# Funny program pop-ups/menu items/etc you've seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-program-pop-ups-menu-items-etc-youve-seen/994585 "2023-12-14T02:03:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-program-pop-ups-menu-items-etc-youve-seen/994585/1 "2023-12-14T02:03:00Z")
In the Android app F-Stop Media Gallery, in the settings there is this option: [![](https://i.postimg.cc/yd6Z5rYN/fstopmenu.jpg) ](https://i.postimg.cc/yd6Z5rYN/fstopmenu.jpg) It strikes me as funny and more to-the-point/blunt/honest than you usually see in program UIs. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-program-pop-ups-menu-items-etc-youve-seen/994585/2 "2023-12-14T17:10:51Z")
I remember seeing a lot of clever interface touches back in the early days (the '80s). I was always partial to Apple alerting me of a system error with an old-timey bomb: [![](https://debane.org/franck/wp-content/uploads/bomb.gif) ](https://debane.org/franck/wp-content/uploads/bomb.gif) ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-program-pop-ups-menu-items-etc-youve-seen/994585/3 "2023-12-14T17:14:46Z")
And Apple would sneak a “dogcow” in wherever they needed a generic image, like showing me the orientation of how my page would print. > **[We miss you, Clarus the dogcow](https://www.macworld.com/article/225565/we-miss-you-clarus-the-dogcow.html)** > > The Apple of today has the success and the respect, but Christopher Phin is nostalgic for the whimsy Apple had during Clarus's heyday. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-program-pop-ups-menu-items-etc-youve-seen/994585/4 "2023-12-14T17:27:10Z")
Type “chicxulub crater” in the search box of Chrome on an Android phone and hit enter, and watch what happens. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-program-pop-ups-menu-items-etc-youve-seen/994585/5 "2023-12-14T17:37:21Z")
An unintentionally funny one: I have a Brother multi-function printer/scanner/copier. Lately when I try to use the scanner the little LCD screen displays an error “Scanner Unable AF”. I’m not sure what AF stands for in this context (maybe auto-focus?), but I can’t help but to read it as the [slang meaning](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/af). ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-program-pop-ups-menu-items-etc-youve-seen/994585/6 "2023-12-14T18:46:00Z")
Way back in the pre-internet days, I ran bulletin boards using Opus CBCS. When trying to make a connection (i.e., for upload/download), it would try about 10 times, then quit, saying “Throwing my hands up in disgust.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-program-pop-ups-menu-items-etc-youve-seen/994585/7 "2023-12-14T18:56:32Z")
Can’t forget the Guru Meditation popup if you were an Amiga user and the danged thing crashed. [Sorry, all attempts to get a pic to show up failed] ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-program-pop-ups-menu-items-etc-youve-seen/994585/8 "2023-12-15T21:26:14Z")
Back in the 90s, playing “Doom” with cheat codes on, I found several rooms and platforms that had messages written on the walls saying “Cheater” or “You shouldn’t be able to get here” ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-program-pop-ups-menu-items-etc-youve-seen/994585/9 "2023-12-15T22:10:06Z")
I worked with a coder whose error messages would say: Error: A Badness has Occured.