A Three Day Storm

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A Three Day Storm (sung to the tune of Gilligans Island)

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
of high technology
That failed to work as advertised
when 2000 came to be.

The problem was called Y2K
At first they thought it cute
Until they found complexity
Made compliancy near mute

A plan was launched to save the day
and lawyers gathered round
a story started being spun
until a fix was found.

The leader was John Koskinen
his right hand man was Norm
They said prepare as though you'll see
A three day storm
A three day storm...

{tempo picks up}

Ken Decker shouted "Don't you fear!"
by January fifth
it all will be fixed magically
by the hand of Adam Smith.

But Murphy's law became the rule
and f*ckups they weren't few
And soon it was real obvious
This "bump" was deep do-do.

Now even Flint had changed his tune
"In a second," he said in tears,
"A computer can make more mistakes
than a man in a hundred years."

But somehow we will overcome
Just how we cannot say
So everyone must still believe
if there's will there is a way.


-- a (a@a.a), July 22, 1999

Answers

Right on. Truth, with a capital T.

-- zoobiette (zoobiette@yahoo.com), July 22, 1999.

a

That's a keeper. LOL.

-- Dog Gone (layinglow@rollover.now), July 22, 1999.


I must be psychic! Ten minutes before reading this post, I thought of the phrase of "three hour tour" from Gillian's Island theme. IT's a great anology for the 3-day-storm senario. Better pack like the Howell's! "Champagne Lovie?"

-- dw (y2k@outhere.com), July 22, 1999.

Gilligan: "Skipper?"

Skipper: "What is it, little buddy?"

Gilligan: "You know that flare I was supposed to keep lit to signal for ships?"

Skipper: "Don't tell me, Gilligan. You let it burn out."

Gilligan: "No, no. It worked, and a lifeboat from the Y2K Flounder arrived early this morning."

Skipper: (getting excited) "Good work, little buddy! We're saved!"

Gilligan: "Yes, Skipper. I told them we can work out all our problems by ourselves, so they sailed on to Hawaii."

Skipper: "Arrrrgh!" (strangles Gilligan)

-- Randolph (dinosaur@williams-net.com), July 22, 1999.


I always liked Amazing Grace to the tune of Gilligans Island better.

-- Retroman (retro50@agapeis.net), July 22, 1999.


Someone named Bruce Kerr who works in the legal department of Sun Microsystems recorded a song parody of Y2K to the tune of "Y.M.C.A."

You can hear it at this link...

http://www.broadcast.com/shows/loosebrucekerr/Y2K/

-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), July 22, 1999.


Gooooood job! a

-- FLAME AWAY (BLehman202@aol.com), July 23, 1999.

LOL!!

-- regular (lurking@here.com), July 23, 1999.

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