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Revenge of the Keyboard (for Nan)
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Revenge of the Keyboard (for Nan) |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Revenge of the Keyboard There she was eating her meal (it was clam sauce over linguini) thinking she’d read at Passions awhile no thought spared for spacebar or key An errant blip sent the plate teetering linguini and sauce flew everywhere onto the keyboard, onto the floor, in her lap, in her shoes, in her hair Words flowed smoothly from poet’s lips but nary a one can be written here With a shake and slam she realized this mess she could never clear So off she went with sawbuck in hand purchasing a keyboard off the rack brought it home, hooked it up and checked for what it might lack Twenty-six letters, she counted each one all tidy, they sat side by side She used them all sometimes twice in one word It was a matter of poet’s pride And in the corner, poor keyboard lay Clams jamming his keys in a mess But inside he smiled, a vacation he earned From the fingers of Nancy Ness! |
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Temptress
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-06-15
Posts 7136Mobile, AL |
 This is the Department of Protection for Computers. You're under arrest for your part in the death of your keyboard Miss Ness! You will not get a trial, you will not pass go, and you will not collect 200 dollars. The warrant clearly states GO TO JAIL! Now, we want the names of your accomplices. Cute poem Miss Devine. Thanks for the tip! [This message has been edited by Temptress (edited 02-04-2001).] |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Poet deVine - one has forgotten the zinfendal. hehehe BC |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
Oh, this is priceless. Once I spilled taco sauce on the bottom row of mine! ha ha  "I walked beside the evening sea and dreamed a dream that could not be." George William Curtis |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
And sadly, this is true! Nancy was eating a big plate of linguini with clam sauce (oily nasty stuff! - this is MY opinion). She sat down and whoosh! Her plate upended onto her keyboard! Alas! What was she to do? Picking the chunks of clam out from between the letters D and F, she realized she better get a new one. And so she purchased a cheap one for $20. I asked her if it had the same alphabet as the other one (a nice ergonomic one - love mine!). She was silent a long time and I thought I could hear her singing the alphabet song..... |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
The funny part is - Every time I typed the letter "a" it automatically had an "f" with it... and... It started to put every new word back at the left margin... so I had to either read my sentences backwards, or think inside out and post the last word first... working back to the first one last... Ya had to be here... This place still STINKS...  ROOOOOOOOOONNNNNN.... Can't I save the old one??? What can I do???....It was my friend... and extension of me, ya know???..  |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
LOL  This is too funny deVine. . . don't feel so bad Nan, I once dumped a whole bottle of orange juice on a telephone switchboard at my office!! LOL ------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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kcsgrandma Senior Member
since 2000-09-24
Posts 1522Presque Isle, ME |
There probably isn't a person here who hasn't spilled something into a keyboard (but into a switchboarrd at work?? Yikes!). Thanks for sharing this in such a clever way.To love another person is to see the face of God. - Les Miserables Marilyn |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
OH...this is funny and somehow tragic too... chuckling...poor Nan...I am so sorry, and linguini with clam sauce? Sharon, you know not what you are missing! FUNNY, FUNNY, poet people! |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Ron said somewhere that he soaks his keyboard in the bathtub....but he lets it dry for months before he uses it.... |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
ROFL! I'm sure I wouldn't have been laughing, but when I heard this it cracked me up. YUCK on those clams though.  I was about to say the same thing Sharon about Ron soaking it in his bathtub. I remembered that one. LOL |
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laryalee Member
since 2000-06-19
Posts 352Alberta, Canada |
What a hoot! It does, however, remind me of when my dear little granddaughter spilled milk on my keyboard...panic! (Even wondered about keeping a spare in the cupboard *g*) A well-designed chuckle, thanks so much! Lary |
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doreen peri Member Elite
since 1999-05-25
Posts 3812Virginia |
my only problem is that backspace and delete doesnt' work so after i type anything, whether it be poetry or a letter or my grocery list or a list of goals in life emailed to myself because i can't keep track, i have no choice but to push send because also the mouse won't select to erase anything so just remember this when you see me say stupid things that don't make sense or if it looks like i'm NUTs or angry or out there somewhere ...because i have no way to change them ...but as far as nan's keyboard is concerned, all i know is she told me this little tidbit and i laughed but also felt soooooooo much empathy because i know what it's like to make fatal errors that cost a lot and i'm rambling again, so please excuse me because all i'm trying to say here is.... .... enjoyed your poem, sharon  |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
ROFLMAO.....these was really a funny read...enjoyed it a lot Charisma |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
UPDATE... With Ron's wonderfully helpful support ..  ...My ergonomic keyboard has had a leisurely bath in the kitchen sink.. and after four rinsings isn't emitting funky little chunks of clams any longer... It's now resting comfortably and in "fair" condition on a lovely purple towel on the counter... where it will probably stay for the next week or so...Here's hoping...  |
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Sunlit Soul Junior Member
since 2001-02-05
Posts 37Never Land |
LOL, how very funny! And a true story at that? Doubly funny! Awesome poem here, I'm glad I got the chance to read! "Every man dies. Not every man lives." -Tim Robbins |
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