[net.bizarre] Is the Net in Dire Straits?

kaufman@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA (09/12/85)

Note:  The following does not necessarily reflect the author's views.  It's
just that the topic has been so hot, and it fit so well that ... well, you
get the idea.  So, without any further ado, here's my latest musical spoof:
      Money for Netting --- Sung to the tune of "Money for Nothing"

Look at them yo-yos.  That's the way you do it.
Banging on the keyboard for the world to see.
That ain't working.  That's the way you do it.
Money for netting.  Transmission for free.
That ain't working.  That's the way you do it.
Let me tell you.  Them guys ain't dumb.
Maybe get a blister on your middle finger.
Maybe gonna strain your thumb.

We've got to install new USENET software.
Custom netnews delivery.
We've got to move these megabyte files;
We've got to move them for you to see.

The little asshole with the multiple postings -
Yeah, buddy, that's our real beef.
The little asshole put the crap in net.general -
The little asshole's a department chief.

We've got to install new USENET software.
Custom netnews delivery.
We've got to move these megabyte files;
We've got to move them for you to see.

I should have learned to use the computer.
I should have learned to write and spell.
Look at that user - flaming the bad grammar.
Got a car in Jersey to sell.
Look at that - What's that - A light bulb joke.
I think I heard that one when I was three.
Oh no, that ain't working.  That's the way you do it.
Money for netting.  Transmission for free.

We've got to install new USENET software.
Custom netnews delivery.
We've got to move these megabyte files;
We've got to move them for you to see.

Money for netting.  Transmission for free.
Money for netting.  Transmission for free.

I want my ... I want my ... I want my net.bizarre ...
I want my ... I want my ... I want my net.bizarre ...