THE WINDOW CLEANER’S LAMENT
by Anton Wills-Eve
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THE WINDOW CLEANER’S LAMENT
I have downloaded windows 10
My laptop’s been updated.
So in all matters technogen
My curiosity’s fully sated.
My Wife adores the coloured screen,
But I never told the kids or cat
The rules of using my machine
“Don’t dare touch the keys, or that!!”
It took hours to fix with tool and screw,
No time to blog, play golf or eat
I worked all night, the moon was blue,
But today my family gave me a treat.
They made me shut my eyes “surprise!”
Gave me breakfast and when it was done
A beautiful new laptop sat before my eyes
“Oh thanks. And it’s Windows 8.1!”
Anton Wills-Eve
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Oh no. Is this true? Love the title, although it took me a minute to figure out. Duh!!!!
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In spite of liking to know the real ending and its happy result, the poem is funnier without the last stanza!!! I was groaning..Just saw the last stanza after I wrote my last comment.
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Well done, Judy, I had already decided to delete it. Actually it happened some 15 years ago when changing from windows 2000 to XP and my youngest son was ten and the cats were kittens. But re windows 10 I did have a problem and the irony is that it was the 10 , now 24, year old who salvaged it for me. Anton.
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And that is why they call it Windows 10. Anyone over the age of 10 won’t understand it without help!
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oops..should have said “prior” comment.
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Judy your suggestion re deletion of last verse also explains far better the use of lament in the title. tnx
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I am happy digesting my apples, have no wish to clean new windows (at the moment – wait and see).
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Well the method of upgrading I used meant it was FREE !
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Oh gosh I just giggled in the middle of the night. Hopefully, hubby and the kid did not hear anything and my cat just doesn’t care.
I am not upgrading to windows 10, my tiny tired laptop would die.
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