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Why Is This a Haiku?

Posted: February 4th, 2010, 2:13 pm
by Lightning Rod
Why Is This A Haiku?
.,
*()
:@

Posted: February 4th, 2010, 2:16 pm
by Arcadia
do I have to answer? :)

Posted: February 4th, 2010, 2:29 pm
by Doreen Peri
Because &*(! and +=^.

Posted: February 4th, 2010, 2:39 pm
by Lightning Rod
no joke, it's really a haiku
(I thought doreen would get this one right off)

Posted: February 4th, 2010, 2:41 pm
by mnaz
5-7-5?

Posted: February 4th, 2010, 2:55 pm
by Doreen Peri
looks more like 2-3-2

hmmm

:?:

Posted: February 4th, 2010, 2:56 pm
by Lightning Rod
hint:
read it aloud

Posted: February 4th, 2010, 2:59 pm
by Doreen Peri
one quote mark, apostrophe
asterisk left parentheses, right parentheses,
colon, at symbol

....

ok... why?

:shock:

Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:06 pm
by mnaz
period comma
asterisk parentheses
colon at symbol?

Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:09 pm
by Lightning Rod
oops, it was a typo (I'm so blind I can't proofread)

I meant to say:

period comma
asterisk parentheses
semi-colon at

. ,
* ()
; @

Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:11 pm
by Doreen Peri
ohhh... well mnaz wins the prize!

5-7-5

Well done, Mark!

What's the prize, Lrod?

Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:14 pm
by Lightning Rod
He gets to be my seeing-eye dawg

Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:18 pm
by mnaz
cool. yeah, you had me wondering if there's another name for the 'at' symbol... like swirlyque or something...

Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:21 pm
by Lightning Rod
yes, there should be a fancy name for the 'at' symbol
maybe we should start a contest to name it

Posted: February 4th, 2010, 3:23 pm
by Doreen Peri
we could call it a "rose"... it's often used as a rose

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