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The Health Connector From Armentières

August 28, 2014 By markbernstein

(it’s only been 100 years!)

With apologies in advance to Ed Lyons and MerrimackGuy, in celebration of the HealthConnector report .

The Java guy from CGI, parlez-vous?
The Java guy from CGI, parlez-vous?
The Java guy from CGI made every code reviewer cry.
Dereference null pointer and parlez-vous.

The XML was far from swell, parlez-vous?
It was the data store from hell, parlez-vous?
Whatever the hell the XML was intended to mean, no one can tell.
Rebalance the tags and parlez-vous.

The server code when under load, parlez-vous?
Was slower than a creeping toad, parlez-vous?
When under load the toad-like code made all the reporter’s heads explode.
Please pass the popcorn, parlez-vous.

The CSS was a terrible mess, parlez-vous?
’Twas quite a mess, I must confess, parlez-vous?
The CSS was quite a mess, it caused us quite a lot of stress.
Add another selector and parlez-vous.

The auditors warned of outcomes bad, parlez-vous?
Of deadlines missed and users sad, parlez-vous?
The auditors warned us all along, ’twas such a repetitious song,
It’s perfectly normal, parlez-vous.

Said EKB to Arthur T, parlez-vous?
That favorite of the GOP, parlez-vous?
EKB-3 told Arthur T, “You are not the man for me!”
We need more distractions and parlez-vous.

The Boy Scout troop from Blue Mass Group, parlez-vous?
Those Blue Mass Groupers with the scoop, parlez-vous?
The Boy Scout troop from Blue Mass Group was waiting for the infinite loop.
Inky-dinky parlez-vous.

Though Dan is not from Mattapan, parlez-vous?
He still might have a clever plan, parlez-vous?
To blame it all on on Patrick or Mike, or some other Dem Dan doesn’t like,
Primary’s coming? Parlez-vous.

It’s tempting to cry and shout and curse, parlez-vous?
The vendors went from bad to worse, parlez-vous?
But since they will not reimburse, you’ll have to add another verse:
Do it yourself and parlez-vous.

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Comments

  1. Christopher says

    August 29, 2014 at 11:38 am

    Is this based on something? Is it supposed to be sung to a particular tune?

    • fenway49 says

      August 29, 2014 at 12:00 pm

      http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mademoiselle_from_Armenti%C3%A8res

  2. rcmauro says

    August 29, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    Very clever, although some esoteric allusions here for those in the know.

  3. rcmauro says

    August 29, 2014 at 9:47 pm

    Artistically varied between double and triple in line 3 of each stanza.

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