Christmas Warp Core Breach

12/30/2008

Well we had an exciting Christmas day -- and very nearly burned the house down.

'Twas the afternoon past Christmas
But we'd no chance to get bored
An incredible stink arose--
A burning smell we could not ignore.

I dashed up to my office in such a flash
To see what was the matter,
This was no simple server crash!

I flung open the door and turned on the light
The room was filled with billowing toxic fumes,
Must have been burning all night.

In the back corner the UPS was steaming
Too hot to touch with my bare hands alone,
I grabbed oven mitts and dashed it outside
Dripping hot acid, smelling of brim-stone.

It had soaked into the rug, that nasty old fraud
Ruined my iso-box and splashed on my Quad
Soaked into my cables and stunk up the place
Acid spots on the floor and on my staircase.

We tore open the windows and started the fans,
In hope to recover our day's previous plans
But one thing led to another, and with a heavy frown
I ended the day unplugged, my system was down.

I called up the company, to complain of this lemon
They simply shrugged and replied,
"These things happen."

Okay the meter isn't exactly right, but you get the idea :-). Watch out for those battery-backup UPS boxes!

/\ndy