Posts Tagged ‘Technology Humor’
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022
Weird pings have been driving us mad.
We can’t pinpoint the source. This is bad;
Could be any of eight
Nearby doodads. I hate
Laptops, IPads, cells, Echos! Egad!
Tags: Computer Humor, Device Humor, Gadget Humor, Gadget Limericks, Gadget Verse, Noise Humor, Noise Limerick, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick
Posted in Limericks, Noise Humor, Technology Humor | No Comments »
Thursday, May 19th, 2022
Dear Website, I’m caught in a snare
By your new “how’d we do?” questionnaire.
My goal is to pay
Your invoice, but NAY:
Seems I can’t, till I grievances air.
Your survey form’s blocking the page
Where the bill payer’s meant to engage.
Since it won’t let me do
What I’m here for, I’m blue,
And your webmaster’s not very sage.
You want my opinion? Here goes:
Your website’s horrendous — it blows!
Will you NOW let me pay
Your damn invoice today?
How does anyone pay what she owes!
Your rating is dreadful! Want more?
You should show all your web techs the door.
If you don’t fix your site
So your pay-page works right,
You will soon join the ranks of the poor.
Tags: Bad Websites, Bill Paying Humor, Bill Paying Limerick, Complaint Humor, Complaint Limerick, Computer Humor, Computer Limerick, Money & Finance Humor, Money Limerick, Questionnaire, Survey Form Humor, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Webmaster Humor, Webmaster Poetry
Posted in Computer Humor, Internet Humor, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Technology Humor | 2 Comments »
Sunday, May 8th, 2022
A fellow who hailed from Miami
Got paid to send messages spammy.
In his latest, the cad
Placed both virus and ad
For a fake Covid cure — double whammy.
Tags: Annoying Email, Covid Limerick, Covid Pandemic, Email Limerick, Spam Humor, Spam Limerick, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Vice Limerick, Virus Humor, Virus Limerick
Posted in Computer Humor, Limericks, Spam Humor, Technology Humor | Comments Off on A Miamian’s Vice (Limerick)
Monday, March 7th, 2022
While on Facebook, folks often complain
About comments that drive them insane.
If you’re truly annoyed,
They’re a breeze to avoid:
“Unfollowing” blocks all that pain.
Tags: Advice Humor, Advice Limerick, Computer Limerick, Facebook, Facebook Humor, Facebook Limerick, Social Media Humor, Social Media Limerick, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick
Posted in Advice Humor & Poems, Computer Humor, Facebook Humor, Limericks, Social Media Humor, Technology Humor | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, March 1st, 2022
A creature who goes by “James Bot”
Spams my blog ev’ry day. Yes, a lot!
And I swear that’s the name
That he uses; can’t blame
You for doubts. But it’s true. Kid you not!
Tags: Blog Humor, Blog Limerick, Bot Humor, Bot Limerick, Bots, Computer Humor, Computer Limerick, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Webmaster Humor
Posted in Computer Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor | 1 Comment »
Monday, February 7th, 2022
This Jonathon Owen tweet reawakened one of my old pet peeves and inspired my limerick: “Hold music that is interrupted every two seconds by a message thanking you for your patience and asking you to remain on the line is a form of psychological torture.”
Dear “Firms Who Use Music-On-Hold,”
Moldy messages swiftly grow old.
I’m not “patiently waiting.”
Don’t thank me; it’s grating.
So stop breaking in! I’m not sold!
Tags: Music On Hold, Phone Humor, Phone Limerick, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Telephone Humor, Telephone Limerick
Posted in Computer Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor | Comments Off on Putting “Thank-Yous” On Hold (Limerick)
Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
“Though it’s fine that my boyfriend is naughty,
A bit bossy and bad-ass and dotty,
His obsession with bots
Has me tied up in knots.
So I can’t tie the knot with that hottie.”
Tags: Bad Behavior, Battle of the Sexes, Bot Humor, Bot Limerick, Dating Humor, Dating Limerick, Marriage Humor, Marriage Limerick, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Tying The Knot
Posted in Battle of the Sexes, Bawdy Limericks, Behavior & Personality, Computer Humor, Dating Humor, Limericks, Marriage Humor, Technology Humor | Comments Off on A Knotty Issue (Limerick)
Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
Today we must honor the mouse.
Not the rodent, of course, or I’d grouse.
