Re: (interro)Bang

[cpwinter -at- rahul -dot- net]

On 2 Jan 2003, at 15:17, Lisa Bronson wrote:
> 
> Back from the long holiday (first day since Dec. 20th for me!), here's a
> little humor for you all.  As soon as I saw "bang," I thought of this little
> programmer's poem, which demonstrates its use with flair.
> 
>   The text of the poem follows:
> 
>          << !*''#
>          ^"`$$-
>          !*= -at- $_
>          %*<< ~#4
>          &[]../
>          |{,,SYSTEM HALTED
> 
>   However, this 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,
>          V-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH.
> 
    Wow, major coolness! (Or should I say "kewlness"?)

    I'd really like to hear Marie Osmond take a crack at this...

    (For those who haven't heard Marie Osmond reading the dada poetry, 
the recording is worth looking up.)

Chris



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