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From: kdh@hou2h.UUCP (K.HUNTER)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: And now for something completely different.....
Message-ID: <464@hou2h.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 23-May-84 17:04:51 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 23 17:04:51 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 26-May-84 12:47:57 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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[All hail Framitz, the mighty line-eater]

Sorry, this isn't Monty Python, although it is in the same vein...

In order to alleviate the general lack of humor in the net at large,
I am posting the following, the creation of a friend-of-a-friend
from AT&T Bell Laboratories.  Please send all subpoenas to him.




				 16K
		       Lyrics by Tony Monteiro
    (sung to the melody	of Sixteen Tons, use gruff baritone voice,
		   apologies to	Tennessee Williams)

BEGIN.

     /* This is a song about a big, bad, hardworking, PROGRAMMIN' man... */

	  Some people say a man	just ain't got the right,
	  The programmin' man made of bits and bytes.
	  Bits and bytes, compile and go,
	  You hack till	dawn, then you hack some more.

     subprocedure CHORUS
	BEGIN.
	  You load 16K,	what do	you get?
	  Another MR and more bugs to fix.
	  Saint	Peter don't you	call me	'cause I can't go.
	  I sold my soul for a down-line load.
	END.

     /*	Note: supervisor's name	may be substituted for effect */

	  I was	born one morning, it was snowing in slabs,
	  Picked up my keyboard	and I headed to	the Labs.
	  Loaded 16K of	FORTRAN	II code,
	  And the big boss said, "Well bless my	soul!"

     CHORUS()

	  I was	hackin'	one morning, it	was drizzling rain.
	  The EDITOR died, it was such a pain.
	  Loaded 16K through the paper tape load,
	  I bit	out the	holes, stuck the rest through my nose.

     CHORUS()

	  I was	hackin'	one morning when the disk did crash.
	  The memory died leaving just the cache.
	  Loaded 16K through the front panel load.
	  If the switches held out, I'd	have gotten some more.

     CHORUS()

	  If you see me	coming better step aside.
	  UNIX IV didn't and UNIX IV died.
	  One fist is iron, the	other one steel,
	  "rm *" give me such a	thrill!

     CHORUS()

END.



(c) 1984, Tony Monteiro.  All Rights Reserved.
Reprinted with the permission of the author.




			Kevin Hunter
			AT&T Consumer Products
			Holmdel, NJ
			(what a boring signature)