# PC load letter. WTF does that mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434 "2020-07-06T02:49:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/1 "2020-07-06T02:49:08Z")
The movie never gets old. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/2 "2020-07-06T02:57:21Z")
My wife and I watched Office Space a few weeks ago and I was so surprised how fresh it seemed. 21 years ago. Go back 21 years before it and it was 1978. Blows my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/3 "2020-07-06T03:10:57Z")
“I don’t like talking about my flair” “I don’t like my job, and i don’t think I am going to go anymore” That is when I fell in love with Jennifer Aniston and this movie. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/4 "2020-07-06T03:20:39Z")
Question: Were the squirrels _merry_ or _married_? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/5 "2020-07-06T03:45:15Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > That is when I fell in love with Jennifer Aniston and this movie. I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen her in anything else, at least nothing significant. I’ve never seen Friends, though I did watch the Ferris Bueller TV show she was the sister on. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/6 "2020-07-06T03:52:42Z")
Still waiting until I can buy my own Jump to Conclusions mat. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/7 "2020-07-06T03:56:50Z")
Fun fact, Michael Bolton is played by David Herman who does voice over work in all the best animated shows. Futurama…and whatever else. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/8 "2020-07-06T04:26:52Z")
I say the “PC load letter” thing to myself every time the printer runs out of paper at work. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/9 "2020-07-06T06:38:05Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Question: Were the squirrels _merry_ or _married_? Married. Married is funnier, therefore it’s married. Plus, it sound like married to me. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/10 "2020-07-06T15:38:15Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Fun fact, Michael Bolton is played by David Herman who does voice over work in all the best animated shows. Futurama…and whatever else. Bob’s Burgers, as well. Fun fact: “PC load letter” was an actual error message on HP printers of that era. It means the paper cartridge (abbreviated PC) is out of letter sized paper. Funner fact: David Herman ad libed the “PC load letter” bit. As scripted, he was just supposed to pick up some documents from the printer while talking to his coworkers. But the printer unexpectedly ran out of paper in the middle of filming the scene and displayed the now famous error message, and he just went with it. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/11 "2020-07-06T15:42:35Z")
She was in _Horrible Bosses_, co-starring with Kevin Spacey. Guess which one was playing a sexual predator. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/12 "2020-07-06T16:09:05Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > David Herman ad libed the “PC load letter” bit. I believe he dressed up like a wizard on Angel, playing a guy in a DND group that larps or something. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/13 "2020-07-06T16:12:34Z")
Herman also played the Secretary of State in Idiocracy. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/15 "2020-07-06T16:17:20Z")
> [@SwissMan](#): > > Still waiting until I can buy my own Jump to Conclusions mat. What’s stopping you? 🙂 [https://www.amazon.com/Initech-Jump-Conclusions-Office-Space/dp/B07GL3CBBZ](https://www.amazon.com/Initech-Jump-Conclusions-Office-Space/dp/B07GL3CBBZ) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/16 "2020-07-06T16:30:26Z")
Incidentally, Office Space was released in 1999 and ten years later, Mike Judge released [Extract](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extract_(film)), set in a company that makes flavoring extracts. The first company is from the point of view of a low-level employee while the second is from the point of view of the employer. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/17 "2020-07-06T17:47:33Z")
I read somewhere that there was supposed to be a darker tone in the ending scene of the movie, which suggested that Bill Lumbergh died in the fire. Peter was supposedly going to ask Samir and Michael if they had gone to Lumbergh’s funeral, to which they all replied no. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/18 "2020-07-06T19:14:13Z")
Gonna show her my “Oh!” face. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/19 "2020-07-06T19:31:46Z")
haven’t heard that but at the very end, when they are working outside, the boss comes over. He is another Lumbergh, but they muted what he said in the released version ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/20 "2020-07-06T20:18:41Z")
> **[The oral history of 'Office Space': Behind the scenes of the cult classic](https://ew.com/movies/2019/01/11/office-space-oral-history/)** > > EW spoke to Mike Judge, Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, and more about the box-office-flop-turned-cult-classic that ultimately became one of the most relatable workplace comedies of all time. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434/21 "2020-07-06T20:45:09Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Married. Married is funnier, therefore it’s married. Plus, it sound like married to me. I’m pretty sure it’s “married,” and is meant to imply he saw the squirrels fucking. > [@SwissMan](#): > > I read somewhere that there was supposed to be a darker tone in the ending scene of the movie, which suggested that Bill Lumbergh died in the fire. Peter was supposedly going to ask Samir and Michael if they had gone to Lumbergh’s funeral, to which they all replied no. yep, it’s one of the deleted scenes included on the DVD. But I think Lumbergh was supposed to have had a heart attack or something. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-load-letter-wtf-does-that-mean/914434.md?page=2)