The Cable Provider: A lampoon

Something a little different today, as I just got off the phone with "Censored Communications", who apparently charges an extra $6 a month for wireless with a company-provided wireless cable modem, or $4 a month for wireless even if you use your own wireless router. Because

There once was a cable provider,
Whose policies couldn't be snider*,
They offered you more,
For a dollar or four,
That those could get for free that were wiser.

Since it's all about money and profit,
They'd inform you not to regret it,
But give them the cash,
For their service slapdash:
"The air isn't free!" they'll explain it.

*(OED: definition 1: 1. Counterfeit, sham, bogus. Also more widely, inferior, worthless.)

"Millionaire" from 50p bet

There once was a better from England,
Whose bets were quite awfully unplanned,
He bet on the long shots,
But one day it paid off,
And the new millionaire was quite unmanned!

URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7260526.stm

A switch to limericks

Spenserian Stanzas proved to be too difficult for my facile understanding of the niceties of metre and rhyme. Thus, I will be switching to something easier for the month. Limericks! Next month, I will probably switch to something else again. Hurrah.