IRC Communication Research Resources

Humor Resources

Rintel, Sean. "Halfway on the 'Net." 1996.

(Apologies to A.A. Milne)

Halfway on the Net
Is a channel
Where I sit.
There isn't any
Other channel
Quite like
It.
It's not in the bottom 'sphere,
And it's not in the top;
It lives in the server
Where
I always
+Op.

Halfway on the Net
Isn't #talk,
And isn't #friends.
It isn't in the #twilight_zone,
It isn't the #hot_tub.
And all sorts of funny /topics
Run 'round my screen:
"It isn't really
Anywhere!
It's #penpals
Instead!"