"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote

| (We have the expression in the UK too.)
|

I suppose it probably originated with you. It sounds like
an 18th century kind of thing.

| It's like the helpdesk "reboot your computer"; it _may_ fix the problem,
| but doesn't help either the helpdesk or the customer learn what the
| problem was in the first place.

Or worse, the people who tell you to install all updates,
boot into safe mode, restore to the last stable restore
point, and, oh yeah, if you have extensions then disable
all of them. They're trying to sound like knowledgeable
IT people but really they don't know the answer and they're
just making the person waste a lot of time.

MS people are even worse in their groups. Profuse thank yous,
followed by a request to restate the question, followed by
more nonsense, then eventually an answer that the question
must be asked in a different group.... But have a super day
and thank you so much for your question!!