Continue what? I whack the Space bar angrily.
"(A)bort, (R)etry, (F)ail?"
What?! Dammit! I give in - F!
"Please wait..."
Wait? Wait for what?
"Starting uninstall..."
Whoa there...what uninstall?!
"Removing program files..."
I feel suddenly light-headed.
"Removing configuration files..."
My shoes disappear, as do my clothes. Hey, stop that! What the hell? Abort, abort!
"Removing user from main Earth directory..."
Eek! I make a dive for the power cable...i can see through my hand...everything's fading...

"Uninstall complete. Some files could not be removed, you may have to remove these manually."

A pair of glasses lie abandoned nearby.

Post-ModernNine - No Nonsense

Comments

Spaggyj 15. August 2008, 09:21

:lol: you made me choke on my cereal! :lol:

yulenka 15. August 2008, 09:24

Super!!!!!!!!!!!!!!It is amazing!

Cois 15. August 2008, 09:31

:lol::lol: i'm never deleting programs no more..

funz81 15. August 2008, 09:49

What did you do? :eyes:

See, when you tried so hard and failed, learn the lesson, never try! :left:

Furie 15. August 2008, 10:03

Um, has anyone seen Mart since this story came up? He wouldn't be cruel and not comment here would he? :insane:

Cois 15. August 2008, 10:06

Well the glasses.. :eyes:

attilasoul 15. August 2008, 10:16

You can call that fatal again! :lol:

yulenka 15. August 2008, 12:57

oh no! Maybe to try to install him?

Furie 15. August 2008, 13:17

Does anyone have his original disk? I said DISK! :mad:

ellena 15. August 2008, 14:32

I found Mart!! See the link below:
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=2I9xMVbtTdY

selurus 15. August 2008, 19:20

fantastic. :yes:

I hope someone has a back up available :worried:

Chas4 15. August 2008, 21:48

is it to late for chkdsk?

Furie 15. August 2008, 22:15

*desperately hammers at the keyboard, trying to get Mart back*
I knew installing Vista was a mistake. :cry:

clean 15. August 2008, 23:44

:lol: Very :cool: !

theoddbod 15. August 2008, 23:44

:rolleyes: @ everyone p:

That's not me on YouTube, they used a stunt hamster and Photoshopped me :irked:.

*concentrates hard and uninstalls Vista before it uninstalls him, leaving Mik with only a semi-functional DOS prompt*

p:

Furie 16. August 2008, 01:32

Just like computers were when I last used them. :up: Welcome back Mart. Aren't you glad I saved you? :D.

*types "format c:" and watches the world disappear slowly*

clean 16. August 2008, 02:00

There's a 'floppy disk' joke in there somewhere ... :wink: :rolleyes:

yulenka 16. August 2008, 05:02

Hey, we can use glasses for cloning him :wink:

Suntana 16. August 2008, 05:05

I could envision you like Marty McFly starting to disappear in Back to the Future when time was running out for George McFly & Lorraine to kiss at the dance. And he was forgetting how to play the guitar. THEN ... he came back from extinction.

theoddbod 16. August 2008, 08:35

*relieved that he's not on C:* :left:

1bluebox 19. August 2008, 06:01

good one mart. i usually try cntl+alt+del -- but i like the unplug the damned thing better!

rose-marie 27. August 2008, 17:35

:lol: :lol: Hilarious!

Marike79 7. November 2008, 17:35

:D great story I felt the panic!!!!!! :lol:

theoddbod 7. November 2008, 17:40

Thanks! :D

yulenka 7. November 2008, 20:47

Yes,your story is amazing:) hi Mart :smile:
I even read it to my husband tanslating to Russian :smile:
So...you must be proud that your story sounded in Russian language :smile:))

theoddbod 7. November 2008, 21:48

I am proud :happy::cool:.

Although I can't quite imagine how you'd manage to do the 'Abort Retry Fail' bits without making dramatic changes of voice. I hadn't considered this as a 'read aloud' kind of story.

yulenka 7. November 2008, 21:53

:lol: I tried to read it with dramatic changes of voice...bu stared to laugh again and again :smile:

theoddbod 7. November 2008, 22:13

Perhaps using the voice of HAL from 2001 : A Space Odyssey? :D

Cois 8. November 2008, 01:38

I had to read the story again to find out wt heck you were talking about p:

yulenka 8. November 2008, 03:34

:lol: :D

LebMAT 12. April 2009, 21:35

This story reminds of the day of the 286 very nice indeed very nice

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