THE NEWSGROUP CHRISTMAS PARTY
Twas the night before Christmas.
On my way through the house,
I turned on my 'puter and clicked on my mouse.
To our newsgroup I headed as quick as a wink.
Downloaded all the posts - 640 - I think.
The party was starting.. Everyone dressed to kill
The Oz folks are here with more to come still
Toddy and jingles are sipping a beer
Both waiting to see when Di would appear
Kelly arrives with a hearty "bon jour"
While Win, with a dog, the room gives a tour
Then Maeve arrives with a new french chapeau
Dressed all in red from her head to her toe.
Khooby is here, with shoes made of wood.
She's wearing new perfume. Boy! She smells good.
Marie and Bobbie have had too much wine
And trying to harmonize to Auld Lang Syne
It's the middle of night...the west coast awakes
Joy has come in, with two chocolate cakes
Arlin stops in with a smile on her face
Dressed in blue velvet with a collar of lace.
The door bangs open. I hear a waaaahooooo
The Texans come in...what a hullabaloo!
Robert brought steaks for our group BBQ
Dorothy's peach cobbler fell on his shoe.
Donna and Maggie dance in, looking mighty tough!
Look out folks, the party's getting rough.
Trumpets are sounding, red carpet rolled end to end.
Here comes King Keith with quarters to spend.
From out in the hall there arose such a clatter,
We ran to the door to see what was the matter.
BB came scooting on her "roll tide"
With her parrot, her cats, and a smile thiiiiiiisssss wide.
David and Dalin came in, dressed all in yellar
For the holidays, david's been let out of the cellar.
Ann has brought flowers that smell so sweet.
Linda 1 and linda 2 are swaying on their feet.
Li'l Al, from Cal, pretends he's santa claus
And all the girls are reindeers, with little dainty paws.
"On Bette, on MJ, on Judithann and Gayle"
Oh my! The reindeer are starting to look pale.
Then, Jim E came in with a bottle of wine,
Just as Connie yelled, "lets form a conga line".
She led the way around the table.
Don(prone) tried to join, but he just wasn't able.
Janie fell on her face, cracked open her head.
Someone called 911, we thought she was dead.
Norma got her tool box. Fixed Janie's head ok
Leighann took Janies b.p., while on the floor she lay.
Barry is here somewhere, hiding behind some drape.
Gee, BillBy looks great in his top hat, tux and cape.
Richard and Marian - on the couch- face to face
Argue gun control. No one can win that case.
BJ's looking frantic. Running two and fro.
Searching for someone. Who? We all know!
Carl came in. He just woke up.
The party is almost over. He dances with Butterkup.
We've all had a good time. It was fun for us all.
Just one last word...and it comes from Paul.
God bless our newsgroup. God bless our friends.
Merry Christmas everyone, as another year ends.
with apology to Clement Clarke Moore and to all those folks I forgot.
Not done on purpose, just couldn't remember everyone.
sue
