Fix Those Clunky GUIs, 'Eem Boys

by Alan Manifold

5 May 2002

(to the tune of Play That Funky Music, White Boy)

Yeah, I went on up to VUGM
On the edge of old Chicago
And at the op'ning session
I sat back to enjoy the show
I heard about the features, yeah
That we will see in Voyager soon
And then we saw ENCompass
It was a pretty full afternoon

Yeah, there was Vadim and Nadeem
And Verneem and just plain Jeem
And right in the middle
Somebody in the back row shouted
Fix those clunky GUIs, 'eem boys
Fix those clunky GUIs right
Fix those clunky GUIs, 'eem boys
Lay down ENCompass and fix those clunky GUIs 'fore we die
'Fore we die, oh, 'fore we die

I tried to understand this
I thought that guy was way out of line
They have to do ENCompass
To keep the system up with times
So I went back to listening
But I could hear the whispers begin
They started getting louder
As more and more attendees joined in

Yeah, there was Vadim and Nadeem
And Verneem and just plain Jeem
And as they were talking
I started hearing people shouting
Fix those clunky GUIs, 'eem boys
Fix those clunky GUIs right
Fix those clunky GUIs, 'eem boys
Lay down ENCompass and fix those clunky GUIs 'fore we die
'Fore we die, oh, 'fore we die

It started getting ugly
The temper meter started to spike
But everyone went silent
As Janeem Burke returned to the mike
She told us not to worry
"I'll give to you my President's oath:
ENCompass AND the clients
We've got resources to do them both!"

Yeah, there was Vadim and Nadeem
And Verneem and just plain Jeem
And up on the platform
The President herself was shouting
Fix those clunky GUIs, 'eem boys
Fix those clunky GUIs right
Fix those clunky GUIs, 'eem boys
Stay on ENCompass and fix those clunky GUIs 'fore they die
'Fore they die, oh, 'fore they die

We shouted fix those clunky GUIs
Fix those clunky GUIs
Fix those clunky GUIs
Gotta keep on fixin' clunky GUIs
Fix those clunky GUIs (fade)