Fun_People Archive
22 Sep
I shot a query into the net.

Date: Fri, 22 Sep 95 01:49:23 -0700
From: Peter Langston <psl>
To: Fun_People
Subject: I shot a query into the net.

Forwarded-by: bostic@bsdi.com (Keith Bostic)
Forwarded-by: wendy_nather@il.us.swissbank.com (Wendy Nather)
From: nather%utastro.UTEXAS@ut-sally.ARPA (Ed Nather)

I shot a query into the net.
I haven't got an answer yet,
But seven people gave me hell
And said I ought to learn to spell;

A posted message called me rotten
For ignoring mail I'd never gotten;
An angry message asked me, Please
Don't send such drivel overseas;

A lawyer sent me private mail
And swore he'd slap my ass in jail --
I'd mentioned Un*x in my gem
And failed to add the T and M;

One netter thought it was a hoax:
"Hereafter, post to net dot jokes!";
Another called my grammar vile
And criticized my writing style.

Each day I scan each Subject line
In hopes the topic will be mine;
I shot a query into the net.
I haven't got an answer yet ...

© 1995 Peter Langston