| From: | Doctor Doom <jch8169@*******.TAMU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | ShadowRN Pie |
| Date: | Mon, 10 Jul 1995 14:59:10 -0500 |
WARNING...this is exceedingly rough, but I granted it as much as
possible during a time when I face an independent project, examinations,
lodging relocation, participation in an associate's wedding and considerable
conflict with relatives.
ShadowRN Pie by Doctor Doom
based upon
AMERICAN PIE by Don McLean
A long, long time ago...
I can still remember how
That list used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance,
That I could make subscriptions dance,
Thought maybe there'd be chaos for a while
But Doom's strange words made me shiver,
With every message HEARN delivered,
Strange thoughts in my mailbox,
Sitting here in my socks.
I can't remember if tears were shed
When of his leavetaking I then read
But something filled me with terrible dread
The day the admin resigned.
So...
Bye Bye Dark Lord on High,
Tried t' hyper to alt.cyber but found it too dry
Them good ol' boys were writin' rules on the fly
Singing "This'll be the day that I die,
This'll be the day that I die."
(Verse 2)
Is it Shadowrun that you love?
And do you have faith in FASA above
If the Dark Lord tells you so?
Now do you believe words are flat?
Can eloquence win in a rant?
And can you teach me to write like that?
Well, I know you're a thesbian
'Cause I saw you reciting "MacBeth" again
You worked without any notes
Where'd you learn all your quotes?
I was a lonely netrunner makin' tracks
With my 14.4 modem and my VAX
But I knew I had to read the FAQs
The day the admin resigned
I started singing...
Bye Bye Dark Lord on High,
Tried t' hyper to alt.cyber but found it too dry
Them good ol' boys were writin' rules on the fly
Singing "This'll be the day that I die,
This'll be the day that I die."
(Verse 3)
Now for ten years we've been on our own
And speech has gotten cold as stone
But that's now how it used to be
When Doom lectured before the list
Their attention wrapt in his iron fist
And in a style that reached you and me
Oh, and when Fearless Leader sought a helper
Doom was granted his black scepter
Discussion was halted
No one could be faulted
And while FASA wrote rules so fine
The Munchkins did screws divine
And we tried to pass the time
The day the admin resigned.
We were singing...
Bye Bye Dark Lord on High,
Tried t' hyper to alt.cyber but found it too dry
Them good ol' boys were writin' rules on the fly
Singing "This'll be the day that I die,
This'll be the day that I die."
(Verse 4)
Matrix Bedlam amuck ShadowLand
Dark Elf lead us all out through the SAN
Gathered us all into a giant cast
How long would Omega last
The Intrepid tried for a forward pass
But the German Navy chased and had a blast
Now the cluster settled into quiet milieu
But political questions would slowly brew
We rushed to make our case
But we never got t' first base
'Cause some flamers tried to take the field
But Doom lectured and refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed,
The day the admin resigned?
We started singing...
Bye Bye Dark Lord on High,
Tried t' hyper to alt.cyber but found it too dry
Them good ol' boys were writin' rules on the fly
Singing "This'll be the day that I die,
This'll be the day that I die."
(Verse 5)
And there we were all in one place
Generation X lost in 'netspace
With no time left to start again
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash spoke of Real Life Magick
'Cause controversy is the flamer's friend
And as I watched the text on the page
My keyboard clenched in indignant rage
No daemon born in hell
Could stop the deluge of mail
And as the flame war burned high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the admin resigned
He was singing...
Bye Bye Dark Lord on High,
Tried t' hyper to alt.cyber but found it too dry
Them good ol' boys were writin' rules on the fly
Singing "This'll be the day that I die,
This'll be the day that I die."
(Verse 6)
I met a girl who made me smile
And I asked her to stay a while
But she just numbly turned away
So, I ftp'd to the ancient node
Where had been the wisdom of ages stowed
But the SysOp said the files couldn't stay
And all on the 'net the mailers screamed
The MUDers cried and the IRCers dreamed
But not a word was posted
The servers all were toasted
And the three men I admire then and now
Fearless Leader, Doom, and Jai Tao,
Slipped away--I don't know how
The day the admin resigned
And they were singing...
Bye Bye Dark Lord on High,
Tried t' hyper to alt.cyber but found it too dry
Them good ol' boys were writin' rules on the fly
Singing "This'll be the day that I die,
This'll be the day that I die."
Bye Bye Dark Lord on High,
Tried t' hyper to alt.cyber but found it too dry
Them good ol' boys were writin' rules on the fly
Singing "This'll be the day that I die,
This'll be the day that I die."
Observations/comments/suggestions?
Colonel Count von Hohenzollern und von Doom, DMSc, DSc, PhD.
Doom Technologies & Weapon Systems -- Dark Thought Publications
>>> Working on solutions best left in the dark.
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"The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not mov'd with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, strategems, and spoils;
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus
Let no such man be trusted."
-- Merchant of Venice, Act V, Sc. i, Line 83-88
