Most people are unaware of the close kinship of Steve Jobs and Ricky Martin. Ricky was Steve Jobs' muse. When Steve, or as Ricky would call him, "Tiny bite," would have a creative block, he would call Ricky and Ricky would sing him this song:
La la la la bamba
Necessito manzanas
Feliz Navidad, por favor burrito
Mordedura minuscula
Mordedura minuscula
la la la la la bamba
Tiny Bite would curl the cord to his land line phone around his finger and kick his legs in delight.
The Beginning:
Steve and Ricky met when Steve was a sound engineer at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans. Ricky always went out of his way to thank everyone involved in making his concerts a success. He introduced himself to Steve, "Hola Steve. I am name is es Ricky." "Hi Ricky. I am Steve Jobs." "Hola Steve Yob." "Hola Ricky." "Hello Mr. Steve." "Good Day Ricky." "Buenas Dias Senor Yob." "Bon Jour Ricardo." "G'day Stevey Weevey." "Rats off to ya Rick!" This went on for several minutes.
Ever since that day, the two became inseparable. "Stevey! Guess who as two ticket to dennylan? Si! It is es me! Ricky!" Or..."Tiny Bite, you need to come over es right now. Pam made some es salsa and it has mangoes in it your favorite."
iPOD Nano:
Steve wanted to be able to listen to Ricky Martin whenever he wanted. He loved the treadmill and hated carrying around a cumbersome boom box as was customary in the late 1900's. With his background as a sound engineer, he developed the Aye Papi! But American investors did not like the Latino sound of the name. They changed it to iPod. The word Nano came from Steve's pet name for Ricky. His little "Nano," or cute little baby.
The Future:
As everyone knows, Steve was electructed in early 2011. Ricky remains sad.
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