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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 29 Jun 1998.
Re: Mae West

Re: Mae West

In article <899...@mnementh.southern.co.nz>, Colin Douthwaite
<cfb...@southern.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> I recall that llizard posted an hour-glass version of Mae West but I
> must have lost it in the last hard disk crash...please repost!  :-)
> 
> ===========================================================================
> 
>                  The Uncanonical List of Mae West Quotes
>                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>                 (((())
>                ((()))))
>                | ^  ^ |
>               (  )`'(  )      " One figure can sometimes add up to a lot."
>               (`   o  ')
>              ' ... . ...`               -  Mae West (1892-1980)
>            '. .. . . . . .`
>          (  . . . . . ... . ____
>         / (  . . .  . . .  .  __|)
>        / (  .   .. . . .    ).   \
>       / ( .`---'. ..  .----'..)  |
>      ( /(____-------------____)  |
>       | (                     )  |
>       |  \                   /   |
>      _|_   \   -_______-   /     (
>     |/ \|    \           /        \
>      ---      \    |    /          \  __/-
>                \___|___/            \_(..)
>                 \  |  /                \/ /|
>                 (/\|/\)     mh        |  |
> 
> ====================================================  cfbd98/6 =============
[snip of quotes]
> ====================================================================

ah, Colin, it's too bad you can't let Dejanews be your friend. In no
time at all with the power search (keywords "Mae West") I found the
post:


Subject:      Re: mae west
From:         llizard <cq5...@freent.toronto.on.ca>
Date:         1997/12/04
Message-ID:   <348...@freent.toronto.on.ca>
Newsgroups:   alt.ascii-art
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In article <6630p5$5ss$1...@mnementh.southern.co.nz>, cfb...@southern.co.nz
(Colin Douthwaite) wrote:

        [portion snipped 29/6/98]

That is a wonderful drawing of a large woman, but Mae West was known for
her hour glass figure. Here is an alteration:
---------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6-----
              (((())
             ((()))))
             | ^  ^ |
            (  )`'(  )  " One figure can sometimes add up to a lot."
            (`   o  ')
           ' ... . ...`               -  Mae West (1892-1980)
         '. .. . . . . .`
       (  . . . . . ... . )____
      / (  . . .  . . .  .  __|)
     / / `-- . .. . . --'      \
    / /  ____)))[](((_____     |
   ( /  '                 `    |
    | (                     )  |
    |  \                   /   |
   _|_   \   -_______-   /     (
  |/ \|    \           /        \
   ---      \    |    /          \  __/-
             \___|___/            \_(..)
              \  |  /                \/ /|
              (/\|/\)     mh        |  |


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