Re: Piggyback Diddle - BluePard (pic)

Roy wrote:
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> In March, I wrote the following:
> 
> > I am in email contact with a girlfriend from 25 years ago.  One time
> > on a day hike, she sprained her ankle, and I had to carry her home
> > on piggy-back.  I would love to send her a little picture of that
> > incident.
>...
> This is BluePard's response:
> 
>...[pic]
> 
> The likeness was unbelieveable.  Her hair, my broken nose, everything.
> I sent it to her.  Her heart warmed.  We talked for a long time, and I
> believe that we have established a lifelong friendship, if not a
> future together.  BluePard, I owe you, I owe you, I owe you.
>...
> Can you re-diddle the drawing to show her carrying me?  In a
> figurative sense, she has done just that.  BTW, she is a bit skinnier
> than shown in the original picture.

How could I refuse a request like this? It just makes me feel all mushy
inside ... :-)

Here's my attempt. I've tried to keep pretty much to the style BluePard
used for the original.
----
                      .-------.
                     /    .  '`\
                    /    '   ,(
                     |',-     _|
                     | \_  `--'       ____
                      |     __)      '    --_
                    ,-- _  -'      /         \
                  ,'       `.     '=,   _ ,-.,`
                 /    \      `.  /   /   ` `|
                |      `.   `. `(  / `-   _|
               |         .    \`|   (--._`-
               |          \    /  '  \`,(
              |         , /\  ' ` / `    \
              | ________ (  `-_` `. /    |
             |,'mt-2    `"""-/ `.  `._ _/
            |  `            /    `-   ) \
            |   )          /    '--`=/__'
             \ '          /   /      `--._
              `-._________\   \           \
                      ,<BP.`.  `.-        |
                     /".     `.  \)       |
                    |          `./       /
                    | ,         /       /
                    )
                   / \         /      /
                  /   \              /
                       \      '     /
                        `
                         `
----

And I have to say that that is probably the picture I have most enjoyed
drawing in my short time as an ASCII artist. Copying BluePard's style
was an education in itself.

The credits, `mt-2 <BP', mean `Matthew Thomas 1998, after BluePard',
which I think is pretty fair -- I used the original pic to get the rough
proportions right, but didn't actually copy any of it.

Bye ...
-- 
   .._o  Matthew Thomas (mpt26 @ student . canterbury . ac . nz)
 ..://\/ http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpt26/ (Site for sore eyes)
..:_/\   ASCII ART FAQ: http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpt26/art/ascii/
  ..:/   `Geometrically, love is the shortest path between two hearts.'

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