Quoting Pablo Manalastas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):

> This looks like "if (heart) then honk".
> Did I get it right?

Supposed to suggest "Honk if you love FORTH."  

There are some very silly bumper stickers that follow the pattern of
"Honk of you love [item]", where the word "love" is conveyed by a heart
symbol.  That .signature block is intended as a parody.

> Isn't honking (blowing your car horn) frowned at in the U.S.?

Frequently, and with allusions to biology and theology, yes.

In truth, it depends on which subculture you're among at that
particular moment, and where you are.  My wife is (by ancestry)
Irish/Swedish, and I'm Norwegian, so we follow the Northern European
stereotype of hardly ever using the horn.  People in some big cities,
especially those along the U.S.  East Coast, and some other ethnic
groups, seem to live their entire lives with the car horn running.

True story:  My father, who was born in Kristiansund on the west coast
of Norway, spent WWII as a fighter pilot for the USA Army Air Corps 
(now called the Air Force), on the Italian front.  After the war, when
he married my mother and they were living in Europe, they were able to
visit Rome, by car.  To my mother's amazement, she found out that her 
husband not only spoke fluent and often profane Italian, but also could
argue his way through Italian traffic, complete with obligatory arm
gestures, as well as any native-born resident.

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Rick Moen             Please rotate your 'phone ninety degrees and try again."
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