The Day They Slowed Ol' Mudcat Down
(with apologies to J. Robbie Robertson)

Alex Riggle's my name
And I code data runs for Boeing
And I like surfin' the web
While my programs are up and going
Mudcat was a wonderful find
I could hang there and enlighten my mind
There's not much to do while my code is engaged
Except hang out on the Mudcat "all threads" page

But the day they slowed ol' Mudcat down
I got an error warning
The day they slowed ol' Mudcat down
My afternoon was boring
I went
Wah, wa-wa-wah, wa-wah
Wa-wah, wa-wah, wa-wa-wah, wah wah

I emailed my wife at her office
Till finally she said to me,
"Look, I've got work to do.
Don't mail me so much, sweetie."
Now I don't mind choppin' code
And waiting for my programs to load
But once they are running I get bored
I like surfin' to Mudcat, but Oh Lord,

The day they slowed ol' Mudcat down (etc.)

Like my father before me,
I'm a workin' slob
And like my mother before me,
I took an office job
I was 23, loud and brave
When I started writin' code all day
These data jobs take so long to run
While I'm waiting I want to have a little fun...

The day they slowed ol' Mudcat down (etc.)

(C) 2000 Alex E. Riggle. All Rights Reserved.

(Yes, Aine, you may put this in the songbook!)

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