>>>>>>I would like to know what is the second rules, you just wrote on rules,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (There are two rules for a programmer:
>>>>>> 1. Don't tell everything you know....)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks, Gerardo
>>>>>
>>>>>It's probably: if you know something, see rule #1.
>>>>>Don't take it personally, please.
>>>>
>>>>Here on the Universal Thread, we should all tell everything
>>>>we know to eachother. That is the reason for us being here... :)
>>>
>>
>>(from Tom H.) Here's what was meant: I came across this joke about the rules, and thought it was funny, so I put it in my "signature", but I do not follow this principle myself, I came out of school as a teacher, and I teach people whatever I can....
>> So, that's all it is.... just a joke about programmers.... it's not even ethnic.... And I'm a programmer, so it's a joke on me.
>>The reason I thought it was funny is because it takes just a second to realize what the joke is about, since the reader is getting ready to read two rules, and sees only one....
>>Tom.
>
>Thanks, I agree with you.
>
>An other think:
> You are free of what you think but slave of what you say.
>
>Just a joke...
>
>Gerardo Cordido
>gerardo_cordido@hotmail.com

I can't believe that had to be explained as a joke. Granted it took me a few seconds to figure it out, but I did get it. Here is another (you can substitute CUSTOMER for BOSS):

Rule #1: The Boss is ALWAYS right
Rule #2: If the Boss is wrong, see rule #1