Pretty much the opposite of Double Happiness, John and Dan just got the Double Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) within 30-seconds of each other.

Grabbing some coffee and chatting to John, I saw the whole thing.  Here is what happened.

• Some months ago, Dan tried to share a folder with John using Windows Live Messenger.
• John had Windows Messenger, so nothing happened.
• Windows Messenger has been crashing for John, so today he upgraded to Windows Live Messenger.
• First thing it does is notice that Dan has offered to share a folder with him.
• He says, “Sure, I’ll share a folder with you, Dan.”
• Dan says, “What?” — he doesn’t remember this.
• Then, John gets the BSOD.
• Dan and I kind of laugh about it.  Losing your work is no laughing matter, but we laughed just the same.
• Then Dan gets it too.

While writing this, John got another BSOD.  Making that a Triple Blue Screen of Death (or a Hat Trick of Death, the HTOD).