THE TWELVE COMPUTERIZED DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
On the first day of Christmas, my computer gave to me A glitch on
the video screen.
On the second day of Christmas, my computer gave to me Two
keyboard bounces, and a glitch on the video screen.
On the third day of Christmas, my computer gave to me Three loose
plugs,
Two keyboard bounces,
And a glitch on the video screen.
On the FORTH day of Christmas, my computer gave to me Four garbled
SAVE's,
Three loose plugs,
Two keyboard bounces,
And a glitch on the video screen.
On the fifth day of Christmas, my computer gave to me Five blank
cassettes,
Four garbled SAVE's,
Three loose plugs,
Two keyboard bounces,
And a glitch on the video screen.
On the sixth day of Christmas, my computer gave to me Six I/O
spasms,
Five blank cassettes,
Four garbled SAVE's,
Three loose plugs,
Two keyboard bounces,
And a glitch on the video screen.
On the seventh day of Christmas, my computer gave to me Seven
system resets,
Six I/O spasms,
Five blank cassettes,
Four garbled SAVE's,
Three loose plugs,
Two keyboard bounces,
And a glitch on the video screen.
On the eighth day of Christmas, my computer gave to me Eight
worthless printouts,
Seven system resets,
Six I/O spasms,
Five blank cassettes,
Four garbled SAVE's
Three loose plugs,
Two key bounces,
And a glitch on the video screen.
On the ninth day of Christmas, my computer gave to me nine
burnt-out fuses
Eight worthless printouts,
Seven system resets,
Six I/O spasms,
Five blank cassettes,
Four garbled SAVE'S
Three loose plugs,
Two key bounces,
And a glitch on the video screen.
On the tenth day of Christmas, my computer gave to me Ten
disk-drive lockouts,
nine burnt-out fuses
Eight worthless printouts,
Seven system resets,
Six I/O spasms,
Five blank cassettes,
Four garbled SAVE'S
Three loose plugs,
Two key bounces,
And a glitch on the video screen.
On the eleventh day of Christmas, my computer gave to me Eleven
damaged diskettes,
Ten disk-drive lockouts,
nine burnt-out fuses
Eight worthless printouts,
Seven system resets,
Six I/O spasms,
Five blank cassettes,
Four garbled SAVE'S
Three loose plugs,
Two key bounces,
And a glitch on the video screen.
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my computer gave to me Twelve
blown-out circuits,
Eleven damaged diskettes,
Ten disk-drive lockouts,
nine burnt-out fuses
Eight worthless printouts,
Seven system resets,
Six I/O spasms,
Five blank cassettes,
Four garbled SAVE'S
Three loose plugs,
Two key bounces,
And a glitch on the video screen.
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Jo-Anne
New Zealand
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