Humor: Worst of Fortunes for Thursday September 21, 2023

There was a young lady from Troy Had a moustache, just like...
There was a young lady from Troy Had a moustache, just like a young boy Though it tickled to kiss 'Twas a source of much bliss When she used it to brush a man's toy.

There once was a fellow named Potts Who was prone to having...
There once was a fellow named Potts Who was prone to having the trots But his humble abode Was without a commode So his carpet was covered with spots.

There once was an Arpanet freak, Who better response-time...
There once was an Arpanet freak, Who better response-time did seek. He searched coast to coast, For a reliable host, Whose logger took less than a week.

There was a young lady of Kent, Who admitted she knew what...
There was a young lady of Kent, Who admitted she knew what it meant When men asked her to dine, And plied her with wine, She knew, oh she knew -- but she went!

"By long-standing tradition, I take this opportunity...
"By long-standing tradition, I take this opportunity to savage other designers in the thin disguise of good, clean fun." -- P. J. Plauger, from his April Fool's column in April 88's "Computer Language"