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provide a caption....
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· 20 messages · 18 Apr 2000 - 27 Apr 2000
Provide a caption,best caption wins a copy of "le dot".
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Krogg wrote: > > Provide a caption,best caption wins a copy of "le dot". > > :: > \ :: / > \/`'\/ > /-./\ /\,-\ __ > --------/ `-.,-' \----/`--'\---- > __ /> ,|<\ `- - ' > -.__.- '"`-. /\ | ''"` . ___ > `-.\/,-' . X `o=o".... > \/ X " " " " > _ --- _ > `----" > > -- > How many trys do we get? First(?) attempt: "Look zoidburg, a bottle cap! intelegent soda-drinking aliens have visited this world!" heh... anyway... this is based on a practical joke that some of you may have heard about... some guy put a picture taken by one of the mars robot thingymabobs, and used an editor to insert a bottle cap.. Then came up with this whole fake conspiracy theory about the whole thing having been faked... which was posted on his web-page. [snip sig] ---- \ / }}}--8]->==<----> PCM (Pet...@twinfield.net) ' / \ ' ` ' ' ______________
On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:01:05 -0400 Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> wrote: > >Provide a caption,best caption wins a copy of "le dot". > > :: > \ :: / > \/`'\/ > /-./\ /\,-\ __ > --------/ `-.,-' \----/`--'\---- > __ /> ,|<\ `- - ' > -.__.- '"`-. /\ | ''"` . ___ > `-.\/,-' . X `o=o".... > \/ X " " " " > _ --- _ > `----" It looks like some kinda Native Martian teepee to me. -- ~ _ ~ . ` ' , ^~ ______ ^ >(')_, ~~ _ __, _ '.___ ; *BANG* ~ (_~_/ >(')_, ` (_~_/ >(')_, `'\ \ ^ ~^~~^~ (_~_/ ~^~~^~ (_~_/ ~~ ICQ:11367619 ~ ^~^ ~^~~^~ ~^~ ~^~~^~ email:smeggus at hotmail.com
how about "where eagles dare" "Krogg" <kro...@gtcom.net> wrote in message news:38F...@gtcom.net... > > Provide a caption,best caption wins a copy of "le dot". > > :: > \ :: / > \/`'\/ > /-./\ /\,-\ __ > --------/ `-.,-' \----/`--'\---- > __ /> ,|<\ `- - ' > -.__.- '"`-. /\ | ''"` . ___ > `-.\/,-' . X `o=o".... > \/ X " " " " > _ --- _ > `----" > > > > -- > > > |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| > | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | > |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | > | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | > | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | > | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | > | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | > |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
PCM wrote: > > Krogg wrote: > > > > Provide a caption,best caption wins a copy of "le dot". > > > > :: > > \ :: / > > \/`'\/ > > /-./\ /\,-\ __ > > --------/ `-.,-' \----/`--'\---- > > __ /> ,|<\ `- - ' > > -.__.- '"`-. /\ | ''"` . ___ > > `-.\/,-' . X `o=o".... > > \/ X " " " " > > _ --- _ > > `----" > > > > -- > > > > How many trys do we get? > First(?) attempt: > > "Look zoidburg, a bottle cap! intelegent soda-drinking aliens have > visited this world!" > > heh... anyway... this is based on a practical joke that some of you may > have heard about... some guy put a picture taken by one of the mars > robot thingymabobs, and used an editor to insert a bottle cap.. Then > came up with this whole fake conspiracy theory about the whole thing > having been faked... which was posted on his web-page. > > [snip sig] > [snip sig] I hadnt heard aboutthat coinspearsy,but i am sure that if i had it would make me laugh...stillit does have a wierd comedic sense without the referencing point. So far its the funniest one,and the replywas only a few mins from my posting so you win for "quikest response"... I would give you a reward,but i aready did that in another post. -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
