Windows XP Joisey Edition
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Windows XP Joisey Edition
This note is for youse guys outside the Garden State -
Dear Consumas:
It has come ta our attention dat a cupola copies of the Windows XP New Joisey Edition may have been shipped outsida Joisey. If ya got one a dese, youse may need some help unnerstanin da commands.
Da Joisey edition may be recognized by da unique openin' screen. It reads: "Windas XP", wit a background pitcha a Hoboken. When youse start da program, instead a da usual stringy like music, you hear a little Springsteen. It'* also shipped wit a Sopranos screen sava.
Please also note:
Recycle bin is labeled "Newark"
My Computer is called "My Friggin' Computa"
The Inbox is referred to as "Da Trunk"
Deleted items are referred to as "Wacked", "Erased" or "Rubbed Out"
Control Panel is known as "The Bosses"
Performing an "illegal operation" is known as "Enhancin' da Family Business" and will actually maximize da program instead a shuttin' it down
Hard Drive is referred to as "Da Turnpike on Da Way to Da Shore"
Instead of an error message, "You Ain't Gonna Friggin' Believe Dis'" pops up.
Changes in Terminology in Da Joisey Edition:
OK . . . . Sure ting
Cancel . . . . Fugetabouit
Reset . . . . Start ova
Yeah . . . . Yeas
No . . . . Nah
Find . . . . Put a Contract Out On
Browse . . . . Get a Looksee
Back . . . . U-Toin
Help . . . . Get Your Own Friggin' Ansa
Stop . . . . Knock it Off
Start . . . . Move it
Settings . . . . Here'* da Rules
We regret any inconvenience it may have caused if you mistakenly got a copy of the Joisey Edition (not).
You may return it to Microsoft for a replacement version.
You gotta problem wit dat?
Dear Consumas:
It has come ta our attention dat a cupola copies of the Windows XP New Joisey Edition may have been shipped outsida Joisey. If ya got one a dese, youse may need some help unnerstanin da commands.
Da Joisey edition may be recognized by da unique openin' screen. It reads: "Windas XP", wit a background pitcha a Hoboken. When youse start da program, instead a da usual stringy like music, you hear a little Springsteen. It'* also shipped wit a Sopranos screen sava.
Please also note:
Recycle bin is labeled "Newark"
My Computer is called "My Friggin' Computa"
The Inbox is referred to as "Da Trunk"
Deleted items are referred to as "Wacked", "Erased" or "Rubbed Out"
Control Panel is known as "The Bosses"
Performing an "illegal operation" is known as "Enhancin' da Family Business" and will actually maximize da program instead a shuttin' it down
Hard Drive is referred to as "Da Turnpike on Da Way to Da Shore"
Instead of an error message, "You Ain't Gonna Friggin' Believe Dis'" pops up.
Changes in Terminology in Da Joisey Edition:
OK . . . . Sure ting
Cancel . . . . Fugetabouit
Reset . . . . Start ova
Yeah . . . . Yeas
No . . . . Nah
Find . . . . Put a Contract Out On
Browse . . . . Get a Looksee
Back . . . . U-Toin
Help . . . . Get Your Own Friggin' Ansa
Stop . . . . Knock it Off
Start . . . . Move it
Settings . . . . Here'* da Rules
We regret any inconvenience it may have caused if you mistakenly got a copy of the Joisey Edition (not).
You may return it to Microsoft for a replacement version.
You gotta problem wit dat?
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Re: Windows XP Joisey Edition
Originally Posted by MOS95B
Hard Drive is referred to as "Da Turnpike on Da Way to Da Shore"
--your resident Jersey girl, Jen
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Originally Posted by Jim W
Nicely done on the Jersey ownage Jen
I *could* go into how no one in NJ really talks in the manner described and how it'* all a product of people watching too much of The Sopranos but hey... even I understand the value of a good joke. :P
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Originally Posted by BonneMeMN
She musta just invented Joisey ownage... No one'* ever seen it before!
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You heard about the guy whose girlfriend said she wanted him to kiss her "where it stinks", and he drove her to Jersey, right?