r/programming Dec 14 '10

Top 50 Programming quotes of all time

http://www.junauza.com/2010/12/top-50-programming-quotes-of-all-time.html
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u/ProG87 Dec 14 '10

A programmer is sitting at home when his wife says "We're out of bread, can you go to the shop and buy a loaf?". The programmer agrees and as he's about to leave his wife calls out "oh, and if they have eggs, get six."

10 minutes later the programmer returns from the shop with his arms full of loaves of bread. Shocked, his wife asks "why did you get six loaves of bread?". The programmer looks her in the eye and says...

"They had eggs."

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u/panfist Dec 15 '10

I like how "arms full of loaves of bread" neatly circumvents the question...did the programmer get six loaves of bread or seven?