The Wotsit ( 56k )
From Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz>
· alt.ascii-art
· 8 Oct 1997 00:00 · View full thread
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T H E W O T S I T 8/10/97
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From: bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii
Subject: Question: What is this ?
Date: 28 Oct 1994 19:36:23 -0500
Approved: bob...@wwa.com
This pic has been floating around a.a-a, and I thought Id post it
to all the groups. The idea is to guess what the object is.
UAO ( Unknown Ascii Object ) by Unknown.
________ ***
`~~~\__ | **** | ****
|| *** | | | | | ***
|| []**| | | | | | | | |**[]
|| []* | | | | | | | | | *[]
|| ****^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^****
|| **** __|__ ****
||__*** \___/ ***
~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
* ############# *
*****************
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
From: Lev...@UQAT.UQUEBEC.CA ()
Subject: Re: What is this ?
Sender: new...@UQuebec.CA (news)
Message-ID: <Cy9...@UQuebec.CA>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 23:51:28 GMT
Colin Douthwaite (Col...@equinox.gen.nz) wrote:
> Now that many of the old ascii-art fans have departed, lost their
> accounts, or lost interest, it might be time to let the newcomers do
> what the oldies failed to do - identify this object:
> There are no prizes !
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> UAO ( Unknown Ascii Object ) by Unknown.
> ________ ***
> `~~~\__ | **** | ****
> || *** | | | | | ***
> || []**| | | | | | | | |**[]
> || []* | | | | | | | | | *[]
> || ****^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^****
> || **** __|__ ****
> ||__*** \___/ ***
> ~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
> * ############# *
> *****************
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
A lake and a Waterfall with the sun in background...
This is my best guest (And a picture better of anything I can do...)
-DeathStroke
From: dio...@infinet.com ()
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
Subject: Re: What is this ?
Date: 27 Oct 1994 07:10:17 GMT
Message-ID: <38njop$34...@rigel.infinet.com>
Colin Douthwaite (Col...@equinox.gen.nz) wrote:
} ________ ***
} `~~~\__ | **** | ****
} || *** | | | | | ***
} || []**| | | | | | | | |**[]
} || []* | | | | | | | | | *[]
} || ****^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^****
} || **** __|__ ****
} ||__*** \___/ ***
} ~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
} * ############# *
} *****************
Its a badly-drawn hump-backed swan swimming in a lake. Perfectly
obvious, though the neck and head stumped me for a minute - thought
they were a gas pump nozzle.
From: vam...@bu.edu (Eamon Daly)
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
Subject: Re: What is this ?
Date: 27 Oct 1994 14:59:25 GMT
Message-ID: <38of8d$5r...@news.bu.edu>
________ ***
`~~~\__ | **** | ****
|| *** | | | | | ***
|| []**| | | | | | | | |**[]
|| []* | | | | | | | | | *[]
|| ****^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^****
|| **** __|__ ****
||__*** \___/ ***
~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
* ############# *
*****************
walk like an egyptian...
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,f3341f5655a103de,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: cfb...@southern.co.nz (Colin Douthwaite) Subject: The Wotsit ( 56k ) Date: 1997/10/08 Message-ID: <61erjv$2in$1...@mnementh.southern.co.nz> X-Deja-AN: 278602733 Organization: Southern InterNet Services Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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