A Week late - and I Blew It! I'm a Slacker - and U Knew It!
But, alas - I'd signed off from work Tues. At 5pm - just 58 minutes before this was transmitted - on my way to start XMas break a tad early - and taking last Wed off for Good Measure.
Still - Twas a Pleasure to read upon my Return to the Grindstone at Work.
For those that DO Celebrate XMas - I surely hope Santa was good to you!!!
-K
________________________________________ From: ProFox profox-bounces@leafe.com on behalf of Ted Roche tedroche@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2025 5:58 PM To: profox@leafe.com profox@leafe.com Subject: T'was the Night Before...
First posted here in 2006, and I've only missed an eve or two since, so ...
Twas the night before crisis, and all through the house,
Not a program was working, not even a browse.
The programmers were wrung out, too mindless to care,
Knowing chances of shipping hadn't a prayer.
The users were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of inquiries danced in their heads.
When out in the lobby there arose such a clatter,
That I sprang from my cube to see what was the matter.
And what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a SUPER PROGRAMMER, oblivious to fear.
More rapid than eagles, his programs they came,
And he whistled and shouted and called them by name:
On Update! On Add! On Inquiry! On Delete!
On Batch Jobs! On Closing! On Functions Complete!
His eyes were glazed over, his fingers were lean,
From weekends and nights in front of the screen.
A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
Turning specs into code, then he turned with a jerk.
And laying his finger on the ENTER key,
The system came up, and worked perfectly.
The updates, updated; the deletes, they deleted;
The inquiries, inquired; and the closing completed.
He tested each whistle, he tested each bell,
With nary an abend, and all had gone well.
The system was finished, the tests were concluded,
The client's last changes were even included!
And the client exclaimed with a snarl and a taunt,
"It's just what I asked for, but NOT what I want"
(attributed variously, my copy came from here[1])
[1] http://www.mdarwin.ca/humour/night-before-xmas/night-before-crisis.phtml
https://web.archive.org/web/20070923102738/http://www.mdarwin.ca/humour/nigh...
Merry Christmas, Chag Hanukkah sameach, happy Qwanza, merry Solstice,
happy Saturnalia and so forth to all!
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