1.
        Christian is a diplomat,
          he can deal with any jerk;
        Robbie comes from Canada,
          can run a con and make it work.
2.
        Seth's a hoaxter, writes a zine
          Scoops the Hugos every year
        Ruth and John work Orycons, 
          In the land of small-brewed beer.
3.
        Martin's got the Worldcon next, and
          Scotland opens wide the door
        Evelyn writes up con reports,
          Fifty thousand words or more.
4.
        Lloyd runs parties, Slightly Higher
          in the north, his claim to fame,
        Eugene always volunteers,
          Expendable's his fannish name.
5.
        Blars is quiet as a mouse,
          enjoys camping in the nude
        Cappucine's an awesome gal,
          "Klingon Bitch with Attitude."
6.
        Kevin has a smoffish job,
          Counts the votes and names the site
        Steven does tai chi at dawn,
          Runs the dances late at night
7.
        Michael is a BayCon honcho,
          He's been at this far too long;
        Jo is *still* the ConOps goddess -
          If she's not there, something's *wrong.*
8.
        Colleen is Fandom's Secret Mommy,
          She can tell you where it's at;
        Craig's another oldtimer - but
          Won't take off his *&^%$#@ hat!
9.
        Ben is busy all the time,
          His speciality is worries.
        Tom has cool and more to spare,
          He hardly ever hurries.
10.
        Ben is seen at every con,
          Doesn't matter what the coast.
        Seth and David *both* made the
          Decision Mike R. hates the most.
11.
        Sue she's done a lot of zines
          More than I could mention
        Mike is in the T-shirt scene
          At each Media convention
12.
	Don's the chair who runs the con
	  and gathers fans to our vicinity.
	Charles had that job last year;
	  fled fandom to proclaim divinity.
13.
	Wallis comes from Way Up North,
	  Wants his rockets in the air.
	Gene wears his glasses in the dark,
	  Run Operations like a bear.
14.
	Nancy moved east to marry Kurt,
	  Knows her tech just like a Borg.
	Don wires sound and does the lights, 
	  A benefit to any org.
15.
	Fafhrd founded Silicon,
	  Likes politics with blood and gore.
	Shawn ran Art Shows in S.J.,
	  Owns a neat-o SF store.
16.
	Greg likes cartoons from the East,
	  Runs anime cons with the best.
	Ivy makes the staff chow down,
	  Turns a staff lounge to a nest.
17.
	Lee's a publisher with flair
	  all her zines come out on time
	Lynn's a filker through and through
	  great with scansion and with rhyme.
18.
	Joe plays anything with strings
	  also an archivist born  
	Kay's the Topic Cop of FILK
	  sometimes tooting her own horn. 
19.
	Leslie is a fishy type;
	  she hates that "Banned from Argo" song
	Hide the words from Bob "Kanef;"
	  he'll parody your filk ere long
20.
	Andre lives his life for cons
	  Pretending to be harried
	Robin of this idea will him break
	  as soon as they are married
21.
	Cliff commands the Birds of Prey
	  For to keep the people dancing
	Johnny attends each one in garb
	  And can be seen merrily aprancing

Explanation - "The Nails" had a song called "88 lines About 44 Women" in
the '80s.  (I got my copy on the compilation album "Living in Oblivion,
the 80's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2".) It's an amusing piece of doggerel.  How
about we start writing fannish verses?  

Rules: Come up with four lines about two fans.  The 1st and 3rd lines
should start with the names. The 2nd and 4th lines should rhyme.  There
are 7 beats per line. Scansion isn't all that important (at least, not if
we take the original song's example, or my feeble effort for that matter),
but please give it a try. And enclose (as a footnote) the full names of
the fans involved.  Obviously better-known /v/i/c/t/i/m/s/ subjects will
be better received; one-line bios of the less-well-knowns are certainly in
order. 

1.   Christian McGuire, Robbie Cantor; hazel@netcom.com (C. Baden) 
2.   Seth Breidbart, Ruth Sachter & John Lorentz; hazel@netcom.com (C. Baden)
3.   Martin Easterbook, Evelyn C. Leeper; hazel@netcom.com (C. Baden)
4.   Lloyd Penney, Eugene Heller; zed@CAM.ORG (Johnny Zed) 
5.   Blars Blarson, Cappucine Plourde; am278@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Joseph 
        W. Casey) & hazel@netcom.com (Chaz Baden)
6.   Kevin Standlee, Steven Barnes; hazel@netcom.com (C. Baden)
7.   Michael Siladi, Jo Goldberg; Kirsten M Berry <killashandra@delphi.com> 
8.   Colleen Savitzky, Craig Nicholai; Kirsten M Berry
        <killashandra@delphi.com> 
9.   Ben Yalow, Tom Whitmore; jhawk@yang.cpac.washington.edu (Jane Hawkins) 
10.  Ben Yalow, Seth Goldberg & David Bratman; berni@netcom.com (Berni 
        Phillips)
11.  Sue Clarke, Mike McGann; kat@werple.mira.net.au (Kathryn Andersen)
12.  Don Bailey, Charles Piehl; 71443.1447@compuserve.com (David E Romm)
13.  Michael Wallis, Gene Hertel; jake@shakala.com (Jake McFarland)
14.  Nancy L. Cobb, Don Hackler; jake@shakala.com (Jake McFarland)
15.  Dave Meddinus, Shawn Blanchette; jake@shakala.com (Jake McFarland)
16.  Greg Scanlan, Ivy Chun; jake@shakala.com (Jake McFarland)
17.  Lee Gold, Lynn Gold; Kay.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org (Kay Shapero)
18.  Joe Bethancourt, Kay Shapero; Kay.Shapero@f524.n102.z1.fidonet.org 
	(Kay Shapero)
19.  Leslie Fish, Bob Kanef; Suzanne.Houghton@f12.n312.z1.fidonet.org 
	(Suzanne Houghton)
20.  Andre Lieven, Robin Frenkle; am278@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Joseph W. Casey)
21.  Cliff Goodman, Johnny Zed; am278@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Joseph W. Casey)