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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 7 Nov 1996.
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THE TICK

THE TICK

alt.ascii-art · 16 messages · 7 Nov 1996 - 28 Nov 1996
spl...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca ASCII art 7 Nov 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
Someone posted a picture of A tick, but I would like one of THE TICK, 
cause there is always room for one more arthropod on the network. 
Perhaps Die Fliedermaus too?
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David Hendrix <nic...@tindrum.tng.oche.de> ASCII art 15 Nov 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
        |"|     When I scanned my Messagebase on 15.11.96 I
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  8(o o)(_)Ooo  THE TICK (date: 07.11.96).
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s> Someone posted a picture of A tick, but I would like one of THE TICK,
s> cause there is always room for one more arthropod on the network.
s> Perhaps Die Fliedermaus too?

 Just tell me: What's the difference an what the hell is 'Die
 Fliedermaus'?

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David Hendrix (nic...@tindrum.tng.oche.de) writes:
>         |"|     When I scanned my Messagebase on 15.11.96 I
>    o,*,(o o)    found this Message from split on topic
>   8(o o)(_)Ooo  THE TICK (date: 07.11.96).
> ooO-(_)---Ooo-------------------------------------------------------------
> s> Someone posted a picture of A tick, but I would like one of THE TICK,
> s> cause there is always room for one more arthropod on the network.
> s> Perhaps Die Fliedermaus too?
> 
>  Just tell me: What's the difference an what the hell is 'Die
>  Fliedermaus'?

The difference is: a tick is a little bug thing, The Tick is a superhero
who wear a blue body suit and has a sidekick named Arthur (he's a moth
that gets mistaken for a bunny).  

Die Fliedermaus, which I guess means The Field Mouse, is another superhero
character from the same television show as The Tick and Arthur (the show
is called The Tick).  Yes, Die Fleidermaus is a big mouse with a cape who
tries to pick up girls all the time.  "Hey sweetheart, got anything in
that poodle gun for me?"

Incidentally, I'd love to see some The Tick and Die Fliedermaus asciis, too.

=)

go in zen

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In article <56m558$93...@camel4.mindspring.com>, Cardinal Fang
<5is...@pipeline.com> writes
>> Just tell me: What's the difference an what the hell is 'Die
>> Fliedermaus'?
>
>
>     Die Fliedermaus, as I understand it , is German for The Field
>Mouse.  I believe there is an opera by the name Die Fliedermaus.


 ROTL. So near yet so far.  Fliedermaus = flying mouse (i.e. a bat).

 the title of the opera is because a character flaps about in his cloak
                                                        like a bat.
                                                            
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nic...@tindrum.tng.oche.de (David Hendrix) rambled on in the following
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>s> Someone posted a picture of A tick, but I would like one of THE TICK,
>s> cause there is always room for one more arthropod on the network.
>s> Perhaps Die Fliedermaus too?

> Just tell me: What's the difference an what the hell is 'Die
> Fliedermaus'?


     Die Fliedermaus, as I understand it , is German for The Field
Mouse.  I believe there is an opera by the name Die Fliedermaus.


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5is...@pipeline.com (Cardinal Fang):
> >s> Someone posted a picture of A tick, but I would like one of THE TICK,
> >s> cause there is always room for one more arthropod on the network.
> >s> Perhaps Die Fliedermaus too?
> > Just tell me: What's the difference an what the hell is 'Die Fliedermaus'?
> Die Fliedermaus, as I understand it, is German for The Field Mouse.
> I believe there is an opera by the name Die Fliedermaus.

(1) It's "Die Fledermaus", meaning "bat".
(2) It's an operetta.
(3) Field mouse translates to "Feldmaus".
(4) Field mice don't fly.

HTH.

Sven

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Sven Guckes (guc...@banach.math.fu-berlin.de) writes:
>> >s> Someone posted a picture of A tick, but I would like one of THE TICK,
>> >s> cause there is always room for one more arthropod on the network.
>> >s> Perhaps Die Fliedermaus too?

>>> Just tell me: What's the difference an what the hell is 'Die Fliedermaus'?

