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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 17 Jan 1996.
Re: Kilroy

Re: Kilroy

In article <4dg1sd$rj...@mother.usf.edu>, wal...@sunflash.eng.usf.edu (John
Walker (CS)) wrote:


*>                              ///|\\\
*>                             (( ~ ~ ))
*>         __^__               )) @ @ ((               __^__
*>        ( ___ }============oOOo--U--oOOo============( ___ )
*>         | / |          Kit...@cris.com              | \ |         
*>         | / |Postcard interests: hot air balloons,  | \ |
*>         | / | waterfalls, bridges, castles, cats,   | \ |     
*>         | / | sunsets, lighthouses and fireworks    | \ |
*>         | / |_______________________________________| \ |
*>             Email me if you are interested in trading
*>
*
*Note:  That is -not- Kilroy.  That character is named "Luke the Spook",
*and was an informal warning about leaving info where spies could see it,
*from WWII.  Kilroy was never seen.  He was like the average "faceless"
*G.I. who was everywhere, but never stood out from the crowd.  The two
*pieces of graffiti were often on the same walls and such, but are unrelated.

Correct.  "Kilroy" was the name of a missle inspector of the same war,
who, on each missle 'cleared,' would scrawl "Kilroy Was Here."

Now back to your regulary scheduled ASCII-art.

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Date: 1996/01/17
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