by Paul Curtis

Created on: September 11, 2008

BEFORE COMPUTERS TOOK OVER THE WORLD

Before computers took over the world
A virus was the flu, and a keyboard was a piano
A mouse pad was where a single mouse lived
And a CD was a bank account and a program was a TV show
The net was something you fished with
A monitor would report you to the teacher
An application was a form to be filled out
And Windows were opened to get fresh air
A hard drive was a long trip in the car
A web was a spider's home, a cursor used profanity
Memory was something you lost with age
And if you had a 3 inch floppy you'd tell nobody

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