OT: A Poem for Computer Users over 40

JWMiddleton

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My Mother forwarded this to me. Thought some of you might enjoy it.

A POEM FOR COMPUTER USERS OVER 40

A computer was something on TV
From a Science Fiction show of note
A window was something you hated to clean
And ram was the father of a goat.

Meg was the name of my girlfriend
And gig was a job for the nights
Now they all mean different things
And that really mega bytes.

An application was for employment
A program was a TV show
A cursor used profanity
A keyboard was a piano.

A Memory was something that you lost with age
A CD was a bank account
And if you had a 3-in. floppy
You hoped nobody found out.

Compress was something you did to the garbage
Not something you did to a file
And if you unzipped anything in public
You'd be in jail for a while.

Log on was adding wood to the fire
Hard drive was a long trip on the road
A mouse pad was where a mouse lived
And a backup happened to your commode.

Cut you did with a pocket knife
Paste you did with glue
A web was a spider's home
And a virus was the flu.

I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper
And the memory in my head.
I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash
But when it happens they wish they were dead.

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Smoke

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Hey, I wrote that over 20 years ago. :p





j/k :D

/now to copy/paste to an e-mail for all my school mates/ :p LOL
 

Poof

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LOL! Someone sent me that earlier this year...I have it hanging in my office at work. :D :p