What do these boys mean, the farmer demanded, claiming they own a picture of an apple with a bite out of it?
My father started this here apple orchard over a hundred years ago, and weve had a picture of an apple with a bite out of it on the side of our roadside farm stand for nigh onto seventy-five years.
As far as Im concerned, these Silicon Valley slickers have infringed on my copyright and should name their fancy gadgets after something besides produce." humor,comedy,satire,political satire,laugh,joke,news,news laugh,newslaugh,laughs,laughter,spoof,spoofs,skit,skits Apple Computer, having recently won a suit brought by Apple Rrecords, the company founded by the Beatles, was surprised to find itself immediately dragged back into court to face a challenge by an incensed New York apple farmer.
What do these boys mean, the farmer went on, claiming they own a picture of an apple with a bite out of it?
Gesturing to his acres of apple blossoms, he continued, My father started this here apple orchard over a hundred years ago, and weve had a picture of an apple with a bite out of it on the side of our roadside farm stand for nigh onto seventy-five years.
As far as Im concerned, these Silicon Valley slickers have infringed on my copyright and on the rights of apple growers everywhere.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs responded, I hope we can put this suit behind us, because weve always loved apple farmers.
In all honesty, I admit we didnt invent an apple with a bite taken out of it.
Its one of our least original ideas.
Thats why we always have to defend it.
If I had it to do over again, I would have picked a more unusual fruit, like a Kiwi or maybe a Start fruit.
The farmer was not pacified, insisting, When I get done with these cagy fellers, theyll be sorry they ever set eyes on an apple.