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From: "Mellon" <>
Subject: Fw: [A Y2K poem
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 19:34:48 +0100

Though you might like this!
Yours

Carol

Faversham, Kent UK

One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire
cat in a tree. Which road do I take? she asked. Where do
you want to go? was his response. I don't know, Alice
answered. Then, said the cat, it doesn't matter.
- Lewis Carroll

Every person is composed of a few themes. (C.S.Lewis)

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http://emeraldgirls.future.easyspace.com.
http://www.stonbridge.freeserve.co.uk





>> Subject: Fw: [A Y2K poem
>>
>
>> >> Twas the night before Y2K,
>> >> And all through the nation,
>> >> We'd soon see the bug that,
>> >> Caused such a sensation.
>> >>
>> >> The chips were replaced,
>> >> In computers with care,
>> >> In hopes that ol' Bugsy,
>> >> Wouldn't stop there.
>> >>
>> >> While some folks could think,
>> >> They were snug in their beds,
>> >> Others had visions,
>> >> Of dread in their heads.
>> >>
>> >> And Ma with her PC,
>> >> And I with my Mac,
>> >> Had just logged on the Net,
>> >> And kicked back with a snack.
>> >>
>> >> When over the server,
>> >> There arose such a clatter,
>> >> I called Mister Gates,
>> >> To see what was the matter.
>> >>
>> >> But he was away,
>> >> So I flew like a flash,
>> >> Off to my bank,
>> >> To withdraw all my cash.
>> >>
>> >> Then word of the shortage,
>> >> Caused such a demand,
>> >> That the money was gone,
>> >> And the streets were all jammed.
>> >>
>> >> When what with my wandering eyes,
>> >> Should I see on my screen,
>> >> But Millennium Bugsy,
>> >> This must be a dream!.
>> >>
>> >> The Hack of all hackers,
>> >> Was looking so smug,
>> >> I knew that it must be,
>> >> The Y2K bug!
>> >>
>> >> His image downloaded,
>> >> In no time at all,
>> >> He whistled and shouted,
>> >> "Let all systems fall!"
>> >>
>> >> "Go Intel! Go Gateway!
>> >> Now HP! Big Blue!
>> >> Everything Compac,
>> >> And Pentium too!
>> >>
>> >> All processors big,
>> >> All processors small,
>> >> Crash away! Crash away!
>> >> Crash away all!"
>> >>
>> >> All the controls,
>> >> That make the planes fly,
>> >> And the microwaves for,
>> >> The signals they rely.
>> >>
>> >> All through the system,
>> >> To me, and to you,
>> >> The predictions they made,
>> >> Would soon all come true.
>> >>
>> >> And then came a twinkling,
>> >> As midnight drew near,
>> >> All over the globe,
>> >> In each hemisphere.
>> >>
>> >> As I drew in my breath,
>> >> And was turning around,
>> >> Out through the modem,
>> >> He came with a bound.
>> >>
>> >> He was covered with fur,
>> >> With six legs outspread,
>> >> Two beady eyes,
>> >> And a chip on his head.
>> >>
>> >> With a sack full of virii,
>> >> Flung on his back,
>> >> He looked like a hacker,
>> >> Just waiting to hack.
>> >>
>> >> His eyes - how they twinkled!
>> >> His dimples - how merry!
>> >> As midnight approached, Though
>> >> Things soon became scary.
>> >>
>> >> His droll little mouth was,
>> >> Drawn up in a sneer,
>> >> While he sat like a kid,
>> >> Waiting out the new year.
>> >>
>> >> Two little antenna,
>> >> Stuck out of his head,
>> >> (Improved his reception,
>> >> from what I've heard said.)
>> >>
>> >> He had a broad face,
>> >> and a round little belly,
>> >> But with six dirty socks,
>> >> His feet were quite smelly.
>> >>
>> >> He was chubby and plump,
>> >> Perpetually grinning,
>> >> And I laughed when I saw him,
>> >> Though my hard drive stopped spinning.
>> >>
>> >> A wink of his eye,
>> >> And a twist of his head,
>> >> Soon gave me to know,
>> >> A new feeling of dread.
>> >>
>> >> He spoke not a word,
>> >> But went straight to his work,
>> >> He changed all the clocks,
>> >> Then turned with a jerk.
>> >>
>> >> With a twitch of his nose,
>> >> And a quick little wink,
>> >> All things electronic,
>> >> Soon went on the blink.
>> >>
>> >> He zoomed from my system,
>> >> To the next folks on line,
>> >> He caused such a disruption,
>> >> Could this be a sign?
>> >>
>> >> Then I heard him exclaim,
>> >> With a loud, hearty glee,
>> >> 'This has been fun,
>> >> I'll see you next century!'"
>> >>
>> >> Received from Michael C. Vinson.
>> >>
>> >> -=+=-
>>

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