Story Behind the Song
Got an email from a friend with a Buzzword Bingo card in it. Just had to write a story to fit it.
Lyrics
BUZZWORD BINGO
IT WAS A FRIDAY AFTERNOON, HAD TO GET OUT OF THERE SOON
HAD THINGS TO DO AND A WHOLE LOTTA WAYS TO PLAY.
BUT MY BOSS WALKED UP AND TAPPED MY SHOULDER, SAID "MUST BE THAT I'M GETTING' OLDER.
THERE'S ONE MORE MEETING I FORGOT ABOUT TODAY".
I HELD MY DISAPPOINTED SIGH AND CLENCHED MY TEETH TO TRY
TO PLAY THE GAME - JUST LIKE THEY'D ALL ASSUME.
I GRABBED MY NOTES AND MANILA FOLDER, WENT TO THE ROOM WHERE THEY PLANNED TO HOLD 'ER
AND TOOK MY FAVORITE SPOT AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
WELL, MY BOSS, COMMENCED TO TALKIN' AN' I SAT THERE GAWKIN'
AT THE BUZZ WORDS THAT WERE COMIN' OUTTA HIS MOUTH.
HE SAID "SYNERGY" AND "EMPOWERMENT" WITH A "KNOWLEDGE BASE" FOR "STRATEGIC FIT"
THEN TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE AND HEADED SOUTH!
WE'RE A "CLIENT FOCUSED" "TEAM" THAT'S "BLEEDING-EDGE AND "LEAN AND MEAN"
WITH "INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL", "CRITICAL MASS".
WITH OUR "BEST OF BREED" OPERATION, WE'RE THE "SKILL-SET" "BENCHMARK" TO THE NATION.
AND YOU CAN "TAKE IT TO THE BANK" THAT WE'RE "WORLD-CLASS"!
WELL HE HAD TO HAVE HIS SAY, SO I GOT MY CARD TO PLAY
MY FAVORITE GAME OF ALL WHEN BORED TO TEARS.
WHILE CHECKING OFF THE WORDS THAT BUZZ, IT FILLED UP RAPIDLY BECAUSE
HE KEPT ON TALKIN' WHILE I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EARS.
HE SAID "SMART-SIZE", "QUANTIZE", "FAST-TRACK", AND "SYNERGIZE"!
I HAD THREE ACROSS AND FOUR DIAGONALLY
HE SAID "MINDSHARE" AND I BIT MY LIP. HE SAID "BIG PICTURE" AND I LET 'ER RIP!
I YELLED BINGO LOUD AND CLEAR AS THEY STARED AT ME!
WELL THEY ALL DREW DEATHLY SILENT. HOW COULD I BE SO DEFIANT?
THEN MY BOSS LOOKED DOWN AT ME WITH A BIG OL' SMILE.
HE SAID, "SON I THINK YOU GET IT! GLAD YOU STOOD UP AND SAID IT".
"YOU ALL GO HOME. GOTTA TALK TO HIM A WHILE"
HE PULLED ME ASIDE, AND I COULD SEE THE PRIDE
IN HIS EYES AS HE EXPLAINED TO ME
YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE WHO UNDERSTANDS THE "LEVERAGED" "UP-SIDE" OF MY PLANS
YOU'RE WHAT I NEED TO LEAD THIS COMPANY.
TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT, HE GAVE ME HIS SUPPORT,
AND PROMOTED ME TO PUBLICITY V P!
NO MATTER WHAT HE SAYS OR DOES, I YELL BINGO TO GREAT APPLAUSE
AND LEAVE AT NOON ON FRIDAYS - GUARANTEED!
COPYRIGHT 2002
BRUCE JOHNSON
704-541-5658
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Bruce W Johnson
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