>> Die Fliedermaus, as I understand it, is German for The Field Mouse.
>> I believe there is an opera by the name Die Fliedermaus.
> 
> (1) It's "Die Fledermaus", meaning "bat".
> (2) It's an operetta.
> (3) Field mouse translates to "Feldmaus".
> (4) Field mice don't fly.
> 
> HTH.
> Sven

That might be true for the opera, but it is not true for the original
post.  The character in the television show "The Tick" is in fact named Die
Fliedermaus, and I have seen that spelling on-air (perhaps Americans can't
spell in German?).  I assume it is supposed to translate to field mouse or
flying mouse or something of the like, because the character Die
Fleidermaus is a superhero who dresses in a mouse costume with a cape (and
does indeed [sorta] fly).  

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In article <56tri2$mc...@freenet-news.carleton.ca>, "Lisa M. Higgs"
<dc5...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> writes
>That might be true for the opera, but it is not true for the original
>post.  The character in the television show "The Tick" is in fact named Die
>Fliedermaus, and I have seen that spelling on-air (perhaps Americans can't
>spell in German?).  I assume it is supposed to translate to field mouse or
>flying mouse 

  Flying mouse, yes.  A bat is a sorta mousey thing that flies:
  hence the neatly economical German word for it.
  Like doodlsack (sp?), a rough-tunes bag,
  which we call "bagpipes".  

                                                            
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Phoenix T'Kar <tka...@dimensional.com> ASCII art 21 Nov 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
On 20 Nov 1996, Lisa M. Higgs wrote:

> 
> Sven Guckes (guc...@banach.math.fu-berlin.de) writes:
> >> >s> Someone posted a picture of A tick, but I would like one of THE TICK,
> >> >s> cause there is always room for one more arthropod on the network.
> >> >s> Perhaps Die Fliedermaus too?
> 
> >>> Just tell me: What's the difference an what the hell is 'Die Fliedermaus'?
> 
> >> Die Fliedermaus, as I understand it, is German for The Field Mouse.
> >> I believe there is an opera by the name Die Fliedermaus.
> > 
> > (1) It's "Die Fledermaus", meaning "bat".
> > (2) It's an operetta.
> > (3) Field mouse translates to "Feldmaus".
> > (4) Field mice don't fly.
> > 
> > HTH.
> > Sven
> 
> That might be true for the opera, but it is not true for the original
> post.  The character in the television show "The Tick" is in fact named Die
> Fliedermaus, and I have seen that spelling on-air (perhaps Americans can't
> spell in German?).  I assume it is supposed to translate to field mouse or
> flying mouse or something of the like, because the character Die
> Fleidermaus is a superhero who dresses in a mouse costume with a cape (and
> does indeed [sorta] fly).  
> 
> --
> I want to hang from the old creepy. (DA)
> 
> 

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Der Fledermaus. 'fledermaus' in german means 'bat'. There once a nightclub
I used to hang out at near Giessen, Germany that was named Der Fledermaus.
The character you people are talking about on The Tick is suppost to be a
bat. (Sort of the tick worlds version of Batman.)
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J. Melusky <wha...@u.washington.edu> ASCII art 21 Nov 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
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Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine (dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk) writes:
> In article <56tri2$mc...@freenet-news.carleton.ca>, "Lisa M. Higgs"
> <dc5...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> writes
>>That might be true for the opera, but it is not true for the original
>>post.  The character in the television show "The Tick" is in fact named Die
>>Fliedermaus, and I have seen that spelling on-air (perhaps Americans can't
>>spell in German?).  I assume it is supposed to translate to field mouse or
>>flying mouse 
> 
>   Flying mouse, yes.  A bat is a sorta mousey thing that flies:
>   hence the neatly economical German word for it.
>   Like doodlsack (sp?), a rough-tunes bag,
>   which we call "bagpipes".  

OK, cool. :)  Let it be known that Die Fliedermaus is indeed a big mouse.
Not a bat, a mouse. And he sorta flies. 

"Come on, spine, work with me!"  -- Die Fleidermaus, after "flying" off a
				 building and falling to the ground below

