6> It put your PDA, your cell phone, and your answering machine out of business the first day you had it back.

5> You keep seeing the Blue Vest of Death.

4> Your Sims characters just hang out in the back yard blowing beer cans off the rusted ‘43 Ford tractor with a sawed-off 10-gauge.

3> Your “Christmas” screen saver starts loading in August.

2> He gets very defensive when you start talking about monopolistic practices until he realizes you were referring to Microsoft.

and the Number 1 Sign Your Computer Has Been Repaired by a Wal-Mart Techie…

1> Your computer mysteriously locks up all night while the disk cleaning programs run.

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Credits:

Selected from 38 submissions from 12 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Marshall Gatten, Glendale, CA — 1
Matt Van Opens, Watertown, WI — 2, 3
Nathan Sherman, Bellevue, WA — 4
Andrew Hackard, Austin, TX — 5, 6
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator, Topic