Posts Tagged ‘Technology Humor’
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
Monday, June 16th, 2014
Dear Doc (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Although surgery’s surely a grind,
It with sexting ought NOT be combined.
’Tis a practice that’s mal;
A risk to the gal
Or guy patients. I’m guessing they’d mind.
(Inspired by this story: Doctor suspended amid charges of sexting during surgery)
Tags: Bawdy Humor, Computer Verse, Doctors Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Hospital Humor, Medicine, Patients Humor, Ribald Humor, Sex Humor, Sexting Humor, Surgeons Humor, Surgery Limerick, Technology Humor
Posted in Bawdy Limericks, Behavior & Personality, Computer Humor, Health & Medical Humor, Health Verse, Limericks, Technology Humor | 2 Comments »
Saturday, June 14th, 2014
This Invention Doesn’t Pass The Smell Test (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
I’m vexed and a little perplexed
By the concept of smells sent by text.
I do not mean to vent,
But don’t send me a scent,
Or our friendship is apt to be exed.
(Harvard engineering professor David Edwards and co-inventor Rachel Fields have invented an aromatic mobile messaging device called an oPhone that sends and receives scents.)
Tags: Aroma Limerick, Communication Humor, Computer Humor, David Edwards, Friendship, Inventions Poem, Mobile Messaging, OPhone, OSnap, Rachel Fields, Scents, Smell Humor, Technology Humor, Text Messaging, Texting
Posted in Communication Humor, Computer Humor, Friendship Humor, Inventions Humor, Limericks, Smell Humor, Technology Humor | 14 Comments »
Monday, January 20th, 2014
Vendor Venting (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A package arrives, which I lift.
Since I’ve NOT placed an order, I’m miffed.
It’s a greedy misdeed
To anticipate need.
Dear Amazon: Thanks for the gift.
Note from Mad Kane: This hasn’t actually happened to me, but it’s only a matter of time. Why? Because Amazon has just patented “anticipatory shipping.”
Yes, Amazon thinks it knows what we want, even before we know we want it.
Sorry Amazon, but my husband can’t read my mind … and neither can you.
Tags: Amazon Humor, Anticipatory Shipping, Gift Humor, Money Verse, Online Humor, Patent Humor, Shopping Verse, Technology Humor
Posted in Computer Humor, Limericks, Money & Finance Humor, Shopping Humor, Technology Humor | 10 Comments »
Thursday, November 14th, 2013
When I’m looking for limerick ideas, I sometimes visit idiom list sites, like this one. Then I’ll select an idiom that might work meter-wise and that ends with a common rhyme sound.
And so today, I challenged myself to write a limerick that contains the phrase “dry run.” Unconsciously inspired, perhaps, by the inept roll-out of Obamacare, I wrote these two lines:
A software firm held a dry run
But the coding, alas, wasn’t done…
I swiftly thought up an acceptable “B-rhyme,” but then got stuck at line 5. The best I could come up with was an ending that employed yet another idiom: “under the gun.” But I still couldn’t think of a line 5 that was even slightly clever.
And then I got an idea: create some wordplay by revising another line, adding specificity to the subject matter. Here’s the result:
Limerick Dry Run
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A software firm held a dry run,
But the arms-tracking code wasn’t done.
It failed test after test,
Till the owner confessed:
“I’m too stressed to work under the gun.”
Tags: Anatomy Of A Limerick, Anxiety Humor, Computer Humor, Computer Software, Idioms Humor, Stress Humor, Technology Humor, Under The Gun, Wordplay Humor, Writing & Publishing Humor
Posted in Anxiety & Stress, Computer Humor, Idiom Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor, Wordplay, Writing & Publishing Humor | 6 Comments »
Monday, October 21st, 2013
Happy Information Overload Day! (October 20, 2015)
Limerick Ode To Information Overload (3-Verse Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Too much data is haunting my dreams–
Excess info and too many memes.
Overloaded with news,
My brain has the blues:
“I’m cluttered with tidbits,” it screams.
So what’s the solution pray tell
That will free me from info-stress hell?
Turn off ev’ry machine
And device? That sounds mean
And quite limiting. Not a good sell!
Is there anything else I can do?
I suppose I could hide in the loo.
But alas and alack,
That room has a stack
Of old weeklies — a factoid fondue.
***
Update: The first Friday of March is the National Day of Unplugging.
Tags: Anxiety Humor, Brain Humor, Computer Humor, Data Humor, Info Overload, Information Overload, March Holidays, National Day of Unplugging, October Holidays, Odd Holidays, Stress Humor, Techno-Stress, Technology Humor
Posted in Anxiety & Stress, Behavior & Personality, Computer Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Technology Humor | 7 Comments »
Saturday, October 5th, 2013
Do we really need a beer-brewing robot that lets you make beer with your iPhone?
I’m Not Swallowing This App (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Innovations can certainly rock,
But at times they compel me to mock;
I’m feeling a jeer brewing:
IPhones and beer brewing?
How ’bout using an iPhone to talk?
Tags: Beer, Beer Brewing, Beer Humor, Brewbot app, Computer Humor, Drinking Limerick, iPhone Apps Humor, Odd Inventions, Technology Humor
Posted in Computer Humor, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor | Comments Off on I’m Not Swallowing This App (Limerick)
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
Just when you think a problem is unsolvable, a creative company comes up with a solution. I’m referring, of course, to Smarter Socks which, we’re told, “makes sorting socks child’s play” through “interaction between the socks with a communication button, the Sock Sorter and an iPhone app.”