Bateau wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:01:05 -0400 Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> > wrote: > > > >Provide a caption,best caption wins a copy of "le dot". > > > > :: > > \ :: / > > \/`'\/ > > /-./\ /\,-\ __ > > --------/ `-.,-' \----/`--'\---- > > __ /> ,|<\ `- - ' > > -.__.- '"`-. /\ | ''"` . ___ > > `-.\/,-' . X `o=o".... > > \/ X " " " " > > _ --- _ > > `----" > > It looks like some kinda Native Martian teepee to me. Is that a comment or a caption? -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 22:06:07 -0400 Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> wrote: >Bateau wrote: >> >> On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:01:05 -0400 Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> >> wrote: >> > >> >Provide a caption,best caption wins a copy of "le dot". >> > >> > :: >> > \ :: / >> > \/`'\/ >> > /-./\ /\,-\ __ >> > --------/ `-.,-' \----/`--'\---- >> > __ /> ,|<\ `- - ' >> > -.__.- '"`-. /\ | ''"` . ___ >> > `-.\/,-' . X `o=o".... >> > \/ X " " " " >> > _ --- _ >> > `----" >> >> It looks like some kinda Native Martian teepee to me. > >Is that a comment or a caption? Comment. -- ~ _ ~ . ` ' , ^~ ______ ^ >(')_, ~~ _ __, _ '.___ ; *BANG* ~ (_~_/ >(')_, ` (_~_/ >(')_, `'\ \ ^ ~^~~^~ (_~_/ ~^~~^~ (_~_/ ~~ ICQ:11367619 ~ ^~^ ~^~~^~ ~^~ ~^~~^~ email:smeggus at hotmail.com
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 04:34:42 GMT, k.i...@12345net.nl (Johan de Koning) wrote: >On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:01:05 -0400, Krogg wrote: > > >BTW, From a TV quote I decucted that Kilkenny is a town in USA. >Is that true, anyone? All I found was a county in Ireland. Here's my poor attempt: :: \ :: / \/`'\/ /-./\ /\,-\ __ --------/ `-.,-' \----/`--'\---- __ /> ,|<\ `- - ' -.__.- '"`-. /\ | ''"` . ___ `-.\/,-' . X `o=o".... \/ X " " " _ --- _ / `----" / / "Get out of the way, Rexfilglip! It must be going at least a foot a day!" --Wesley The only stupid question is the unasked question. And that's a good thing, because I hate stupid questions!
Krogg wrote :
> Provide a caption,best caption wins a copy of "le dot".
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(I'd like a signed copy if I win, please)
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Johan de Koning wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:01:05 -0400, Krogg wrote: > > > :: > > \ :: / > > \/`'\/ > > /-./\ /\,-\ __ > > --------/ `-.,-' \----/`--'\---- > > __ /> ,|<\ `- - ' > > -.__.- '"`-. /\ | ''"` . ___ > > `-.\/,-' . X `o=o".... > > \/ X \ " " " " > > _ --- _ / \ > > `----" / \ > Oh my god, they killed Kenny! \ > \ > You BASTARDS! > HEH...thats funny. -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
Wesley Clifford wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 04:34:42 GMT, k.i...@12345net.nl (Johan de Koning) > wrote: > > >On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:01:05 -0400, Krogg wrote: > > > > > >BTW, > >From a TV quote I decucted that Kilkenny is a town in USA. > >Is that true, anyone? > > All I found was a county in Ireland. > > Here's my poor attempt: > > :: > \ :: / > \/`'\/ > /-./\ /\,-\ __ > --------/ `-.,-' \----/`--'\---- > __ /> ,|<\ `- - ' > -.__.- '"`-. /\ | ''"` . ___ > `-.\/,-' . X `o=o".... > \/ X " " " > _ --- _ / > `----" / > / > "Get out of the way, Rexfilglip! It must be going at least a foot a > day!" > Another funny one. -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
