KILLFILE
by Mark Kinney   5 October 2001
to Leslie Fish's tune to Rudyard Kipling's "Dane Geld"

It is sometimes a temptation
To a dull imagination
To make oneself feel bigger acting snide
Making stupid little quips
Sends them off on ego trips
And they think the one they taunt will run and hide
     And that's called asking to be killfiled
     And the people who ask it explain
     They feel themselves superior, meanwhile
     Other posters view them with disdain

It is always a temptation
To a mind full of creation
To respond fully in kind with a foul troll
But this path has no end
Just loops round and round again
So instead into USENET they make a hole
     And that is called using the killfile
     And it has always been the same
     That when one makes use of the killfile
     One gets rid of idiot flames

Are you paid to be this snotty?
Or is it just a hobby?
Either way, it's time you left my sight
I just hit one quick button
It is really, really nothing
To make you go away, goodbye, goodnight
     And now then, welcome to my killfile
     Where no more will you waste my time
     You are no longer needed, full of expletive deleted
     And your waste of bandwidth is a crime