Ode to Andy & Barb
by Phyllis & David
What got Andy (that master of C)
to forswear being legally free,
and to marry Ms. Moo?
Just a decade or two,
And a slight push from AT&T!
Though parents may think with chagrin,
That their children are living in sin,
Like true angels who tread
With fear -- when they wed
They don't, like most fools, rush in.
There'd been scant time for tying the knot
What with music, food, travelling a lot,
And they made such a fuss
With "C", plain and "++",
Get married? They simply forgot!
Have they changed their political mood,
With a 20 year long interlude?
This libertarian pair,
Says at last, "We don't care,
What the hell, let the government intrude"!
There were two object oriented C'ers
Who posted to alt.new.careers:
"There's no code left to munge
So we're taking the plunge
Like it's already been 20 years."