And now: a clam
By Todd Stadler · Thursday, February 23, 2006 3:12pm
I was looking at a technical document today that made parenthetical reference to all sorts of punctuation marks, and I had to laugh at one series of characters, because it looked like a small, shy clam.
(:)
Or maybe not. The important thing is that we've all learned an important lesson about love.
9 comments so far
1 Feb 28 '06 4:08am:
peta replied:
"hey todd
ive been trying to help and make the clam so unlonely and get over its shyness. what a mess so far - really very akin to the average relationship....
(:) 1 shy lonely clam meets(:)another clam
((::)) clam hugging another
(::) 2 clams in one shell - they moved in together
(:):)) 2 happy clams - honeymooning
(:(:() bad times in clamland
(?) the clam just got confused, moved out and resorted to a life of solitude
(:) youre so right about the love lesson thing......
;p "
2 Mar 03 '06 5:57am:
peta replied:
"update in clamland......
the clam (:) has now gone on to date a muscle...{:}
;p"
3 Mar 08 '06 1:46pm:
catfish replied:
" \/
(:) Clam has a TV set now"
4 Mar 08 '06 1:47pm:
catfish replied:
" \/
(:) Clam has a TV set now and finally fixed that pesky antenna"
5 Mar 08 '06 5:51pm:
tODD replied:
"Catfish: I don't get it. The "drawing" is the same in both cases, and, to my untrained eye, does not resemble a TV. Perhaps you were going for a rabbit-ear antenna? Furthermore, do you really work for TBN?
My thanks to all the budding ASCII artists out there (both of you) for all your hard work. You have gladdened the heart of this old blogger if only for a few short moments, giving him hope that people do care about more than, say, Raven Symone's phone number."
6 Mar 08 '06 8:03pm:
hotmuffin replied:
"\ /
(:)
i hope this helps the clams reception although it makes the clam look a bit like it has bed hair or that its evolving in some way.........im stopping now before it goes too far todd. your clam seemed innocent once.
;p "
7 Mar 08 '06 8:15pm:
hotmuffin replied:
"hey todd its actually when the comment is added that it goes horribly wrong and the antenna effect gets lost. oh well i guess your clam really is destined for a life of solitude...
;p "
8 Mar 22 '06 11:31am:
tODD replied:
"Okay, I seem to have fixed the problem with backslashes. At least I hope I've fixed it. Like you all were waiting with (clam-)baited breath for that."
9 Mar 22 '06 6:13pm:
peta replied:
"youre so efishent!
your clam can now watch all his fave shows such as:
desperate fishwives
anenome of the state
the world according to carp
underseage starring steven seagull
clamelot
home abalone (for the squids)
pulp fishin
note the clam doesnt watch anything that involves canned (or clammed as it may be) laughter.
;p"