[humorix] Angry Mob Attacks Geek Compound

[James Baughn <jbaughn@ldd.net>]

Angry Mob Attacks Geek Compound
April 1, 2000

HOLLAND, MI -- It started as an innocent April Fool's Day
joke: Taco Boy and his compadres posted Slashdot articles
in languages other than English.  However, an angry mob of
Dotheads, unable to read the postings, started suffering
"News for Nerds" withdrawl symptoms within seconds. 
Within hours they had descended on the Geek Compound in
Michigan brandishing pitchforks and yelling "Bring back
Slashdot!"

About one thousand Slashdot addicts formed a semicircle in
front of Taco Boy's dwelling.  While the gathering was
relatively peaceful, they did cause quite a nuisance by
shouting these verses over and over again:

   Those who deny our News For Nerds,
   Will be treated today as big fat turds!

   We demand our Stuff That Matters
   Or else we'll make something big go splatter!

   Please, please, please dear old Roblimo,
   Give us news about a Quake demo,

   We'll even take a post by your own Jon Katz,
   But if you don't comply we'll hit you with this axe!

   Yes, April Fool's Day we now hate,
   Now give us a fix before it's too late!

   So, listen up you dotcom sellouts to Andover,
   Stop playing with your billions and send some news right on over!

   The time of reckoning is here for Slashdot,
   Quit your April 1st joke lest we crash your lot!

Ironically, Rob Malda and company are in Boston today for
the Geek Pride & Andover Promotion Festival, so the
protest accomplished little except giving the local police
something to worry about.  

Said one of the participants, "Taco Boy now has a
responsibility to provide timely News for Nerds to satisfy
his army of Anonymous Cowards.  We Slashdot junkies will
not tolerate abuse like this happen again.  Are you
listening Andover.Net? No more April Fool's Day jokes!"

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James S. Baughn
http://i-want-a-website.com/about-linux/

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