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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 18 Sep 1996.
[Pictures] by Bill Hirst

[Pictures] by Bill Hirst


Bill Hirst
Dated: June 25, 1991  through  January 10, 1993
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/2695/hirst.htm


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       /\_/  \                              /  \  /     /          \
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 ____________________________________________________________________
                    /  :  \           ______
                   /   .   \         |      |
                  /    .    \        | Utah |
                 /           \       |______|
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   /                   I                   \
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Impressions of driving across the Great Salt Lake desert (looks better at
43 lines) 



                    "The Emoticon Family"


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      ((|     < |  |))          **/        \**
        |  #0  /   |            *|  (@  \   |*
         \        /            {*|    <  |  |*}            __
          ~--  --~             !*|  (,  /   |*!        ___|__|___
           |    |             <@> \        / <@>        /~~~~~~\
   /--_____|    |____--\        *  ~--  --~  *         |   o \  |
  /========\____/=======\       *   |    |   *   ""-  [|   o /  |]
 /    .==============.   \      ____|    |____    \\    \_    _/
 \    /\             |   / \   /   |      |   \    \ \ ___|  |___
   \/   \            | \/   \ |    |      |    |    \__   `--'   \
     \   \==========|    \    |  |/:\____/:\|  |       \       . |
       \  \=========|      \  |  |::::::::::|  |        |      : |



Tonezone, you don't need clippers, you need a weed wacky, er, whacker.


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   *  ~--  --~  *    |       M I N I       |  |     /--_____|    |_____--\
   *   |    |   *    |      ---------      |  |    /        \\__//        \
   ____|    |____    |  M A I N F R A M E  |  |   /    .     \##/     .    \
  /   |      |   \   |                     |  | / \   /|      ||  !_  |\   / \
 |    |      |    |  |  ___________        |  |    \/  |      || :  : |  \/
 |  |/:\____/:\|  |  | |           |  ===  |  |   /     |     || :..:|     \
 |  |::::::::::|  |  | |  ==   ==  |       |  |         |     ||     |
                     | |___________|  ===  |
   It's on FIRE !!   |                     |     Obviously a software problem.


I started with the sports car and got carried away. Maybe I spent too much
time driving today.

  "Traffic"

                _________________
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               |                 | |  |L\
   __o_\___    |_________________|=|__|__]
  =-O----O-'    00             00   00  0

     __o       :\    ___        _______
  __/___\__    j _\__|  `-,    |   OO L\
 `--O----O-'     'O-----O-'    `-O----O-'


 This started out as a heart for Valentine's day. Sometimes things
 don't turn out quite the way you expect.




                     oooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooo
                   AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
                  IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
                 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
                zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
     .<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>.
   /XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\
 /XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\
 \XXX[  ]XXX[  ]XXXX[  ]XXXX[  ]XXXX[  ]XXXX[  ]XXXX[  ]XXX[  ]XXX/
   \XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/
       ~~~~\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/~~~~
                /   ~~~<><><><><><><><><><>~~~   \
               /      /       |   |          \      \
              /     /               |          \     \
             /    /           |                  \    \
            /   /               |   |              \   \
           /  /               |                      \  \
         _/_/                     | |                  \_\_
        <___>                 |    |                   <___>
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     We haf vways              .-+-.  ~|==-       oo )_______
     uf making you            /  |  \./           |_/\       |\
     talk, Earthie.          |  / \                   ||___  | \
                            =' _| |_                  ||   W||




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  | |   Rub the   | |                        ~|___  6  @@@
  | | Magic Lamp! | |                          __/     "@@@
  | `-------------' |    _____________        :         @`@@
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   ______>III<______    |#############|          /    @`,@@,`@
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  |_________________|   `~~~~~~~~~~~~~'     |                  |




 
 

                                               / / /
  BBBB   RRRR     A    K  K  !!!             /~~~~`\ /
  B   B  R   R   A A   K K   !!!     ______/' o ) ) \
  BBBB   RRRR   AAAAA  KK     !       `~-._    ) ) ) )
  B   B  R  R   A   A  K K           --====, )  ) ) /
  BBBB   R   R  A   A  K  K   !             `\ ) ) /
                                              | ) )
  ------------------------------------------------------------------
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    \             @       @       @        @        @            /
      \          \|/     \|/     \|/      \|/      \|/         /
        \____________________________________________________/


        A big bowl of chicken soup for anyone with a cold or flu.
              (Please copy and distribute as necessary)

Mush!

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    /  \________; ~~~~ /\~~/\    ~~~~ /\~~/\   ~~~~ /\~~/\   ~~~~ /\~~/\


      I just flew in from the coast...

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                                     |         |
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                                     `---------'

       Boy, are my arms tired.



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         /         |  \ }   //            All right. This is a
        /          |_____ //              stickup. Send in your
        { xxxxxxx /~~~~~~~                ascii art or else I
        {xxxxxxxxx\                       shoot the computer.
        {xxxxxxxxx/
        {xxxxxxxxx\
        {xxxxxxxxx/
         \xxxxxxx/
           ~~~~~~


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     A funds cut strikes NASA

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                     \_          _/
                       '-,____,-'

I can't remember if I put this up before.



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              \\\                              ~\\\


 The Cat o' Nines Tail


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   |   $$$    FFFF  I   V   V   EEEEE      ____/|     |
   |  $       F     I   V   V   E          \'o O'     |
   |   $$$    FFF   I   V   V   EEE        =(_^_)=    |
   |      $   F     I    V V    E             U       |
   |   $$$    F     I     V     EEEEE                 |
   |    $                                 Atck-pthpt  |
   |__________________________________________________|


 "ASCII MONEY"



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        }      { (       _ /  @               __&&__       (  )
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    ( .           _.    |               //~\\/########\__/###/
   (.  `.           \ /~~             /@|  (###############-'
  (   ` .`.    ._   /`            /`/'/ \\___)########(___
 .'       .-_.'  ~~              |    )  `~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'
 (       '   `-_               ./    )  ,/'          `\
 (              `-_       _.- '`. ,/'. ~        /      `\
 `,                `-_.-~'      _~            /' `\      `\
  (          -._             _-~            /'     `\      `\
   (            ~--._     _-~             /'         `\      /,
    (                ~--~~              /'             `\   /;/~-._
     (                                /'                 `\/~~     ~`-.__
      (_____________________________/'                     {___/~'-._____}



This is roughly what my cat Smoky looked like the day she got herself trapped
in the silverware drawer.


                 SMOKY, THE SILVERWARE CAT

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From: mul...@gate.net (Allen Mullen)
Subject: [Pictures] by Bill Hirst
Date: 1996/09/18
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