Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 13 Sep 1994.
Request: a BIG match
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· 5 messages · 13 Sep 1994 - 8 Sep 1995
Howdy, I am artisticly challenged. I am getting REAL tired of one particular flame warrior in a newsgroup and would like to give him a LARGE match. Is this a simple enough picture for one of y'all arteests to whip up? Chris Mahoney St3...@jetson.uh.edu
CHRIS MAHONEY (st3...@rosie.uh.edu) wrote: > Howdy, I am artisticly challenged. I am getting REAL tired of > one particular flame warrior in a newsgroup and would like > to give him a LARGE match. Is this a simple enough picture for > one of y'all arteests to whip up? , / \ ' ` { __ ) +---------------------------/ \ +---------------------------\__/ Hows that? The flame bit needs work, but its a start. Actually, I remember seeing a .sig with a picture of a Zippo lighter in it, and the words 'Can anyone bum me a .sig' - It was quite a good picture. -- Reagan Blundell The bats have left the bell tower nod...@desire.apana.org.au The victims have been bled Red velvet lines the black box Bela Lugosi's dead -- Bauhaus
In article <358oj1$ll...@gagme.wwa.com> nod...@desire.apana.org.au (Reagan Blundell) writes: >From: nod...@desire.apana.org.au (Reagan Blundell) >Subject: Line: a BIG match >Date: 15 Sep 1994 01:11:45 -0500 >CHRIS MAHONEY (st3...@rosie.uh.edu) wrote: >> Howdy, I am artisticly challenged. I am getting REAL tired of >> one particular flame warrior in a newsgroup and would like >> to give him a LARGE match. Is this a simple enough picture for >> one of y'all arteests to whip up? > > , > / \ > ' ` > { __ ) > +---------------------------/ \ > +---------------------------\__/ >Hows that? The flame bit needs work, but its a start. >Actually, I remember seeing a .sig with a picture of a Zippo lighter in >it, and the words 'Can anyone bum me a .sig' - It was quite a good picture. ... this inspired me to do the following match: , /\ )\( { /) ==========((~)} ~~ Yours, -- .odbo. .od88888888bo. Paul Foerster .od8888888888888888bo. .od888888888888888888888888bo. pau...@heino.ibh.rwth-aachen.de od88888888888888888888888888888888bo `~888888888888888888888888888888~' `~888888888888888888888888~'| "Beam me up Scotty, there's no `~888888888888888888~' | intelligent life down here!" |`~888888888888~'| | \ `~888888~' / A `-_ `~~' _-' H `--____--'
CHRIS MAHONEY (st3...@rosie.uh.edu) wrote: > Howdy, I am artisticly challenged. I am getting REAL tired of > one particular flame warrior in a newsgroup and would like > to give him a LARGE match. Is this a simple enough picture for > one of y'all arteests to whip up? , / \ ' ` { __ ) +---------------------------/ \ +---------------------------\__/ Hows that? The flame bit needs work, but its a start. Actually, I remember seeing a .sig with a picture of a Zippo lighter in it, and the words 'Can anyone bum me a .sig' - It was quite a good picture. -- Reagan Blundell The bats have left the bell tower nod...@desire.apana.org.au The victims have been bled Red velvet lines the black box Bela Lugosi's dead -- Bauhaus From urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de!news Fri Sep 16 06:52:56 1994 Received: from rodan.UU.NET by gagme.wwa.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #8) id m0qlbqZ-000CJPC; Fri, 16 Sep 94 06:52 CDT Received: from relay1.UU.NET by rodan.UU.NET with SMTP id QQxhpf17617; Fri, 16 Sep 1994 07:49:06 -0400 Received: from campino.informatik.rwth-aachen.de by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP id QQxhpf11491; Fri, 16 Sep 1994 07:49:02 -0400 Received: from urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de by campino.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (4.1/campino-5) id AA00892; Fri, 16 Sep 94 13:47:59 +0200 Received: by urmel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (4.1/urmel-16) id AA03933; Fri, 16 Sep 94 13:47:53 +0200 To: rec...@uunet.uu.net Path: heino.ibh.rwth-aachen.de!paul From: pau...@heino.ibh.rwth-aachen.de (Paul Foerster) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii Subject: Re: Line: a BIG match Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 11:47:46 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Bergwerks- und Huettenmaschinenkunde Lines: 55 Message-Id: <pau...@heino.ibh.rwth-aachen.de> References: <3551m2$ji...@gagme.wwa.com> <358oj1$ll...@gagme.wwa.com> Nntp-Posting-Host: 134.130.193.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] Content-Length: 1796 Status: OR In article <358oj1$ll...@gagme.wwa.com> nod...@desire.apana.org.au (Reagan Blundell) writes: >From: nod...@desire.apana.org.au (Reagan Blundell) >Subject: Line: a BIG match >Date: 15 Sep 1994 01:11:45 -0500 >CHRIS MAHONEY (st3...@rosie.uh.edu) wrote: >> Howdy, I am artisticly challenged. I am getting REAL tired of >> one particular flame warrior in a newsgroup and would like >> to give him a LARGE match. Is this a simple enough picture for >> one of y'all arteests to whip up? > > , > / \ > ' ` > { __ ) > +---------------------------/ \ > +---------------------------\__/ >Hows that? The flame bit needs work, but its a start. >Actually, I remember seeing a .sig with a picture of a Zippo lighter in >it, and the words 'Can anyone bum me a .sig' - It was quite a good picture. ... this inspired me to do the following match: , /\ )\( { /) ==========((~)} ~~ Yours, -- .odbo. .od88888888bo. Paul Foerster .od8888888888888888bo. .od888888888888888888888888bo. pau...@heino.ibh.rwth-aachen.de od88888888888888888888888888888888bo `~888888888888888888888888888888~' `~888888888888888888888888~'| "Beam me up Scotty, there's no `~888888888888888888~' | intelligent life down here!" |`~888888888888~'| | \ `~888888~' / A `-_ `~~' _-' H `--____--'
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