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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 21 May 2006.
Re: [Pic] outhouse poem 130 wide

Re: [Pic] outhouse poem 130 wide

On Sun, 21 May 2006 22:19:59 +0200, Christian 'CeeJay' Jensen <new...@ceejay.cjb.NOSPAMnet> wrote:

>Nice !
>And I see you used my new Cygnet figfont :)

yes, its very nice font. i`m sorry i did forget
to mention it. d/l yesterday

>As I read this poem , I stumbled many times,
>until I realized that it was not formatted
>as it was supposed to be read.

much better, thank you

>I remedied this problem and also made a few
>minor changes to the first outhouse ( the
>moon and the heart )

excellent changes


>
>                 _____________________________________________________________________________________________
>             .-'' (_/\                                                                                   /\_) ``-.
>            /'    \_,/__     ---.       .   .  . .  . .      . .             -.-     .-.      .        __\,_/    `\
>            | .-'|'.-- ,'-.   | |-. .-.-|-  |  .-|--|-| .-,  |-|.-.. ..-.-,   | .-.  |< .-. .-|_,   .-', --.`|`-. |
>           |`-\/_/ /_`\ \  \  ' ' '-`-`-'-  '-'' '- '-'-`'-  ' '`-''-'-'`'-  -'-' '  '-'`-`-`-' `  /  / /'_\ \_\/-'|
>    /'-. _ \_\/--| (_\/ |   '---------------------------------------------------------------------'   | \/_) |--\/_/ _ .-`\
>  __\_\(_/\/ /'_\ '.__.'                                                                               `.__.` /_`\ \/\_)/_/__
> / /\'_\_,/| \/_| ;/'-.                                                                                 .-`\; |_\/ |\,_/_`/\ \
> |.-'/_`\;`\.__.`; \_\/                                                                                 \/_/ ;'.__./';/'_\`-.|
>     (_\/   | /`/\_ /\ \                                                    ,---.....__                / /\ _/\'\ |   \/_)
>            : \.-/ /\-.|                                                  ,'.--.       ``--.._         |.-/\ \-./ :
>            |  | \.-' "That Little House In Back"                       ,'.'    `.            `-.         `-./ |  |
>            ;  ` | \                                                  ,','  .-.   `.             \         / | '  ;
>      .--.  :  |_/ ;There's been a lot of landmarks                 ,','   ( (      `.            `.       ; \_|  : .--.
>     / /_`\ |  / _/ victimized by passing years.                  ,','      `-`       `.            `.      \_ \  | /'_\ \
>     | |_\/ ; ,>`|  For one, though nearly obsolete,            ,','                    \             `.     |'<, ; \/_| |
>      \.__. |/ /`;  there's been no rash of tears.             |,' : .'''''''''''''''''. `.             `.   ;'\ \| .__./
>    /'-.   /`__| |                                                 | | _.-.--.._.-.._  | | `--------------`  | |__'\   .-`\
>    \_\/-'\|/\_) :  It played its part in history                  | ||   |     |    '.| |    |   '   |      : (_/\|/`-\/_/
>   (_/\\/_/ \._/ |  and was a friend in need.                      | ||   :     |     || |    |   |   |      | \_./ \_\//\_)
>   \_,/|,.--.| .-'| To all mankind both rich and poor              | ||   .,-,-.|     || |    |   |   |     |`-. |.--.,|\,_/
>   /'-\/ /_`\ \\/_/ who did his daily deed.                        | ||   :`. .'|     [] |    |   |   |     \_\// /'_\ \/-`\
>   \_\/| |_\/ |\                                                   | ||   |  `  |     || |    '   '   |        /| \/_| |\/_/
>     _\/\.__.' /\   For an endangered species there                | ||   |     |     || |    |   |   |       /\ `.__./\/_
>    /_`\__/ |  `-   has been a woeful lack.                        | ||   |     |     || |    |   .   |       -'  | \__/'_\
>    (_\/\ \ '  ;|   To save it for posterity -                     | ||   |     |     || |    |   |   |       |;  ` / /\/_)
