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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 23 Apr 2001.
Re: A dumb question, but what is ObASCII?

Re: A dumb question, but what is ObASCII?

> > > I know, I should have read the FAQ (again), but you guys being a helpful lot
> > > an' all...
> > > what exactly is obascii?
> >
> > I asked that too when I first started using this group.
> >
> > OBascii is obligatory ascii-art.
> > The idea is that since this is a group about ascii-art, you need to actually post some
art
> > every once in a while .. especially when discussing someting off-topic.
> >
> > So a OBascii is a small ascii picture, made to be more ontopic.
> > And since they small ascii's they are often some of the most rediddled pictures ,
> > resulting in new pictures people didn't expect
> >
> > Obascii:
> >
> > A warning sign
> >     _
> >    / \
> >   /   \
> >  /  !  \
> > (_______)
> >
>
>       _
>      / \
>     /   \
>    /  !  \
>   (_______)
>       |
>       |
>       |
>       |
>       |     @
>       |    [_]
>       |    /_\
>       |   /###\
>       |  /_____\
>       | (#######)
>
> With traffic cone and warning light on top...

     _
    / \
   /   \
  /  !  \
 (_______)
     |
     |
     |
     |  \     /
     | -=  @  =-     _________________
     |  / [_] \    ,'                 `.
     |    /_\      | UNDER OBSTRUCTION |
     |   /###\     '._________________.'
     |  /_____\      //\\         //\\
     | (#######)    //  \\       //  \\

With light in the trafficcone and an additional sign

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From: "Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen" <new...@CeeJay.cjb.nOt>
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
Subject: Re: A dumb question, but what is ObASCII?
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 20:09:14 +0200
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