It’s the patent-grant day
For the mouse-gizmo. Yay!
(For a rodent, I’d rope in my spouse.)
(On Nov 17, 1970, Douglas Engelbart was granted the patent for the first computer mouse.)
Tags: Animal & Pet Humor, Computer Humor, Computer Limerick, Douglas Engelbart, Mouse Limerick, Mouse Patent, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Patent Humor, Patent Limerick, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick
Posted in Animal & Pet Humor, Computer Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021
A fellow, when told to reboot,
Was bewildered; this didn’t compute.
It was clear from his face,
As he bent to unlace,
That technology’s NOT his strong suit.
Tags: Boot Humor, Computer Humor, Computer Limerick, Idiom Humor, Idiom Limerick, Reboot Humor, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Technophobes
Posted in Computer Humor, Idiom Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor | Comments Off on Computer Confusion (Limerick)
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021
Does anyone else miss paper menus and train schedules? In New York City, at least, they’ve both disappeared — their elimination an apparent byproduct of the Covid pandemic.
Paper train-schedule? Thing of the past.
Paper menu? It too didn’t last.
Their replacement? Your phone,
Where such data is shown.
Your cell phone ain’t “smart?” Best act fast!
Tags: Cell Phone, Cell Phones, Covid Pandemic, Food Humor, Food Limerick, Menus, Paper Humor, Paper Limerick, Restaurant Humor, Restaurant Limerick, Smart Phones, Smart-Phone, Smartphones, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Telephones, Train Schedule Humor, Transportation Humor, Transportation Limerick
Posted in Commuting Verse, Computer Humor, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Restaurant Reviews & Humor, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor | 1 Comment »
Sunday, April 11th, 2021
Had a four-day-long mess at my site;
Server upgrade (gone bad) caused the blight.
The encoding set wrong
Made me long for a bong.
But it’s fin’ly been fixed, bit by byte.
Tags: Computer Humor, Computer Limerick, Encoding Humor, Internet, Internet Humor, Server Humor, Server Upgrade Humor, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick
Posted in Computer Humor, Internet Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor | Comments Off on A Grating Upgrade (Limerick)
Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
I hate learning to use new devices. And that explains my multi-year resistance to buying an iPad. (That, plus my carpal tunnel-wrists, which make any small keyboard an extra challenge.)
Anyway, Mark’s been an iPad devotee for many years. And a few weeks ago, I finally allowed him to talk me into buying one. (A great Amazon sale price, combined with the daunting prospect of countless hours away from my laptop during a then upcoming Dallas trip to see Mark’s ailing mother, was enough to convince me.)
It arrived, and I was an almost immediate convert.
But the one thing that did drive me crazy (besides learning to copy/paste on an iPad) was the different layouts you have to deal with when switching to the iPad app version of a given site.
The Twitter app, in particular, drove me nuts. How I cursed it out throughout our 12 days in Dallas.
Why did it have to be so damn different and confusing?
And how would I ever manage to alternate between tweeting on an iPad and doing it on my trusty laptop?
I’m feeling a bit guilty now. Why? Because when I finally got back to my laptop, I made a surprising discovery:
It turns out that Twitter’s done a major site overhaul across all devices, which just happened to coincide with our trip. And the new laptop version is virtually the same as the iPad app version.
So learning to use the spanking new Twitter on my laptop?
No problemo!
Tags: Computer Humor, Electronic Devices, IPads, Technology Humor
Posted in Computer Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor | Comments Off on An IPad Convert?
Monday, October 29th, 2018
Is the Net good or bad at its core?
For it’s frequently hard to adore.
But on “Internet Day”
All in all, I must say
That it DOES make us hard to ignore.
Tags: Computer Humor, Computer Limerick, Internet Day, Internet Humor, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick
Posted in Computer Humor, Internet Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Technology Humor | 1 Comment »
Saturday, December 9th, 2017
It’s Limerick-Off time, once again. And that means I write a limerick, and you write your own, using the same rhyme word. Then you post your limerick(s) as a comment to this post and, if you’re a Facebook user, on Facebook too.
I hope you’ll join me in writing limericks using BOOT at the end of any one line. (Homonyms or homophones are fine.)
The best submission will be crowned Limerick-Off Award Winner. (Here’s last week’s Limerick-Off Award Winner.)
