Filk: Thoroughly Modern: Silly

[jgou...@panix.com]

To: "Thoroughly Modern Millie" [Jimmy Van Heusen, music; Sammy Cahn,
lyrics--from the motion picture, 1967]

Julie Andrews - "Thoroughly Modern Millie": https://youtu.be/_WYXyVph81U


There are guys, I surmise,
Who are geeks, no surprise,
Living in a world of digital stuff.

What they think is "rad" or "badd" or innovational,
They think we all will find to be sensational.

But the fact is:

Ev'rything is cool in Silicon Valley.
[Apple stock is high again.]
But for Apple's watch will devotees queue?
[Will they ever buy again?]

Goo-gle put its Glass away.
They hardly are fools.
They may let it pass away,
Since it broke so many rules.

Facebook has to deal with terrorist users.
[Also in the Twitterverse]
YouTube viral videos are a plague.
[Some would even say a curse.]

Snapchat and Pinterest are hogging mindshare.
So if you own an iPhone, iPad, or Android, please beware.

Ev'rything today is linked to another.
[Phones are getting snoopier.]
Ev'rything today is done on the fly.
[Uber rides are groupier.]

Some say it's pivotal what digital does.
What they are saying is:
Nothing will stay as it was.

Amazon and Dropbox covet your data.
[Things are getting cloudier.]
Microsoft is hanging on for dear life.
[Tech is getting rowdier.]
Don't blink; you'll miss a trend. Or is it hot air?
So if you own an iPhone, iPad, or Android, please beware.


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Amazon and eBay, offering tchotchkes,
[Cluttering your premises]
Books and trinkets spilling onto the floor.
[Shopping is your nemesis]
PayPal enables us; we haven't a prayer.
So if you own an iPhone, iPad, or Android, please beware.