What would Seinfeld have to say about this?
There’s An App For WHAT??? (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
If you find that your socks keep cavorting
And consorting with strangers, your sorting
Can be helped with an app:
Smarter Socks fill the gap
When your laundering skills need supporting.
UPDATE: Alternatively, you could ditch the app and celebrate No Socks Day 365 days a year.
Tags: Clothing Poem, Computer Software, Computer Verse, Fashion Verse, Hosiery Limerick, Household Chores, Inventions Poem, iPhone Apps Humor, Jerry Seinfeld, Laundry Humor, May Holidays, Men's Fashion, No Socks Day, Odd Holidays, Odd Inventions, Smarter Socks, Sorting Socks Humor, Technology Humor, Underwear Humor
Posted in Computer Humor, Fashion Humor, House & Home Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Odd Trends, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor | 7 Comments »
Thursday, December 27th, 2012
Limerick Rut
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A woman was stuck in a rut.
She’d tripped, falling down on her butt.
She was wedged in so tight,
She might be there all night.
Seems its risky to text while you strut.
Tags: Accident Poem, Behavior, Boredom, Cell Phone, Computer Humor, Derriere, Multitasking, Strutting Humor, Technology Humor, Technology Limerick, Texting, Walking Poetry
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Computer Humor, Limericks, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor, Walking Humor | 15 Comments »
Thursday, December 13th, 2012
I was asked to read several limericks at the third annual Los Angeles Limerick Fest Wednesday night, held at the Altadena Ale House. Since I live in New York City, arrangements were made for me to read them via phone.
As you can tell from this limerick, my reading went awry:
When Readings Go From Verse To Worse
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Reading limerick verse from afar
Via phone to a mike in a bar
Is a risky affair:
Noise and feedback will blare.
Pass the sidecar. I’m still below par.
Tags: Bar Humor, Drinking Limerick, Liquor Humor, Los Angeles Limerick Fest, Phone Humor, Poetry Readings, Technology Humor, Telephone Verse
Posted in California Humor, Food & Drink Humor, Limericks, Noise Humor, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor | 10 Comments »
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
Happy National Cookie Day, December 4th.
Ambitious Techie (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A techie served cookies malicious
To his team members. Talk about vicious!
A promotion he chased.
He was fired post-haste—
Just deserts for a guy so ambitious.
Tags: Ambition Verse, Computer Humor, Cookies Limerick, December Holidays, Dessert Humor, Food Verse, Just Deserts, National Cookie Day, Self-Promotion, Techie Humor, Technology Humor, Workplace & Career Humor
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Food & Drink Humor, General, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Workplace & Career Humor | 4 Comments »
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
DVerse Poets asks us to wax poetic about machine dreams:
Limerick Invention
By Madeleine Begun Kane
A fellow invented an app
That fills a technology gap:
It gives you a pinch
If your boss starts to inch
Near your desk, while you’re taking a nap.
(You can find more of my technology humor here.)
UPDATE: February 28 is National Public Sleeping Day.
UPDATE 2: National Napping Day is the second Monday of March (the Monday after DST.)
Tags: Apps Limerick, Boss Humor, February Holidays, Inventions Poem, Napping Limerick, National Public Sleeping Day, Odd Holidays, Sleep Poetry, Technology Humor, Workplace Poetry
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Computer Humor, Inventions Humor, Limericks, Odd Holidays, Sleep & Insomnia Humor, Technology Humor, Workplace & Career Humor | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
My Telemarketer Hang-up (Limerick)
By Madeleine Begun Kane
My name’s on the “do not call” list,
But our phone rings non-stop, and I’m pissed.
“How’s my energy plan?”
Says a voice — not a man,
But a bot, energetic’ly dissed.
Tags: Bot Humor, Computer Humor, Do Not Call List, Energy Verse, Pet Peeves, Phone Humor, Sales Humor, Technology Humor, Telemarketers, Telephone Verse
Posted in Behavior & Personality, Computer Humor, Limericks, Marketing Humor, Technology Humor, Telephone Humor | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012
The Encyclopaedia Britannica is the latest victim of the Digital Age:
Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced Tuesday it will stop publishing print editions of its signature product for the first time in its 244-year history. In an acknowledgment of the shifting media landscape and the increasing reliance on digital references, the company said its current encyclopedia – the 32-volume, 129-pound 2010 edition – will be unavailable once the existing stock runs out. (If you’re interested, it’s yours for $1,395 and there are only 4,000 sets left.) The digital version of the encyclopedia, however, will live on.
This news saddened me. And it also reminded me about the obsolete, hand-me-down encyclopedia I grew up with in the Fifties and Sixties:
Limerick Ode To The Encyclopedia
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Brittanicas, World Books and more
Were common in households of yore.
But not in my home—
Just a hand-me-down tome
With entries, I swear, like “World War.”
Tags: Books Humor, Business Poem, Computers Verse, Digital Age, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopedias Humor, Internet Humor, Library Poetry, Media Limerick, Print Media Humor, Reference Books, Technology Humor, Web Humor
Posted in Books, Business Humor, Computer Humor, Internet Humor, Limericks, Media Humor, Technology Humor | 6 Comments »
