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Parts that positively cannot be assembled in improper order will be.
Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.
-- Walt Kelly, "Putluck Pogo"
But officer, I was only trying to gain enough speed so I could coast
to the nearest gas station.
I've enjoyed just about as much of this as I can stand.
Klein bottle for rent -- inquire within.
It's illegal in Wilbur, Washington, to ride an ugly horse.
Don't feed the bats tonight.
(to "The Caissons Go Rolling Along")
Scratch the disks, dump the core, Shut it down, pull the plug
Roll the tapes across the floor, Give the core an extra tug
And the system is going to crash. And the system is going to crash.
Teletypes smashed to bits. Mem'ry cards, one and all,
Give the scopes some nasty hits Toss out halfway down the hall
And the system is going to crash. And the system is going to crash.
And we've also found Just flip one switch
When you turn the power down, And the lights will cease to twitch
You turn the disk readers into trash. And the tape drives will crumble
in a flash.
Oh, it's so much fun, When the CPU
Now the CPU won't run Can print nothing out but "foo,"
And the system is going to crash. The system is going to crash.
Thursday, 11 December 2025 Michael J. Chappell Contact me at:
mcsuper5@freeshell.org
