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+A computer called Illiac4
+Had a rather tough bug in its core.
+	It chewed up its cards
+	And spewed yards and yards
+Of illegible tape on the floor.
+%
+A computer, to print out a fact,
+Will divide, multiply, and subtract.
+	But this output can be
+	No more than debris,
+If the input was short of exact.
+		-- Gigo
+%
+A dreary young bank clerk named Fennis
+Wished to foster an aura of menace;
+	To make people afraid
+	He wore gloves of grey suede
+And white footgear intended for tennis.
+		-- Edward Gorey
+%
+A hacker who screwed a mag tape
+Was caught and convicted of rape.
+	To jail he did go,
+	From which, to his woe
+He couldn't get out with ESC.
+%
+A linguist thought it a farce
+That memory space was so sparse.
+	One day they increased it.
+	Said he as he seized it:
+"At last! Enough core for the parse".
+%
+A progressive professor named Winners
+Held classes each evening for sinners.
+	They were graded and spaced
+	So the vile and debased
+Would not be held back by beginners.
+%
+A very intelligent turtle
+Found programming UNIX a hurdle
+	The system, you see,
+	Ran as slow as did he,
+And that's not saying much for the turtle.
+%