Bad electrons (Score 1)

A friend who's a professor of chemistry at a university in New England called campus IT when his network connection went down.

"You should unplug the LAN connection," said the IT guy. "There must be some bad electrons trapped in the 10-base-T port."

Mind you, my pal researches quantum properties of crystals, so this didn't wash with him at all. It did, however, inspire him to write the following song (mp3 available upon request -- email me):

INFO SYSTEMS
by Guy Crundwell

When your computer's down and no magic comes out
And it crashes, halting production
You gather all you playmates around your cubicle
And tinker with their suggestions
Someone will undoubtedly say
"Let's call them," once
"Let's call them," twice
But then the info systems guys will give you s***ty advice

They told me once to unplug the port
Of my 10-base-T LAN connection
They said there must've been some bad electrons
And all the managers say
"I know it's rough
to be rebuffed
By somebody with a head full of Co-co-co Puffs
The path we take through info systems is rough
It's rough
The path we take through info systems is rough
It's rough enough"