The NetCommish Š1997 - 2000

Computer Poetry

  

   
Internet Mail                 Jokes:  Waka..Waka
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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.

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