LOL so it's not just the geeks I know who do that then. Usually because of: "There are 10 types of people who can do binary; those who can, and those who can't." On the 100th time somebody's told them on MSN, or irc.
Argh!
Oh yes, it seems to be the universal mirth indicator of the bumfluff bearded dungeons and dragoneers. There's one just here who starts that before he's even halfway through yet another pointless, tedious non-story, so it takes even longer to get to the unfunny non-conclusion. Hopefully one day it won't be a 'laugh/choke'- just choking. Probably on a Snack a Jack.
Talking of IRC when I was at uni, they'd all be lined up in the computer room and the laugh/choking was coming out of all of them and then one would lean to the other and say 'what do you mean by that?' The c*nts were actually in the same room chatting via IRC.
At least they were till I turned up kalied and brung on the muthafu*kin' ruckus :evil: