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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 24 Mar 1997.
Re: LOOKING FOR a CRABE

Re: LOOKING FOR a CRABE

Alix Guillard <ali...@pratique.fr> wrote:

>Bonjour

>Do You know what is a "crabe" in english
>I only know this word in french

>I am looking for an ascii picture of it

Fr. "crabe" is more like prawn, not crab, I believe.
I found this around, artist unknown to me (I retouched it a bit).
It looks more like a lobster (fr. "homard"), but with smaller
chelapeds (vernacular pincers, or claws) it could also be a prawn.

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I won't let the occasion pass to post the best french text ever IMHO:

ENIVREZ-VOUS

Il faut �tre toujours ivre, tout est l� ; c'est l'unique question.
Pour ne pas sentir l'horrible fardeau du temps qui brise vos �paules
et vous penche vers la terre, il faut vous enivrer sans tr�ve.

Mais de quoi ? De vin, de po�sie, ou de vertu � votre guise, mais
enivrez-vous!

Et si quelquefois, sur les marches d'un palais, sur l'herbe verte d'un

foss�, vous vous r�veillez, l'ivresse d�j� diminu�e ou disparue,
demandez au vent, � la vague, � l'�toile, � l'oiseau, � l'horloge; �
tout ce qui fuit, � tout ce qui g�mit, � tout ce qui roule, � tout ce
qui chante, � tout ce qui parle, demandez quelle heure il est.

Et le vent, la vague, l'�toile, l'oiseau, l'horloge, vous r�pondront,
il est l'heure de s'enivrer ; pour ne pas �tre les esclaves martyris�s
du temps, enivrez-vous, enivrez-vous sans cesse de vin, de po�sie, de
vertu, � votre guise.

(Charles Baudelaire, Les petits po�mes en prose)

If you wish to e-mail me, remove REMOVETHIS from my reply address
before clicking the "reply" button, that goes to avoid spam mail.

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From: dil...@quidvis.fac (Aurelius Augustinus)
Subject: Re: LOOKING FOR a CRABE
Date: 1997/03/24
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