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The Twelve Bugs of Christmas
A tuneful Christmas to everyone... 
 
This was sent on to me via a friend. 
 I have no idea who first wrote it and/or who copyrighted it, and I hope they have no objection to  me copying it below. If you do know any history of it, please do let me know. 
 
For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
	See if they can do it again.
For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
	Ask them how they did it and
	See if they can do it again.
For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
	Try to reproduce it
	Ask them how they did it and
	See if they can do it again.
For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
	Run with the debugger
	Try to reproduce it
	Ask them how they did it and
	See if they can do it again.
For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
	Ask for a dump
	Run with the debugger
	Try to reproduce it
	Ask them how they did it and
	See if they can do it again.
For the sixth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
	Reinstall the software
	Ask for a dump
	Run with the debugger
	Try to reproduce it
	Ask them how they did it and
	See if they can do it again.
For the seventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
	Say they need an upgrade
	Reinstall the software
	Ask for a dump
	Run with the debugger
	Try to reproduce it
	Ask them how they did it and
	See if they can do it again.
For the eighth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
	Find a way around it
	Say they need an upgrade
	Reinstall the software
	Ask for a dump
	Run with the debugger
	Try to reproduce it
	Ask them how they did it and
	See if they can do it again.
For the ninth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
	Blame it on the hardware
	Find a way around it
	Say they need an upgrade
	Reinstall the software
	Ask for a dump
	Run with the debugger
	Try to reproduce it
	Ask them how they did it and
	See if they can do it again.
For the tenth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
	Change the documentation
	Blame it on the hardware
	Find a way around it
	Say they need an upgrade
	Reinstall the software
	Ask for a dump
	Run with the debugger
	Try to reproduce it
	Ask them how they did it and
	See if they can do it again.
For the eleventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
	Say it's not supported
	Change the documentation
	Blame it on the hardware
	Find a way around it
	Say they need an upgrade
	Reinstall the software
	Ask for a dump
	Run with the debugger
	Try to reproduce it
	Ask them how they did it and
	See if they can do it again.
For the twelfth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
	Tell them it's a feature
	Say it's not supported
	Change the documentation
	Blame it on the hardware
	Find a way around it
	Say they need an upgrade
	Reinstall the software
	Ask for a dump
	Run with the debugger
	Try to reproduce it
	Ask them how they did it and
	See if they can do it again.
 
 
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