linux-l: something to brighten up your day (fwd)

[Benny Gundlach]

in der hoffnung, nicht als speicherschaender gebrandmarkt zu werden eine
kurze mail aus den usa...
benny ;)

fwd msg
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 13:21:44 -0500
Subject: Poetry

A poll conducted among INFOCUS magazine readers had established "waka" as
the proper pronunciation for the angle-bracket characters < or >.. 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: 

>         <> !*''#
>         ^"`$$-
>         !*=@$_
>         %*<> ~#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..

beim letzten versuch ist hier was fehlgeschlagen - sorry, falls da ein
bisschen muell bei euch angekommen ist!