atw: Is the computer really a paradigm shift?: a lament
- From: peterm_5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 06:07:10 +0800
I know some old writers who wrote with a stick
I don't why they wrote with a stick
Perhaps they were sick.
I know Babylonians who wrote in the clay
And figured and jiggled and squiggled all day.
They wrote in the clay without a burnt stick.
They must have been thick
To abandon the stick
Perhaps they were sick.
I know some Egyptians who flattened a reed
What a way to proceed
To then write on the reed!
They wrote on the reed to replace the clay...
To stop all that jiggling and squiggling all day..
They wrote on the clay to replace the stick
But I don't know why they abandoned the stick
Perhaps they were sick....
I know some Chinese who wrote onto paper
What sort of a vapour
Do you sniff to invent paper ?
They wrote on the paper to replace the reed?
They wrote on the the reed in place of the clay?
To stop all that jiggling and squiggling all day.
They wrote on the clay to replace the stick?
But I don't know why they abandoned the stick
Perhaps they were sick.
I know some old Germans who printed from type
What a great hype
All that moveable type
They printed from type to get books with great speed..
And used vellum and paper instead of the reed?
They wrote on the reed to replace the clay?
To stop all that jiggling and squiggling all day..
They wrote on the clay to replace the stick?
But I don't know why they abandoned the stick
Perhaps they were sick.
I know some old clerks who wrote on a card
How avant-garde!
To write on a card!
They wrote on the card to sort the books..
They printed the book to bundle the paper..
They wrote on the paper to replace the reed?
They wrote on the reed to replace the clay?
To stop all that jiggling and squiggling all day...
They wrote on the clay to replace the stick...
But I don't know why they abandoned the stick
Perhaps they were sick.
I know some old writers who wrote between tags
What a bunch of old dags,
To write between tags.
They wrote inside tags to replace the cards...
They wrote in the cards to sort the books?
They wrote in the books to bundle the paper?
They wrote on the paper to replace the reed?
They wrote on the reed to replace the clay?
To stop all that jiggling and squiggling all day...
They wrote on the clay to replace the stick...
But I don't know why they abandoned the stick
Perhaps they were sick.
I know some old writers who read XML source.
They are sick, of course.
--Peter M in memory of Geoffrey's youthful curiosity..
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