R-J, many thanks for your excellent spreadsheets.

The late David Myers was a regular attendee at Top End Folk Festivals in both Darwin and Alice Springs. He was a member of the Shiny Bum Singers and contributed many songs to their repertoire.

Shiny Bums

LAPTOPS IN THE SKY
(Dave Myers/Tune: 'Ghost riders in the sky')

A local bloke he caught a plane one cold and frosty morn
To beat the fog in Canberra he had to leave at dawn
When all at once a red-eyed bunch of businessmen he spied
Working on their laptops, lattes by their sides

Chorus
Yippie aye eh
Yippie aye oh
Laptops in the sky

Their gazes fixed, their eyes were blurred, their fingers running hot
Their work it seemed important but really it was not
They could be writing novels or doing difficult sums
But they were only writing emails to their mums

Chorus

Their keys were jumping off the board, their brows were soaked with sweat
They missed both lunch and dinner but haven't noticed yet
Then they hit some turbulence and things began to fly
There was debris in the cabin and laptops in the sky

Chorus

The captain said 'We're landing now in Darwin's summer heat
So stow your trusty laptops underneath your seats'
And as they hit the tarmac there came a strangled roar
A hundred sliding laptops went racing down the floor

Chorus

--Stewie.