>      ;`-./ ;  ||   that little house in the back.                 | ||--.|     |     [] |    '   '   |       ||  ; \.-';
>      _\ Y| |  :|                                                  | ||="|      |     || |    |   .   |       |:  | |Y /_
>    /`/\| | |  ||   Now some were built with just one seat         | ||--'|     '     || |    |   |   |       ||  | | |/\'\
>    \.-'; | '  ;|   and others three or four.                      | ||   |     .     || |    |   |   L       |;  ` | ;`-./
>        \  ;|  /|   Of different sizes, some for kids      _..-.   | ||   |     |     || |    '   |   G       |   ;,/
>        /`.,'||`|   were built close to the floor.     _.-'     \  | ||   |     .     || |  | |   |   B       ||`,.'\
>        ; /|| |.|                                     / vacancy /  | ||   .     |     || .  '.|   |   (o)     | ||\ ;
>        ||'/` |||   It was a place to smoke or think  '-..__..-'   | ||   |     |     [] |   ||   |  (\'/)    | '\`||
>        / |`|'`|.   or dream at close of day.             |  |  (o)| ||   .     '     .| (o)  '   '_.':;.;'   ' |'| \
>    |`-.| ; `_;     While looking through the catalog (o) ;  | (\'/)_|'...'--._.'`..--'|(\'/) |_.-'  .. :;;.  ;_' ; |.-'|
>    \_\/; | /_)     at what was on display.          (\`/)|  ; .;:   (o)             (o);;:..-'    _(o);:.;:' (_\ | ;\/_/
>       ('`)/\)                                       ,.;:`'  | (o);;(\`/)           (\'/) '.____.-'(\'/) .;'   (/\('`)
>       ( o')|(`')   But icy winds of winter that  .;'  .:;(o)_(\'/)   :;.            .:.(o);:.  ;:  :;;:'   (`')|(`o )
>      (\(_).-( o )  would whistle through a crack.';;;;' (\`/).;:;'__.`:;            .;(\'/) (o)    .;'    ( o )-.(_)/)
>     (_/;\| /`(_)   Discouraged one to loiter in        `:;;:. :;.'.:;;;.             ;.;:..(\'/);;'        (_)'\ |/;\_)
>       _| |(`) |_/\ that little house in back.                                       .;;:'._.;:'          /\_| (')| |_
>      / /\( o')`_,/                                                                                       \,_'(`o )/\ \
>      |._/\(_)\).-- ,                                          They were alike in some respects,        , --.(/(_)/\_.|
>        |`-./_/ /_`\ \                               .'''.     yet differed one and all.               / /'_\ \_\.-'|
> /'-. _ \_\/--| (_\/ |                             .'  .'|     Construction didn't matter much,        | \/_) |--\/_/ _ .-`\
> \_\(_/\/ /'_\ '.__.' ___.....-----------._       '. .'_.'     at times when nature'd call.             `.__.` /_`\ \/\_)/_/
>/\'_\_,/| \/_| ;/'-. |_...---..-----...-.._``-.._  | ||                                                  .-`\; |_\/ |\,_/_`/\
>`'/_`\;`\.__.`; \_\/   |  __...----..    | ``-.._`-._||        Though some were fancy, some were plain,  \/_/ ;'.__./';/'_\`-.
>  (_\/   | /`/\_ /\ \  | |           '.  '     | `-._`-._      some painted red or white.               / /\ _/\'\ |   \/_)
>         : \.-/ /\-.|  | |             | |  |  |   . `-._|     All had a well-used beaten trail,        |.-/\ \-./ :
>         |  | \.-'     | :         ... | |     |   | : |       that led there day or night.                `-./ |  |
>         ;  ` | \      | |    ,--.'   \. |  '  '   |  .'                                                    / | '  ;
>    .--. :  |_/ ;      | |/`.'   ||   || |  |      | | |       Though some were open to the wind,           ; \_|  : .--.
>  / /_`\ |  / _/       | ||  |   ||   || |     |   |   |       of privacy a lack.                            \_ \  | /'_\ \
>  | |_\/ ; ,>`|        | ||  ;   ||   || ;  :  ' : |   '       It served its useful purpose -                 |'<, ; \/_| |
>   \.__. |/ /`;        | ||  |   ||   [] |         |   |       did that little house in back.                 ;'\ \| .__./
