---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment > >COMPUTER POEM FOR THOSE OVER 30 > > A computer was something you saw on TV > In a science-fiction show of note, > WINDOWS were something you hated to clean > And RAM was the cousin of a goat. > > MEG was the name of my girlfriend > And GIG was a job for the nights, > Now these terms all mean different things, > And that really MEGA-BYTES! > > An APPLICATION was for employment > A PROGRAM, a TV show. > A CURSOR got his mouth washed out with soap, > A KEYBOARD was on a piano. > > FILES, you used on your fingernails, > CHIPS, you ate from a bag, > And those big plastic sacks that went out with the trash > Were the only things you'd "DROP AND DRAG." > > BROWSERS were shoppers in department store aisles, > SPREADSHEETS, you put on your bed, > And a YAHOO, I'm sorry to say, was a guy > With very few SMARTS in his head. > > MEMORY was something you lost with age, > A CD was a bank account, > And if you had a 3-INCH FLOPPY, > You sure hoped nobody found out! > > BIOS were stories of famous folks' lives, > BINS... we used them to store grain, > A CAB was a taxi that took you uptown, > And a LANDING ZONE was for a plane. > > COMPRESS was something you did to the garbage, > Not something you did to a file, > And if you UNZIPPED anything in public > You could end up in jail for a while. > > LOG ON was adding more wood to the fire, > HARD DRIVE, a long trip on the road, > A MOUSE PAD was where little rodents lived > And a BACKUP would foul your commode. > > GOOGLE was a guy with big funny eyes, > JUNO, a goddess of Rome, > And ONLINE was where you waited to board > The BUS that you'd ride to go home. > > A CHAT ROOM was usually my front porch, > LINKS were what made up a chain, > And the only SEARCH ENGINE that I ever saw > Was at the front end of a train! > > WAV's were found at the seashore, > JPEG's came with a tent, > The RECYCLE BIN was for bottles and cans > And CACHE was how we paid the rent. > > A MAINFRAME supported the roof of your house, > COOKIES, you ate for dessert, > A SERVER worked in a restaurant, > And MUD was just wet, gooey dirt. > > A ! PORT was the place where ships would dock, > MIME's, performers in shows, > And HACKERS were people who chopped up trees > Into LOGS that they stacked up in rows. > > CUT was a job for a pocket knife, > PASTE-- you did that with glue, > A WEB was the home of a spider, > And a VIRUS... well, that was the flu. > > DRIVERS all worked for the bus line, > A BAT was used to play ball, > And WALLPAPER... oh yeah, that was the stuff > That you actually glued to the wall! > > HI MEM, I thought, was a greeting... > STARTUP, I did to my car, > And a MENU would help me decide what to order > When I went to my neighborhood bar. > > FAT was something you exercised off, > PARTITIONS were walls in a room, > SPAM was found only in sandwiches, > And CLEANUP was done with a broom. > > A TEMP was a part-time employee, > MIDI, a skirt girls would wear, > And "ALWAYS ON TOP"... well, that's hard to explain, > (Better yet, let's not even go there!) > > I still use my pen and my paper > And the memory stored in my head, > I hear no one's been killed in a computer crash > But when it happens, they wish they WERE dead! > (But seriously, folks..........!) > > Hey, I'm not knocking computers! > So please, don't call me a fool! > I own a PC, which I use every day, > It's my favorite time-saving tool. > > But one thing you should always remember, > Before you get hooked on SpellCheck... > The greatest computer that ever was made > Is still the one that's attached to your NECK!!! Greg Newell mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net ---------------------- multipart/mixed attachment--
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