Ship It
I may have mentioned I have a drunken version of the Saturday Night Live living in my head, chattering non-stop 24x7. One of the cast members living in my head has a tendency latch onto simple phrases and tie them to 80’s and 90’s music. Let’s call him Skippy.
So I’m writing a mail to my team last night and I used the phrase “Ship it”. Well, all hell breaks loose with Skippy and he starts singing a variant of “Whip It” by Devo in my head NON STOP last night and through the day. So for your (quasi-)amusement, Skippy, the drunken SNL cast member living in my head, brings you “Ship It”, with apologies to Devo for my abuse of the lyrics. Oh, and for those of you young 'uns who don't remember Devo, you can hear the song and see their stylin' hats and outfits on this video.
Crack that whip.
Give that bug the slip.
Step on a crack.
Break that last bug’s back.
So that Christmas won’t go wrong.
You must ship it.
Before the bugs sit out too long.
You must ship it.
Before more code drops come along.
You must ship it.
Now whip it.
Into shape.
Shape it up.
Get straight.
Go forward.
Move ahead.
Try to detect it.
It's not too late.
To ship it.
Ship it good.
Before January comes around.
You must ship it.
OpenOffice will never live it down.
When you ship it.
NeoOffice will not get their way.
When you ship it.
I say ship it.
Ship it good.
I say ship it.
Ship it good.
Ship it gooooooood!!
I gotta stop staying up until 2am the nights before I fly to SVC.
Comments
Nice attitude!
Posted by: Enrique García | September 14, 2007 8:22 PM
Thanks! I may have gotten myself over my head, though - I emailed this with my team before I decided to blog it, and I got multiple requests to do a live performance at the ship party in December. I can't seem to find my funky red Devo hat anywhere :-)
Posted by: Craig | September 14, 2007 10:48 PM
Dude,
The red hat is nothing without the red Honda scooter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQrwuPmM9EE
Posted by: vmarks | September 18, 2007 11:41 AM