Additionally, you may write themed limericks related to HYPOCRISY, using any rhyme scheme. And of course I’ll present an extra award — one for the best HYPOCRISY-related limerick.
How will your poems be judged? By meter, rhyme, cleverness, and humor. (If you’re feeling a bit fuzzy about limerick writing rules, here’s my How To Write A Limerick article.)
I’ll announce the winners on December 24, 2017, right before I post the next Limerick-Off. So that gives you two full weeks to submit your clever, polished verse. Your submission deadline is Saturday, December 23, 2017 at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time.)
Here’s my limerick:
My computer refuses to boot.
This is brutal! And backup? Oh shoot!
My backup drive crashed.
I’m in hell! All’s been trashed!
Might as well go get smashed on some Brut.
Please feel free to enter my Limerick-Off by posting your limerick(s) in my comments. And if you’re on Facebook, I hope you’ll join my friends in that same activity on my Facebook Limerick-Off post.
To receive an email alert whenever I post a new Limerick-Off, please email Madkane@MadKane.com Subject: MadKane’s Newsletter. Thanks!
Tags: Backups, Competition Limerick, Computer Humor, Computer Limerick, Limerick Challenge, Limerick Contest, Poetry & Prompts, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Writing Prompts
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Computer Humor, Contests, Limerick & Haiku Prompts, Limerick Competition, Limerick Contest, Limerick Writing Contest, Limerick-Offs, Limericks, Poetry & Prompts, Poetry Contest, Technology Humor | 143 Comments »
Saturday, November 7th, 2015
Just in time for Book Lovers Day, celebrated both on the first Saturday of November and on August 9:
Like most of my friends I love books,
And I don’t want to read them on Nooks
Or other devices;
Real paper entices.
Don’t dare give me pity-filled looks!
Tags: August Holidays, Authors & Playwrights, Book Lovers Day, Computer Humor, E-Books, E-Readers, Electronic Devices, Kindles, Nooks, November Holidays, Odd Holidays, Technology Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor
Posted in Authors & Playwrights, Book Publishing Humor, Books, Computer Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Technology Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor | 1 Comment »
Thursday, September 24th, 2015
So what should a pragmatist do,
Who’s reluctant to stand in a queue
When the new iPhone 6
Is on sale? Easy fix:
Send a robot to buy one for you.
(Inspired by this news item about a woman who sent a “telepresence robot” to wait on a Sidney, Australia Apple store line and buy her an iPhone 6s.)
Tags: Cell Phones, Electronic Equipment, IPhone, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Telephone Humor
Posted in Limericks, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor | Comments Off on Technology Saves The Day? (Limerick)
Wednesday, May 6th, 2015
A Window Into My Guilt (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
You’re sure to encounter frustration
With laptops, when spilling libation:
Your computer won’t thrive,
You may lose your hard drive,
And you’ll likely face defenestration.
Tags: Beverages, Clumsiness Humor, Clumsiness Verse, Computers Verse, Defenestrate, Drinking Humor, Drinking Limerick, Laptop Humor, Operating Systems, Technology Humor, Windows Humor
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Clumsiness Humor, Computer Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor | Comments Off on A Window Into My Guilt (Limerick)
Tuesday, October 14th, 2014
Wexting? How Pedestrian! (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A habit that many find vexing
Is called “wexting.” I think it’s perplexing
To text while you walk.
If you wext, then I’ll balk
At sharing a path you’re annexing.
Tags: Cell Phone, Communication Humor, Computer Humor, Multitasking, Pedestrians, TaW, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor, Texting, Texting And Walking, Texting Humor, Walking Humor, Wexting
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Computer Humor, Exercise Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor, Walking Humor | Comments Off on Wexting? How Pedestrian! (Limerick)
Saturday, August 2nd, 2014
Open Limerick To Facebook Fanatics
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Dear Facebook fanatics, I know
That an outage on Facebook’s a blow.
But a crisis that small
Doesn’t call for a call
To the cops. Grab a beer or Bordeaux.
(Inspired by the lunatics who called 911 lines Friday during Facebook’s half-hour outage.)
Tags: 911 Calls, Computer Humor, Cops & Police, Crime & Punishment Humor, Emergency Calls, Emergency Line Limerick, Facebook Humor, Lion Humor, Policeman Verse, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Computer Humor, Crime & Punishment Humor, Legal & Lawyer Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor | Comments Off on Open Limerick To Facebook Fanatics
