This is possible an old joke at the time when 3 1/2” still be the most awesome portable storage media. Stronger than 5 1/4”. I searched for this joke and I found more complete version — dating back at least in November, 2005:
An application was for employment A program was a TV show A cursor used profanity A keyboard was a piano! Memory was something that you lost with age A CD was a bank account And if you had a 3 1/2 inch floppy You hoped nobody found out! Compress was something you did to garbage Not something you did to a file And if you unzipped anything in public You'd be in jail for awhile! Log on was adding wood to a fire Hard drive was a long trip on the road A mouse pad was where a mouse lived And a backup happened to your commode! Cut - you did with a pocket knife Paste you did with glue A web was a spider's home And a virus was the flu! I guess I'll stick to my pad and paper And the memory in my head I hear nobody's been killed in a computer crash But when it happens they wish they were dead!
Before I first experience of computer use, I could not speak any English at that moment. I was about 8 years old. Since then, my vocabulary bank started to grow up, but it’s in very limited and special way. I only know the meaning of computer field and barely can pronounce them. Until now, many words in my head are still strong bound to computer terms. Sometimes, it’s hard for me to think outside of computer.
It’s interesting when you look back on this joke. Many things have changed after this joke being written. I think the best time of 3 1/2” has past about a decade. If another decade passes, how many in this joke would remain?
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