story time with daddy!

[moominmolly]

"The mama called the doctor and the doctor said, 'ed is the standard text editor.'"

Comments

[clauclauclaudia]

Yay, raising up geeks!

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

That does not rhyme.

[crs.livejournal.com]

?

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

The doctor usually says "NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED!", but this version had Natalie using sed rather than monkeys and head trauma.

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

When confronted with this claim, he says: "it's free verse."

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

Well, sure. Who's going to pay for a rhyme that doesn't rhyme?

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

To some degree, this may be unavoidable.

[rosefox]

barbarakitten_t calls it "breeding for gamers". They're on their third generation.

[srl.livejournal.com]

Oh my. I think you should reprint your localized geek versions of nursery rhymes, for the benefit of those of us with kids at home.

[dr-memory.livejournal.com]

This made me giddy with joy.

[oonh.livejournal.com]

at this rate she'll be metabolizing lisp by the age of two!

[cutieperson]

the fabric i just got says "no more FUNKY monkeys..."

[uberjay.livejournal.com]

Oh good lord. I'm way too punchy to be reading this kind of stuff right now. The sleep—it calls me!

Apropos of nothing. (except that it's geeky, awesome, and I just read it on my friends list... ;)

[bemocked.livejournal.com]

not only does it not rhyme - which is tolerable, BUT what is troubling for me in trying to recite the modified version is that the number of syllables is off, which throws off the rhythm/meter awfully.

[ceo]

There's a difference?

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Hey, wait, are you knocking sed in my journal? sed is my friend, and I will brook no such nonsense around here!

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

I nominate "The standard text editor is ed!"

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

No, see, the doctor recites his line in a totally humorless and unmusical way. It doesn't MATTER that it doesn't scan!

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Then I am doing my job correctly.

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Subtlety in nursery rhymes? Is that even allowed? :)

[ratatosk.livejournal.com]

Awwww! That's so cute! But now you have to illustrate it.

[(Anonymous)]

NEXT ON FOX: WHEN GEEKS BREED!!!

[laura47.livejournal.com]

that was me.

Or possibly WHEN GEEKS SPAWN?

with a sequel WHEN GEEK BABIES ATTACK?

viscious toddler armies fighting over emacs vs. vi....

[valancy17.livejournal.com]

I second that, and I don't even have kids at home. I just think they'd be funny. :)

But it's a lie!!

[kmhoofnagle.livejournal.com]

VI is the standard text editor (dammit. stomp. stomp). Our children can have text editor wars.

Re: But it's a lie!!

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Heh! I most often use vi (vim, really), but I will accept N no matter what editor she chooses. :)

The line is from the old ed man page (http://roguelife.org/~fujita/COOKIES/HISTORY/V6/ed.1.html). It is one of those lines that was patently untrue for so long as to become ridiculous.

Re: But it's a lie!!

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

I just want an EDitor!! Not a "viitor". Not a "emacsitor". Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED! ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!! TEXT EDITOR. (http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html)

Re: But it's a lie!!

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

YES! THANK you.

Re: But it's a lie!!

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

that bit cracks me up every time :)

[pekmez.livejournal.com]

hm. I don't think my little monkey cares which text editor I'm using, as long as she can try to help me type new things in it.

The livejournal text entry box is just fine, for example:

yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu7855rrrt5\


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[datan0de.livejournal.com]

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Your userpic rocks! I just got so excited by it I fell out of my chair!