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Subject: FW: Poetry for computers
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 11:06:06 -0700
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> -----Original Message-----
> 
> now for some off-beat humour
> 
> Only a computer nerd could appreciate 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.
>      
> 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 text of the poem follows:
>  
>          <>!*''#
>          ^"`$$-
>          !*=@$_
>          %*<>~#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.