A light-hearted post today!

“Half-pink, half blue” was the answer I saw to an IT question from an end user, and for some reason it amused me. I decided to ask on twitter, what people thought the question could be that lead to this response:

Pop quiz: “Half-pink, half blue”. What IT technical question could you ask a user that would get this response? :)

— Adam Fowler (@AdamFowler_IT) August 17, 2017

Jess has a reasonable guess:

Is it something to do with microphone and audio in cables?

— Jess Ambrose 🌈 (@printfJess) August 17, 2017

Shane however may need to reconsider what interactions he has with users:

pregnancy test?

— Shane Bryan 💬 (@ShaneBryan_Aus) August 17, 2017

John may have been having a bad day:

What ratio of medication do you take to ask such a dumb question from the IT department?

— John Robb (@JohnRobbphoto) August 17, 2017

Daniel however, came up with a pretty good guess. Wrong, but still good:

“I’m placing an order for 50 CAT5 Ethernet cables. What colours do we need?”

— Daniel Kipping (@DanKipping) August 17, 2017

Tim decided to use a word that made me google it, and even then I’m not sure what’s going on, but I’m sure Tim does:

Nice typing.What colour are your cutaneous plates? :-)

— Tim Keegan (@ITNinjaGuy) August 17, 2017

Daniel came back with another good guess, I’m sure I’ve seen a CRT similar to this:

“Oh! You’re having trouble with your monitor? Strange colours, you say!? Describe what he display looks like…”

— Daniel Kipping (@DanKipping) August 17, 2017

David however, decided he’d rather a visit to the HR department:

How would you describe your sexual orientation ?

— New Model Tours (@DavidNnmt) August 17, 2017

Jim expected the worst from a user, and assumed self injury through poor choices. Maybe he’s been here before:

So you opened the case of your PC while it was still on and stuck your hand inside. What does your hand look like now?

— Jim Katoe (@jimkatoe) August 18, 2017

However, nobody actually guessed the correct answer.

The answer was:

“How much disk space do you have?” https://t.co/GPJsfiaXUf

— Adam Fowler (@AdamFowler_IT) August 17, 2017

Tough to guess since the colour’s actually red, not pink, but I still liked the answer.