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With Love to Bill Gates (For everyone here)

With Love to Bill Gates

Mr. Bill, what's not to love?
Your greatness you always tout
Windows is the finest thing
You continuously shout

I work hard on my system
In Word, Corel and Mail
And just when it's critical
A "System Error" fail!

I re-boot only to find
Disk errors by the score
Scandisk or Norton needed
I can't take it any more!

Finally up and running
I start to work again
And wouldn't you just know it
I've performed another sin!

Just as I'm about to save
"Page Fault" rears its ugly head
Sometimes Bill, I swear to you,
I'd rather boot you instead!

All right, everything is running
With a sigh I catch my breath
When suddenly there appears
"Fatal Error" blue screen of death!

Now once again I settle down
Wrapped in my concentration
Uh-oh, now I've really done it
Performed an "Illegal Operation!"

Bill, I dedicate this poem to you
With love from me, the sender
And if you come to my house, Bill,
I'll stuff you in my blender!
— Rett, Jun 17, 2008

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Region, Country: Southern Texas, USA

Favorite Poets: Dickenson, Longfellow

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infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

17 years 11 months ago

lmfao

"I'll stuff you in my blender!" - Pureed Bill.... yum yum I think most everyone has felt your pain in the microsoft monopoly. Norton is just plain scary, as it wraps its little tentacles around EVERYTHING! Ever try to delete something when Norton is installed? It's impossible! Very greedy little application there. Nice flow to the poem, I like how the rhyming wasn't stretched to meet - everything fell into place nice. Good job. ~Jess K. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "He wear no shoeshine, he got toe-jam football He got monkey finger, he shoot coca-cola He say "I know you, you know me" One thing I can tell you is you got to be free Come together right now over me." - The Beatles
Rett

Rett

17 years 11 months ago

lmfao

Yeah, I wrote that a ways back when I was having a lot of trouble. As for Norton I use an older version w/o the other stuff. Just has speed disk, win doctor and disk doctor. I am a control freak when it comes to my computer. Only what absolutely has to start automatically does. I have about 7 different freeware programs I use to clean things up, but knock on wood, I haven't had a serious virus threat in years. *L* I use protection. The last few years I have had extremely good luck with Computer Associates EZ antivirus. fairly cheap and works really well for me. Rett Rett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Some call me lazy, I prefer Energy Conservationist~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That's P.C. speak by the way.
infinite_dwarf

infinite_dwarf

17 years 11 months ago

Anna's Correct....

Been using AVG for a long time, and (touch wood) have never had a problem with it. I would have paid to have seen you jump up and down while yelling at the computer screen LOL! ~Jess K. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "He wear no shoeshine, he got toe-jam football He got monkey finger, he shoot coca-cola He say "I know you, you know me" One thing I can tell you is you got to be free Come together right now over me." - The Beatles
Kailashana

Kailashana

17 years 11 months ago

Thanks for the reminder

Thanks for the reminder Jess. http://youtube.com/watch?v=BJqNxKdgyqM p.s. I love to see who pushes what's buttons...lol.
Kailashana

Kailashana

17 years 11 months ago

Ever try the AVG a free

Ever try the AVG a free application, an update now available. My son is a webdesigner, heads a young group for a major company (he's the oldest at 31). He uses it for his pc. He has 2 or 3 other businesses with associates. So far so good (about 4 years) Now about ol' Billy G... do you know the story of the 3 billy goats Gruff? Smile. Anna
Rett

Rett

17 years 11 months ago

AVG free

As a matter of fact, I have it on the wife's laptop. My youngest son is a IT tech and recommended it, It seems to be doing a great job. I may switch when my subscription runs out. *getting blender ready for Bill. Thanks for reading and thanks Anna and Jess K. for the AVG tip. btw anna, I know the billy goats gruff and the pee little thrigs err three little pigs. Rett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Some call me lazy, I prefer Energy Conservationist~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That's P.C. speak by the way.
weirdelf

weirdelf

17 years 11 months ago

My reply

Oh gods! take away all this hatred I feel for bill gates and pump it into him as cancer my curse is earnest, heartfelt and true may he rue the day he made my 'puter crash for using MicroShaft and Internet Exploiter may he always walk in lousy weather! cheers, Jess
Rett

Rett

17 years 11 months ago

Absolutely Jess!

I couldn't have said it better! Rett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Some call me lazy, I prefer Energy Conservationist~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That's P.C. speak by the way.
A

anaxor

17 years 11 months ago

great poem

I think the computer is sad/mad/angry and you are it's messenger. Great poem, I hope "BillyBoy" will have the chance to read it one day :) Greetings, Roxana
Rett

Rett

17 years 11 months ago

Rozana

Thank you. I would like to stuff it up his nose at time. *L* Rett ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Some call me lazy, I prefer Energy Conservationist~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That's P.C. speak by the way.
Rett

Rett

17 years 3 months ago

Thanks Ray

Must be a helluva job. *LOL* Respectfully, Rett: "Next time you think you're perfect, walk on water." If government is the answer, it's a stupid question!
C

Conect11

17 years 3 months ago

laughing so hard I'm going to cry!

you totally nailed it! You know who's style this reminded me of? Chuck's. (barbsdad2003) So whimsical and infectious. Just today I was typing a poem (Dover) when I got up for just a minute. I thought "I should save" but decided not to since I wouldn't be gone long. I had TWO FREAKING LINES LEFT! When I got back I saw I had a new email, so I clicked... as soon as I did the whole thing died! Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! The darn thing musta read my mind. Mark W. Proverbs 27:6 "Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy."
Rett

Rett

17 years 3 months ago

*LOL*

Been there, done that, cussed a blue streak even the wife could see. Respectfully, Rett: "Next time you think you're perfect, walk on water." If government is the answer, it's a stupid question!
C

Conect11

17 years 3 months ago

check out at :58 seconds

into this video. The whole thing is a classic, but the part referenced is for you, Rett. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky-JTAPhmUo Mark W. Proverbs 27:6 "Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy."
Rett

Rett

17 years 3 months ago

*LOL*

Thanks Mark! Respectfully, Rett: "Next time you think you're perfect, walk on water." If government is the answer, it's a stupid question!