Waka Waka Bang Splat!
The World’s First Internet Special-Characters Poem

 ! * ’ ’ #
^ ” ` $ $ -
! * = @ $ _
% * ~ # 4
& [ ] . . /
| { , , SYSTEM HALTED

What does it mean?

It 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,

% * ~ # 4
Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,

& [ ] . . /
Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,

| { , , SYSTEM HALTED
Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH.

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reprinted with permission from:

Lee J. Leitner, Ph.D.
leitnerl@acm.org