On a slow summers workday At a desk bound for nowhere I met up with a 'baker We were both to tired to work So we took turns a-typing Sending anno's into darkness The comments got us thinking And he sent me a response
He typed, son, I've made a lifetime Out of reading peoples anno's Knowing how their minds worked By the way they comment-ed So if you don't mind my anno' I can see you're out of 'baking For a glimpse of your postings I'll give you some advice
So I sent a list of hyperlinks And he looked at all my postings Then he sent an anno' back And asked if I would mind And the screen got deathly quiet And his anno's came back slowly Said, if you're gonna be a 'baker You gotta learn to halfbake right
You got to know when to bun 'em Know when to bone 'em Know when to anno' back Know when to wait You never count your croissants When you're posting at the 'bak'ry There'll be time enough for counting When halfbakings done
Ev'ry 'baker knows The the secret to good posting Is knowing when to post halfbakes And knowing when to stop 'Cause ev'ry posts a bunner And ev'ry post's a boner And the best that you can hope for Is to get no MFDs
So when he'd finished typing He sat back from his keyboard Logged off the 'bakery And shut down his PC And somewhere in the future His profile was deleted But in his final post I found A halfbake I could keep
You got to know when to bun 'em Know when to bone 'em Know when to anno' back Know when to wait You never count your croissants When you're posting at the 'bak'ry There'll be time enough for counting When halfbakings done-- neutrinos_shadow, Feb 01 2006 You've touched my heart with this story, and you've fed my mind with some good bun-lovin' advice while you were at it!-- quantum_flux, Jun 25 2007 [8th] and [Max] may right now be explaining to Kenny Rogers what [n_s] was on about.
I'm envisioning an afterlife 'Beetlejuice'-type situation in which our rememberies in HB's L-space-like space appear totogether and talk to each other.-- Sgt Teacup, Sep 03 2021 Maybe some-one could explain to ME what I was on about...-- neutrinos_shadow, Sep 03 2021 I'd say at least 2 pints.-- RayfordSteele, Sep 03 2021 I often return to past ideas and don't even know what the hell was possessing my body at that time, because it sure the hell was NOT me.-- blissmiss, Sep 04 2021 How did I miss this? Brilliant! [+]-- doctorremulac3, Sep 04 2021 random, halfbakery