# So, what made you smile today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882 "2021-09-18T19:28:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 512
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882/512 "2026-08-08T18:25:49Z")
Dag Otto’s take of how they dealt with a scammer made me smile today. > [@Someone tried to scam me today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-tried-to-scam-me-today/1020133/35): > > Once I had a call from “Microsoft Support” and had some time to play along. I played dumb (actually, I played incredibly stupid), but appreciative that they were trying to help me and that I would do what they wanted. Eventually they got to the part where I was to give them remote access, and this entailed that I pressed some key combination that included the windows key. I told them that I didn’t have a windows key, and then told them a long story about how one day I was watching a cat video on… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-made-you-smile-today/950882)._