TWO SPOOF SONGS, AS PERFORMED BY GARETH ROBERTS AND JEFFREY ROSENTHAL AT THE "MCMSki" CONFERENCE IN BORMIO, ITALIA, JANUARY 2005. ========================================================================= GELFAND'S DISPLAY (to the tune of YESTERDAY by the Beatles) Yesterday When my name was on Gelfand's display For one brief moment you all looked my way Oh I believe in yesterday Suddenly No one ever even mentions me My research is ancient history Oh yesterday came suddenly Why you ditched my work I don't know, you didn't say Did my last citation of all Come yesterday? Yesterday When I proved a theorem it held sway 1: Now my papers have all blown away 2: Now my hair has started turning grey Oh I believe in yesterday ========================================================================= SWEET HOME BORMIO (to the tune of SWEET HOME CHICAGO) CHORUS: Oh, baby don't you want to go Oh, baby don't you want to go Back to that same old place Sweet home Bormio I flew in a plane! I rode on a train! I climbed up the alps! Then I went insane! (CHORUS) I skied down a slope! I looked like a dope! I saw a big tree I lost hope! (CHORUS) =========================================================================