Software Folklore

Sometimes bugs have symptoms beyond belief. This is a collection of such stories from around the web.

Car Allergic to Vanilla Ice Cream
Crash Bandicoot
Crash Cows
Crashes only on Wednesdays
Down by Tubes
Fail on certain Moon Phases
Flushing the Toilet Stops the Train
In the Middle of Large Print Jobs
It's High Tide!
Missile Control Deadlocks
More Magic Switch
OpenOffice does not print on Tuesdays
Packets of Death
Pallet Kills the Radio
Real Life Tron
Sit Down for Log in
The 500-mile Email
The little ssh that (sometimes) couldn't
The Rock Music Filter
The Story of Mel
The Woman Who Needed to Be Upside-Down
Totally USB