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

Re: ASCII Poem

On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Steven 'GoofY' de Brouwer wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Oct 1998 14:45:12 +0100, Phil <ccx...@coventry.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> >>                                      THE 
> >>                                    ELEPHANT
> >>                             The   elephant's   got
> >>    ___.---.___             a long trunk  he  uses to 
> >>  .'  (     )  '.          get  a   drink. I  can think
> >>  )   /)' '(    )           of one   more use  for it. 
> >>  ',_( ';-;'\_,'              To      check     his
> >>        |-|                         /(feet)\
> >>        (")                        (( don't))
> >>                                      stink
> >>                                      !Well   
> >>                                      I had
> >>                                      a go!
> >>                                       PjP
> 
> I am not a native-english-speaker, but I would delete
> that comma after 'trunk'...

Thanks, I reckon that's right.  Originally I was trying to get the reader
to pause there so that the rets of the poem would flow.

I have removed the comma.  Although it leaves a strange gap now.  Oh well!

Phil
 
> 
> But apart from that, great piece of art!
> 
> --
> GoofY
> 
> 
> 


             ,;~;,  
                /\_  
               (  /   
               (()      //)
               | \\  ,,;;'\           Philip Powell
           __ _(  )m=(((((((((((((================--------
         /'  ' '()/~' '.(, |      ccx...@coventry.ac.uk
      ,;(      )||     |  ~
     ,;' \    /-(.;,   )   
          ) /       ) /     
         //         ||       
        )_\         )_\

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From: Phil <ccx...@coventry.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: ASCII Poem
Date: 1998/10/06
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