peace out

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Craig Harris <cee...@cee.hw.ac.uk> ASCII art 22 Nov 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <56tri2$mc...@freenet-news.carleton.ca>,
   dc5...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Lisa M. Higgs) wrote:
:-)
:-)Sven Guckes (guc...@banach.math.fu-berlin.de) writes:
:-)>> >s> Someone posted a picture of A tick, but I would like one of THE 
TICK,
:-)>> >s> cause there is always room for one more arthropod on the network.
:-)>> >s> Perhaps Die Fliedermaus too?
:-)
:-)>>> Just tell me: What's the difference an what the hell is 'Die 
Fliedermaus'?
:-)
:-)>> Die Fliedermaus, as I understand it, is German for The Field Mouse.
:-)>> I believe there is an opera by the name Die Fliedermaus.
:-)> 
:-)> (1) It's "Die Fledermaus", meaning "bat".
:-)> (2) It's an operetta.
:-)> (3) Field mouse translates to "Feldmaus".
:-)> (4) Field mice don't fly.
:-)> 
:-)> HTH.
:-)> Sven
:-)
:-)That might be true for the opera, but it is not true for the original
:-)post.  The character in the television show "The Tick" is in fact named Die
:-)Fliedermaus, and I have seen that spelling on-air (perhaps Americans can't
:-)spell in German?).  I assume it is supposed to translate to field mouse or
:-)flying mouse or something of the like, because the character Die
:-)Fleidermaus is a superhero who dresses in a mouse costume with a cape (and
:-)does indeed [sorta] fly).  
:-)
This is all very nice and interesting but could some one just post a picture 
or two of the BIG Blue guy called "The TICK"

Craig Harris

"There are many ways to kill someone
	the fun part is picking which one to use."


Phoenix T'Kar (tka...@dimensional.com) writes:

> Der Fledermaus. 'fledermaus' in german means 'bat'. There once a nightclub
> I used to hang out at near Giessen, Germany that was named Der Fledermaus.
> The character you people are talking about on The Tick is suppost to be a
> bat. (Sort of the tick worlds version of Batman.)

No way. He's a mouse. Besides the fact that bats don't look like what Die
Fleidermaus (definite sp, I assume) dresses up as, there have been
references in the television show to him being a mouse. Not a bat. Maybe
they've been really subtle jokes I haven't been getting, but I assume when
they say he's a mouse, they mean he's a mouse. And I've been a Tick freak
since the premiere episode, all the way through the latest episode, "The
Tick vs. Prehistory". 

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David Hendrix <nic...@tindrum.tng.oche.de> ASCII art 25 Nov 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
        |"|     When I scanned my Messagebase on 25.11.96 I
   o,*,(o o)    found this Message from dc586 on topic
  8(o o)(_)Ooo  Re: THE TICK (date: 21.11.96).
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LMH> >   Flying mouse, yes.  A bat is a sorta mousey thing that flies:
LMH> >   hence the neatly economical German word for it.
LMH> >   Like doodlsack (sp?), a rough-tunes bag,

 Dudelsack :-)

LMH> >   which we call "bagpipes".
LMH>
LMH> OK, cool. :)  Let it be known that Die Fliedermaus is indeed a big
LMH> mouse. Not a bat, a mouse. And he sorta flies.

 Well... since we call bats mouses too, it might be some kind of
 wordgame...

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> Phoenix T'Kar (tka...@dimensional.com) writes:

> No way. He's a mouse. 
Egad, man! Wrong!

> Besides the fact that bats don't look like what Die Fleidermaus
> (definite sp, I assume) dresses up as,
Hello? Look at his nostrils! He looks more like a real bat than Batman
ever did. (sp. is Fledermaus BTW)

> there have been references in the television show to him being a mouse.
> Not a bat.
Then why is "Die Fledermaus" German for "The Bat"? (Well, literally "The
Flying Mouse", but that's what they call bats, even if they aren't really
mice).

> Maybe they've been really subtle jokes I haven't been getting, but I
> assume when they say he's a mouse, they mean he's a mouse. 
They just call him "Maus" for short, is all.

> And I've been a Tick freak since the premiere episode, all the
> way through the latest episode, "The Tick vs. Prehistory".
"Mega...mega..mega..."
"Whoah! Sounds big!"

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David Hendrix <nic...@tindrum.tng.oche.de> ASCII art 28 Nov 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
        |"|     When I scanned my Messagebase on 25.11.96 I
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LMH> >   Flying mouse, yes.  A bat is a sorta mousey thing that flies:
LMH> >   hence the neatly economical German word for it.
LMH> >   Like doodlsack (sp?), a rough-tunes bag,

 Dudelsack :-)

LMH> >   which we call "bagpipes".
LMH>
LMH> OK, cool. :)  Let it be known that Die Fliedermaus is indeed a big
LMH> mouse. Not a bat, a mouse. And he sorta flies.

 Well... since we call bats mouses too, it might be some kind of
 wordgame...

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