It’s got a beat, you can dance to it ...

 Computer Rhymes -- a la mode Dr. Seuss

               Here’s an easy game to play,
                    Here’s an easy thing to say:

        When a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
        And the buss is interrupted as a very last resort,
        And the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
        Then the socket packet pocket has an error to report.

        When your cursor finds a menu item, followed by a dash,
        And the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
        And your data is corrupted ‘cause the index doesn’t hash,
        Then your situation’s hopeless ‘cause your system’s gonna crash!

                You can’t say this?
                    What a shame, sir!
                        We’ll find you
                            Another game, sir.

        If the label on the cable on the table at your house
        Says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
        But your packets want to tunnel on another protocol
        That’s repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall.
        And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss,
        So your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse,
        Then you may as well reboot and exit with a bang,
        ‘Cause sure as I’m a poet, this sucker’s gonna hang!

                There’s no blame, sir ...
                    But it is a shame, sir ...
                        Another game, sir?

        When the copy of your floppy’s getting sloppy on the disk,
        And the microcode instructions cause unnecessary RISC,
        Then you need to flash your memory,
        And you’ll want to RAM your ROM
        So – quickly – turn off the computer,
        And run and tell your mom!

                Did it fry, sir?
                    Ctrl-Abort-Retry, sir?
                        Please don’t cry, sir ...

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