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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 6 Oct 1998.
Re: ASCII Poem

Re: ASCII Poem

>Message-id: <Pin...@leofric.coventry.ac.uk>

> ODE TO PHILIP POWELL                      ____; \
>                                       . ,(     /'
>Philip was a lonely chap       ,-,   ;' '  )|"|(      
>who tried to be accepted      {PjP} ((./          
>but any ASCII that he did      .-._/ /
>was sure to be rejected.             
>
>Cries of "Who's Phil?",
>were heard afar.
>And also heard quite near.   
>Which made poor Phil,
>think that he 
>had something bad to fear.                            
>                                             |
>In a vain attempt he drew a tower,          ,|,
>which made people stop and stare.           |||         /WOW!
>But when they'd finished praising him,  ||=|||||=||   ;
>they went to who knows where.
>                                          
>Now, even Joan the ascii queen           ('-.o.o.o.o.-')
>Can't remember him.                       \___________/
>It makes him feel humiliated             {{{{  }}}}}}}}}
>and just a little dim!                  }}}}}       {{{{{
>                                        }}}}} _   _ {{{{{
>                                        }}}}  6 . 6  {{{{
>                                       {{{{{  .___.  }}}}}
>                                      {{{{{{\  \_/  /}}}}}}
>                                      {{{{{{{;.___.;}}}}}}}
>                                       {{{{{{{)   (}}}}}}}'
>                                        `""'"':   :'"'"'`
>                                      jgs      `@`
>This poem is by PjP 
>(in the vain hope you'll remember me)


Of course I remember you!  In fact, I was
surprised when people started asking who
you were...  You've been around for a while...

-joan
                ,-._
              _.-'  '--.             joan stark
            .'      _  -`\_   mailto:spu...@juno.com
           / .----.`_.'----'
           ;/     `             ASCII ART GALLERY:
    jgs   /_;               http://www.ascii-art.com
       ._      ._      ._      ._      ._      ._      ._
   _.-._)`\_.-._)`\_.-._)`\_.-._)`\_.-._)`\_.-._)`\_.-._)`\_.-._

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From: spu...@aol.com (Spunk1111)
Subject: Re: ASCII Poem
Date: 1998/10/06
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