You know something's wrong when ...

[j4]

... you see the error message "Total Failure" and burst into tears.

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[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

Some while ago, around the turn of the year, when things were very bad, some application refused to do something and suggested I check the help file. This latter returned the message 'no help is presently available'. Which was about right.

[ewx.livejournal.com]

gcc occasionally produces warnings about classes that "have no friends". Not first the place I expected to find poignancy...