#cathy snider

[wakamotogarou]

Waka Waka Bang Splat

By Cathy Snider

In a recent magazine poll, readers established "waka" as the proper pronunciation for the angle-bracket characters < or >. The following poem appeared recently in the magazine.

The text of the poem follows:

< > ! * ' ' # ^ " ` $ $ - ! * = @ $ _ % * < > ~ # 4 & [ ] . . / | { , , SYSTEM HALTED

The poem can only be appreciated by reading it aloud, as such:

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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editors note:

< <- waka | akaw -> >

<< <- waka waka | akaw akaw -> >>

<<< <- waka waka waka | akaw akaw akaw -> >>>

[golbc]

February 12th Prayer Requests

Family of Norma Raney.

Ronita Zeisler - Hip replacement surgery tomorrow.

Don Inman (Friend of Troy Collins) - Mother passed away.

Beth Jenkins - Health.

Christy Snider - prayer for daughter-in-law's mother, treatments for breast cancer....taken to ER last night with elevated heart rate.

Lorraine Browning - Health.

Kim Dixon - Health.

Cathy Kreisel - Health.

Bessie Yeagar - Health and possible infection.

Paula Sanford- Surgery today.

Family of James' Tackett's brother- James' brother passed away yesterday.