Gee, Ralph, that reminds me of a song:

(With apologies to Led Zeppelin...)
"There's a chipper who's sure that chips are worth more than gold - And he's building a stairway to heaven.
When he gets there he knows, if the gates are all closed - With an obsolete he can get what he came for.
Ooh, ooh, and he's building a stairway to heaven. And it makes us wonder..."