Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 Fluke 1/4/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!zehntel!tektronix!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!fluke!dave From: dave@fluke.UUCP (Dave Van Ess) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Softhead Head ( One more time ) Message-ID: <960@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Feb-84 18:00:34 EST Article-I.D.: vax2.960 Posted: Wed Feb 29 18:00:34 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 5-Mar-84 00:35:00 EST Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, WA Lines: 58 Apparently the my first submission of the Softhead song got eaten by a net beastie. So I'm reposting. Dave Van Ess John Fluke Mfg Co ------ The Softhead Song ( with apologies to Monty Python ) Softettes ( in background chanting ) soft head soft head ..... Man (soon to be a softhead) I never wanted to be a real estate agent I always wanted to be... A SOFTHEAD!!! [MUSIC STARTS IN MARCH TIME] Yes, a softhead!! The humm of the printers!! The plotters!! The CRTs!! (MAN TAKES OFF CURRENT OUTER CLOTHING TO REVEAL APPLE LISA TEE SHIRT UNDERNEATH) With my best girls by my side, [ENTER softettes] we'd sing. Sing. Sing. Softhead: Oh, I am a softhead and I'm alright, I sleep all day and I work all night CHORUS: (Sung by the Softettes) He is a softhead and he's alright, he sleeps all day and he works all night Softhead: I write clean code, from top on down, all editted in Electric C. On Wednesday nights I back my disks, and have buttered scones for tea Softettes: He writes clean code, fromtop on down, all editted in Electric C. On Wednesday nights he backs his disks. and has buttered scones for tea CHORUS Softhead: I write tight code, from bottom on up, with my flowchart template of course I edit my code with TECO, and throw away the source Softettes: He writes tight code, from bottom on up, with his flowchart template of course He edits his code with TECO, and throws away the source ( ?????? ) [Confused Softettes regroup quickly for CHORUS] Softhead: I write tight code, with never a comment, all in assembly I wish I could be a FORTRAN hack , just like my dear old daddy. Softettes: He writes tight code, with never a comment FORTRAN HACK!????? What kind of a... (Softettes leave in disgust) . The softhead finishes with the last chourus. The softettes come back and demand he return his Djikstra' fan club card. Everyone leaves.