> /'-.   /`__| |        | ||  |   |'   || |     |   | : |                                                      | |__'\   .-`\
> \_\/-'\|/\_) :        | ||  |   '|   || |  .   .  |   |       Preserved now in museums,                      : (_/\|/`-\/_/
>(_/\\/_/ \._/ |        | |'  |   ||   || |  |   '      |       you will find there on display.                | \_./ \_\//\_)
>\_,/|,.--.| .-'|       | ||  .   '|   || |  |   |  . | |       The artifacts the pioneers,                   |`-. |.--.,|\,_/
>/'-\/ /_`\ \\/_/       | ||  |   |'   || |  |   |  |  '.       used in an early day.                         \_\// /'_\ \/-`\
>\_\/| |_\/ |\          | ||  '   ||   || |      |  | | |                                                        /| \/_| |\/_/
>  _\/\.__.' /\         | ||  |   ||   [] ;      |  '   L       From furniture to farming tools,                /\ `.__./\/_
> /_`\__/ |  `-         | ||  .   ||   || |  |   |      G       and rigs for threshing grain.                   -'  | \__/'_\
> (_\/\ \ '  ;|         ; ||  |   |:   || |  |      :   B       And shoes of oxen pulling                       |;  ` / /\/_)
>   ;`-./ ;  ||         | ||  |._.''...'| |  |   |  _.--'       covered wagons 'cross the plain.                ||  ; \.-';
>   _\ Y| |  :|         | |\_.'         | |  | _..-'                                                            |:  | |Y /_
> /`/\| | |  ||         |_|.._____......|_|_.-'                 And logging gear and ancient                    ||  | | |/\'\
> \.-'; | '  ;|               _.--._                            locomotives on the track.                       |.--, | ;`-./
>     \  ;|  /|              (     .'                           How often have you seen preserved               /`,.'\  /
>     |  \;  `|               `-._/                             that little house in the back?                  |' \;;  |
>     ;   ,--..                                                                                               _.'' `||  ;
>     | |/`.,'\                                                                             .--,        _..--'  _| |.\ |-
>     | .; /` |.         ,--.                                         ,--.                 /`,.'\_..,--'._  ..''_'.; |.-'|
>     |  | ' ``._       /| \_\/ |\ __    _      _    _      _    __  /`,.'\                |  \ ;_,.___...-'   (_\ | ;\/_/
>     ;  / | |   `-.   _\/\.__.' /\.\`. /._`. /._`..'_.\ .'_.\ .'/./\|  |,|              _.'' ` |--'     |`-.   (/\('`)
>    ;_.'| ; ````..'`-/_`\__/ |  `-./ | ||  | ||,/||\,|| |  || | \.-';  ` |        _..--'  _| | \        \_\ (`')|(`o )
>   -(-' ; |  |  __`._(_\/\ \ '  ;||  | ||  | ./' || `\. |  || |  ||;\  | \|_..,--'._  ..''_' ; |.-'|       ( o )-.(_)/)
>,-') `. ) |  ,'| ,)    ;`-./ ;  |||  | ||  ,/' ,/||\, `\,  || |  |||;  ` ' _,.___...-'   (_\ | ;\/_/        (_)'\ |/;\_)
> '.)`\ \| ; /; '.'     _\ Y| |  :||  | ||,/' ./' || `\. `\,|| |  ||:|  ; .---'     |`-.   (/\('`)      _..--'| (')| |_
>    (`')| \/;.',\    /`/\| | |  |||  | ,/' ,/'|._||_.|`\, `\, |  |||:  | |         \_\ (`')|(`o_)..,--'._   _'(`o )/\ \
>     \'\; |\|`;'/    \.-'; | '  ;||  ,/' ./' ||  ||  || `\. `\,  ||;|  | :            ( o )-.(_)/) ___...-'' (/(_)/\_.|
>  .'-. |/.|'/,/'-._      \  ;|  /||,/' ,/' | ||  ||  || | `\, `\,||\;  ` |             (_)'\ |/;\_)             \.-'
> /    \|'.\'._,,-'.`--,..|  \;  `|/' ./'|  | ||  ||  || |  |`\. `\|'\  | ;        _..--'| (')| |_     LGB/mx/CJ
> `'-'''\'-,||'-.,-`.___ ,;  ||  .| ,/' ||  | ||  ||  || |  || `\, |.'  ; /__..,--'._   _'(`o )/\ \
>    .\  \  |.-'/       `--| /.  ||/' | '|  | '|  ||  |` |  |` | `\||.  |   _, ___...-'' (/(_)/\_.| ( The Author of this
>                         ` "` '.|.'--'  '--'  '--'`--`  `--`  `--`.||  . `---'             \.-'      Poem is Anonymous )
>                                                                     `.|.`

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