That's a beaut and illustrates how language gets hijacked. I mean adapted
(A COMPUTER POEM FOR THOSE OVER FORTY)
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 cousin of a goat
Meg was the name of my girlfriend.
A 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.
Memory was something that you lost with age.
A CD was a bank account.
And if you had a three-inch 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.
-- author unknown
"A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots"
That's a beaut and illustrates how language gets hijacked. I mean adapted
Yes, and at times, it makes one
"A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots"
Spell Checker
I halve a spelling checker, It came with my pea see. It plainly marks four my revue Mistakes I dew knot sea. Eye strike a key and type a word And weight four it two say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait aweigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two long And eye can put the era rite Its rarely ever wrong.
I've scent this massage threw it, And I'm shore your pleased too no Its letter prefect in every weigh; My checker tolled me sew.
sew rite!
"A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots"
My children look amazed when I tell them that when I was in 6th Year at Thurso High we fund raised for the school's first computer. They are in a quite small village school and have pcs and laptops in every classroom and two rooms even have fixed smart boards. Crikey I even remember having to go outside in primary and bash the chalk out of the dusters! Changed days!
Crikey, you must be as young as me them! You'll remember the slate and slate pencils then or is that pushing it?
we still have them aswell, but most classrooms have either whiteboard and smart board or blackboard and smart board
kaz xx
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Not healthy?
"A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots"
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