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Original Usenet message from rec.arts.ascii, 18 Feb 1995.
Answer: What it says

Answer: What it says

In article <3i3f64$6k...@gagme.wwa.com>, bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison) writes...

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>>What the heckaroonie does this say?  Yikes!  I assume it's a graphics set or
>>something, but I sure can't read it.

>   I believe it says 'That's why the lady's with a tramp' ala Sinatra's 
>'Than's why the lady is a tramp'.  It's written in a style popular to 
>BBS' and such, which can be rather hard to read at times.

Yep, it does say "That's why the lady's with a tramp" but it doesn't have the
apostrophes.  And the Sinatra line is "That's why the lady is a tramp" (I'm
sure the "than's" was a typo).  Just wanted to confirm your reading of the
words.

					-- James Marshall
					157...@ucis.vill.edu
					mar...@monet.vill.edu

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From: 157...@cats.ucis.vill.edu (James J. Marshall)
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Subject: Answer: What it says
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