As a rule Developers think of themselves as gods and only have a one-sided humor. If directed by management to fix a bug - they will fix the bug in a malicious way if they think you're making sport of them since the managers are usually clueless what the developers really do under the hood...
Just as excrement (is that a dirty word in UK?) is a plumber's bread and butter, software bugs become "features" to software guys that generate gem sales in one way or another and in quite the same way - are salary security. Bugs make the world go around. If the developers really had a sense of humor they would have a "bug day" every Halloween and have them roam the wilds to be attacked for extra bonuses for slaying them... my idea of closed-loop integrative humor that's two-way win-win.





