Do You Come From The Land of Abthite...

by Tom Holt

(inspired by 'Do You Come From A Land Down Under' by Men at Work)


Setting out on a newsgroup ramble
I chanced my arm and took a gamble.
I met a woman, so schon und selig;
She asked me in and gave me earwigs.
And I said;

‘Do you come from the land of abthite
Where posters seldom flame or infight?
I seem to see the sunlight;
I'd better take, I'd better take notice'

As I hunched in a crouch half-foetal
I heard the scuttling of a Beetle.
I asked; "Are the folks here pleasant?"
She just smiled, said ‘Mornington Crescent'
And I said;

‘Do you come from the land of abthite
Where posts are made well after midnight?
I seem to see the sunlight;
I'd better take, I'd better take notice'

Said a chief in his robes and finery;
"My name is Paul, I post in Binery.
If a blast rocks the sacred grove, it's
Probably a slip by Chris Suslowicz"
And I said;

[etc...]

© 2000 Uwe Milde

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