There once was a handsome young Mr.
Who met a young woman and Kr.
        She had a disease
        But instead of a sneeze
His top lip developed a Blr.

A girl who weighs many an oz.
Used language I will not pronoz.
For a fellow unkind,
Pulled her chair out behind,
He wanted to see if she'd boz.

The following poem appeared 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.

And finally.....

I knew a fella from the sticks,
Who thought he could write limericks.
        He failed at the sport.
        His limericks were too short.