Saturday, August 04, 2007 12:20 AM
Chris Koenig
The Triple Negative
I used to work for a guy who was famous around the office for his double-negatives - "I don't disagree with you" was almost his tagline. Thanks to my good friend Matt, we've finally identified one better than our old boss... From the San Antonio Express News article http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/traffic/stories/MYSA080307.1A.local.bridge.34310f6.html:
"A deficient bridge has structural damage or isn't as strong as it should be. It isn't not necessarily unsafe but could be, and officials often need to restrict traffic and weight loads." (emphasis added)
A "triple" negative? I wonder how long it took them to come up with that one...
[Ed: by the time I got around to posting on this, the Express News had gone in and cleaned up the article. Still, it was worth posting anyway as it was such a work of art...]
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About Chris Koenig
Chris Koenig is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft, based in Dallas, TX. Prior to joining Microsoft, Chris worked as a Senior Architect on the Architecture Strategy Team for The Capital Group in San Antonio, and as an Architect, Developer and Development Team Lead for the global solution provider Avanade. As a consultant, Chris worked with a variety of clients from many vertical markets, ISVs and other solution providers on enterprise-class Windows and web-based applications. Today, Chris focuses on building, growing, and enhancing the developer communities in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana amd Arkansas. Chris is a devoted husband and father of four awesome children who keep him very busy. In his spare time, Chris serves as Scoutmaster for his oldest son's Troop, and Committee Chair for his youngest sons' Pack. Chris also enjoys travelling, cooking, camping and playing guitar. You can contact Chris through his blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/chkoenig, via email at chris.koenig@microsoft.com, or via Windows Live Messenger at chris@koenigweb.com.
