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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 5 Jun 2003.
Re: ASCII ART IS SAD

Re: ASCII ART IS SAD

On Fri, 09 May 2003 06:32:26 GMT, ABCGi <abc...@codemonkey.com.au> wrote:
> "Digger Blue" <dig...@waltzing-matilda.au> wrote in news:3ebabd78
> @post.newsfeed.com:
> 
> >                            \,=======\                  _
> >                            (     )   )           _____|_|_____
> >                            `.___,'__,'          |             |
> >                             |  |/  /            |  Gold Coast |
> >                             |  | /'             |  100 meters |
> >                      __     (_ \'               |_____________| 
> >                      \ \  /' /\ `,                    | |
> >                        \ ' /   `\`\                   | |
> >                         `-'   __/`/'                  """
> >                              `---' ua
> > 
> 
> For authenticities sake: That would be "metres" over here - ye olde 
> original english spelling - since we are a colony.
> 

The confusion is excusable since -metre- is anything but an original
English word. Furthurmore I sincerly doubt England already used the
metric system when you guys were colonized.


                            \,=======\                  _
                            (     )   )           _____|_|_____
                            `.___,'__,'          |             |
                             |  |/  /            |  Gold Coast |
                             |  | /'             |  109 yards  |
                      __     (_ \'               |_____________| 
                      \ \  /' /\ `,                    | |
                        \ ' /   `\`\                   | |
                         `-'   __/`/'                  """
                              `---' ua

:)
joris

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Subject: Re: ASCII ART IS SAD
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