The Loony Bin
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loonies@bloodaxe.demon.co.uk
)
Thu, 17 Apr 1997 14:45:56 +0100
Hiya All...
Alan sent this to us...I thought we'd seen it before, but apparently
not...
Wishes & Dreams...
- ANDREA
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------- Forwarded foolishness follows -------
Background: A poll conducted among INFOCUS readers had established
"waka" as the proper pronunciation for the angle-bracket characters <
and >= , though some readers held out resolutely for "norkies."
The following poem appeared recently in INFOCUS magazine. The original
authors were Fred Bremmer and Steve Kroese of Calvin College & Seminary
of Grand Rapids, MI. The text of the poem follows:
<>!*''#
^"`$$-
!*=3D@$_
%*<>~#4
&[]../
|{,,SYSTEM HALTED
The poem can only be appreciated by reading it aloud, to wit:
Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,
Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH.