Re: Dr Seuss

[Gregory D Drew <gddrew -at- JUNO -dot- COM>]

Many thanks!  This is a treasure!

Greg Drew
On Tue, 4 Mar 1997 09:49:18 -0400 Steven Warren
<Steven_Warren/USG -at- USGROUP -dot- COM> writes:
>      Here's an easy game to play.
>      Here's an easy thing to say:
>
>      If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
>      And the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
>      And the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
>      Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report!
>
>      If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
>      And the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
>      And your data is corrupted 'cause the index doesn't hash,
>      then your situation's hopeless, and your system's gonna crash!
>
>      You can't say this?
>      What a shame sir!
>      We'll find you
>      Another game sir.
>
>      If the label on the cable on the table at your house,
>      Says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
>      But your packets want to tunnel on another protocol,
>      That's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall,
>
>      And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of Gauss,
>      So your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse,
>      Then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang,
>      'Cause as sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang!
>
>
>      When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk,
>      And the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risc,
>      Then you have to flash your memory and you'll want to RAM your
>ROM.
>      Quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your mom!
>
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