A truck driver, hauling a trailer-load of computers, stopped off at a roadside bar for a beer. As he entered, he noticed a large sign on the door that read: "COMPUTER NERDS NOT WELCOME! ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!" No sooner had the truck driver sat down at the bar than the bartender began sniffing him and asking him what he did for a living. He explained that he was a truck driver, and that the smell was from the computers he was hauling that day. Serving him a beer, the bartender said: "That's okay. Truck drivers aren't nerds." While he was sipping his beer, a skinny guy walked in wearing a pair of glasses held together with tape, plus a jacket, the breast pocket of which was lined with pencils and pens. Without saying a word, the bartender pulled out a rifle and shot the guy dead. When the truck driver asked him why he had done that, the bartender replied: "Don't worry. Computer nerds are in season because they are overpopulating Silicon Valley. You don't even need a licence to shoot them." After finishing his beer, the truck driver set off on the highway once more but a few miles further on, he had to swerve to avoid an accident, and the sudden movement sent his load of computers spilling out on to the road. By the time he had climbed down from his cab to survey the damage, a crowd of computer geeks had formed – engineers, accountants and programmers, each wearing the nerdiest clothes he had ever seen. Fearing that they were about to steal the entire load of computers and remembering what had happened in the bar, he fetched his shotgun and began blasting away, killing several of them on the spot. But just then a highway patrol officer came roaring up and jumped out of his car, screaming at him to stop. "What's the problem?" said the truck driver. "I thought computer nerds were in season." "They are," replied the patrolman. "But you're not allowed to bait 'em!"