BOFH Archives

The 1997 Special Limited Release

0. Intro
1. Just how do you get round that tricky visit from the auditors? The BOFH has a few ideas ...
2. The BOFH's in the mood for a little light fraud, but how to get rid of the boss? Easy-peasy ...
3. The chief bean counter has a half-baked plan to oust the Bastard and his sidekick. What a very foolish thing to attempt ...
4. Someone's found out where the 'liberated' phones go. Better dial 'B' for Bastard ...
5. The boss cooks his goose with a dodgy microwave dish ... so the Bastard simply out-manoeuvres him yet again ...
6. Hungover, roped in to cover the Helldesk — if he wasn't the Bastard, this could be a bad day ...
7. The BOFH comes face to face with the ultimate in office bureaucracy. And he just won't wear it ...
8. The BOFH is in trouble for not turning up to his training course ...
9. The BOFH and PFY go on some site visits ...
10. The BOFH and PFY help sort out a rival's PSIC problems ...
11. The BOFH wins an award from his peer group ...
12. It really hits the fan as the tables turn inside the walls of Computer Central ...
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14. Who said management was easy? Still, there's nothing that can't be sorted out with an axe ...
15. Not quite the smell of Napalm in the morning, but a burnt server gets things off to a good start ...
16. It's show time, folks, and the Bastard goes along to do some, err ... research on the latest kit ...
17. The Bastard Operator From Hell is off to the movies, thanks to the marvellous advances in everyday technology ...
18. The PFY is hardly the life and soul. Would you be if you had to endure a visit from slime central?
19. Members of the new stripy shirt brigade are full of beans and raring to go ...
20. Local culinary delights with the Bastard lead to the rapid disappearance of the latest recruit ...
21. The Bastard Operator From Hell and the Paintball session ...
22. Intro to Part II
23. The PFY scores top marks in the all important 'how to be a Bastard Operator From Hell' test ...
24. The BOFH is given lessons in how to be a shiny happy IT manager. And he can't wait to start ...
25. A little sabotage is in the offing as the BOFH scuppers the systems department and the boss ...
26. The BOFH goes on a trade show outing ...
27. In the aftermath of the trade show the PFY is forced to dip into the favour bank ...
28. The disaster recovery budget proves to be a sore point, until the BOFH and PFY stage a little one of their own ...
29. The PFY has accumulated a number of complaints in his new role — and it's up to the Bastard to sort him out ...
30. When the boss tries to out-bastard the Bastard it's time to bring on Plan A, sit back, and enjoy the fireworks ...
31. The boss tries to oust the BOFH and the PFY again. Enter George, some lager, a shredder and several PFYs to-be ...
32. When the PFY shows compassion to a user, the BOFH suspects a Mid-Job Crisis and takes emergency action ...
33. It looks as though the Bastard has overreached himself, but the PFY comes to the rescue with a cunning plan ...
34. The scent of restructuring is in the air, as the BOFH advises a little CD scratching to remove viruses ...
35. A run-in with the company cafeteria leaves the BOFH porcelain bound and the boss regretting an onion bhaji ...
36. The boss has been 'encouraged' to relocate to Tonga, but his replacement is a nightmare. It's time to get serious ...
37. The new boss discovers that sometimes learning can be painful, especially when the BOFH is your teacher ...
38. Several months of beer swigging has left the Bastard feeling a tad run-down, so he takes a trip out of town ...
39. While the Bastard's away, his replacement sees a career opportunity — forcing the PFY to deploy shock tactics ...
40. The failings of a clever new purchasing system brings out the Bastard's hitherto repressed vindictive side ...
41. As far as the BOFH's concerned, the season of goodwill doesn't run to the systems men. Quite the opposite in fact ...