Request-line: sig-sized bears

Calling all sig-sized bears!  Time to show yourselves.  The
following bears have already made themselves known:



c.    "It can be hard to bear to be a bear."                       o.-.o
(_"                        "To be a bear or not to be a bear"      ((^))
|\_>    "Bee bear ba loo la, she's my bearby."                    0}._.{0
\___>       -This message originated at Rockbear's terminal...     O/ \O


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  .`---'.       |_|  \___/___/___|_|\___|   |____/ \___|\__,_|_|
.' ()o() `.     -=-=-=-=-=-=> foz...@almac.co.uk <=-=-=-=-=-=-
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  - The lonely wolf of the Internet                          |            \ ;
  - Always ready to help                                           ~       ',
  - Loves everything cute & cuddly        Sami is:              \_     ~   __\
  ____                                       k11...@cc.tut.fi    ''-_    \.//
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____)   (_| |     | |______(:_~*~_:):s_and_()~-~():ses_to_you!_/ /
______/\__,_|_|_|_|_________(_)-(_)________(_)-(_)______________/


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   (c`*_*'o)   Lauri Aalto <lau...@fipnet.fi>
    ( (") )    Pronssitie 10, FIN-90250 Oulu, Finland
     `(o)'     ...summum jus, summa injuria...
      '\057`
 
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 \_.--._/^   2000         Macquarie  University      (w         w)  perfect
       v   OLYMPICS        Sydney    Australia        (         )   the next.
                                                       \__ _ __/
===========internet: joh...@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au=====  \_) (_/  =============
 
 

 
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>From: ia...@cs.mcgill.ca (Ian Frederic STEWART)
[Bear derived from above wolf.]
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   \    ~    /  Rick
    \ <}*{> /   Cox
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()___ /   \ ___()
    ( \___/ )
   /_ /   \ _\
  (__)     (__)
 

>From: zom...@camelot.bradley.edu (Dustin Slater)
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:   --\^   /   \   ^/--,            :
:   `___'         `___/             :
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Whenever possible, I have retained the original artist and/or sig.


I am particulary interested in variations on the standard
ascii-art bear:


From dca...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Daniel Au)


> Here's a one which is seen everywhere, and I wouldn't be surprised if
> you've seen it before.
>   ___           |
> (~._.~)         |  However, I've found that you really want to impress your
>  ( Y )   ./_____|  girlfriend, try your own hand at making ascii teddy bears.
> ()~*~()   `        You can personalize and best of all, say "I made this
> (_)-(_)            bear just for you."  I guarantee you'll get better results
>                    and that she'll be even more impressed with you.  While
> sending random bears may be a nice gesture, I think that she'll appreciate
> your effort that you put into it, even if your bear doesn't quite look like a
> bear.  At best, it's an incentive to wake up latent art skills that you never
> knew you had.  Your girlfriend will definitely remember your own ascii bear
> which was made especially for her much longer than the other bears that she
> gets.  This is verified by my own research in the matter.
 
> Besides, then you can post new your new bears instead of always seeing the
> same one.  That way there'll be new things for all to see instead of the
> things we've seen before (which isn't bad but new things are always nice :)
 
> Later,
> Daniel


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Eric T. Simon                             #1 Paige O'Hara/Belle fan
E.S...@hqs.mid.gmeds.com        ()_()    Judy Kuhn/Poca fan
FDC Captain of Monorail Black     ( )     Jodi Benson/Ariel fan

---- Views expressed are my own and not those of my employer.  ----

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