Andreas Freise wrote: > > Krogg wrote : > > > Provide a caption,best caption wins a copy of "le dot". > > :: > \ :: / > \/`'\/ > /-./\ /\,-\ __ > --------/ `-.,-' \----/`--'\---- > __ /> ,|<\ `- - ' > -.__.- '"`-. /\ | ''"` . ___ > `-.\/,-' . X `o=o".... > \/ X " " " " > _ --- _ > `----" > > _____________ > | Another Home Sold By > | Dave King! > |________________________| > > (I'd like a signed copy if I win, please) I dont know who Dave King is.......but the concept funny...THere are allready some better ones though. > :) > Andreas > > + > _____ |\. __ __________Ignorant Ascii______________________ > ~ ---" ASCII? ~ > ..-.,._..- _' .--. .. http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ > _. $"$ ._ (_ . `. http://www.ascii-art.de > \/oo.\/ `./ \ ) `"""---...--.. ~ ~ > . .-.__).(a8P. `--' a:f8a . `--'`-.. ~ > / \\-/\)8P | | "888P" . ` . `. ~ > `- ^'// ---' |.-' . `-.. > " `" . Great sig......... -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:01:05 -0400, Krogg wrote: > :: > \ :: / > \/`'\/ > /-./\ /\,-\ __ > --------/ `-.,-' \----/`--'\---- > __ /> ,|<\ `- - ' > -.__.- '"`-. /\ | ''"` . ___ > `-.\/,-' . X `o=o".... > \/ X \ " " " " > _ --- _ / \ > `----" / \ Oh my god, they killed Kenny! \ \ You BASTARDS! BTW, From a TV quote I decucted that Kilkenny is a town in USA. Is that true, anyone? ObAscii: . . . . . les dots . . -------------------------------------------- To reply by mail: change the digits to consu --------------------------------------------
On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:01:05 -0400, Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> wrotd: > >Provide a caption,best caption wins a copy of "le dot". Nice picture of the Mars surface, with: Carl Sagan Memorial ---+ Mars Pathfinder :)) > V | > :: | > \ :: / | > \/`'\/ | > /-./\ /\,-\ __ | > --------/ `-.,-' \----/`--'\--|- > __ /> ,|<\ `- - ' V > -.__.- '"`-. /\ | ''"` . ___ > `-.\/,-' . X `o=o".... > \/ X " " " " > _ --- _ > `----" __ ___ | \ __ | _ |__ __ ___ | | | | |/ | | | __| | | |__| |__| |\_ |__|_ ___| |__|_ | |
Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > Martian guy in restaurant: > > ::: > \ ::: / > \/` '\/ > /-./\ /\,-\ __ > --------/ `-. ,-' \----/`--'\---- > __ /> ^ ,|<\ `- - ' > -.__.- '"`-. /V\ | ''"` . _._ > `-.\_/,-' . X `._.`._ _ > |\_/| X "/"/"/ > _ --- _ .----'`. .'`--------. /____|`. > `----" / \ /v\ / \ / / `' > / * * \/ / > > Waiter! There's a fly in my soup! > Very creative....... -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
Geraldine Jones wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Krogg wrote: > > > > Provide a caption,best caption wins a copy of "le dot". > > > > :: > > \ :: / > > \/`'\/ > > /-./\ /\,-\ __ > > --------/ `-.,-' \----/`--'\---- > > __ /> ,|<\ `- - ' > > -.__.- '"`-. /\ | ''"` . ___ > > `-.\/,-' . X `o=o"... > > \/ X " " " " > > _ --- _ > > `----" > > DAMN IT!! NOW I know why they named this place PLANET X...the natives > keep dropping their X's all over the road. > As i need to draw an end to this contest and this was the best one i see,i decree this one as winner. Your framed copy of "le dot": ,-----------. | | | | | . | | | | | `-----------' -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Krogg wrote: > > Provide a caption,best caption wins a copy of "le dot". > > :: > \ :: / > \/`'\/ > /-./\ /\,-\ __ > --------/ `-.,-' \----/`--'\---- > __ /> ,|<\ `- - ' > -.__.- '"`-. /\ | ''"` . ___ > `-.\/,-' . X `o=o"... > \/ X " " " " > _ --- _ > `----" DAMN IT!! NOW I know why they named this place PLANET X...the natives keep dropping their X's all over the road. +------------------------------------+ | ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ {!} | | Geraldine Jones . | . | | we9...@victoria.tc.ca \|/ | +-----------------------------~~~----+
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On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Krogg wrote: > I dont know who Dave King is.......but the concept > funny...THere are allready some better ones though. Yeah, doesn't surprise me much. :) > > + > > _____ |\. __ __________Ignorant Ascii______________________ > > ~ ---" ASCII? ~ > > ..-.,._..- _' .--. .. http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ > > _. $"$ ._ (_ . `. http://www.ascii-art.de > > \/oo.\/ `./ \ ) `"""---...--.. ~ ~ > > . .-.__).(a8P. `--' a:f8a . `--'`-.. ~ > > / \\-/\)8P | | "888P" . ` . `. ~ > > `- ^'// ---' |.-' . `-.. > > " `" . > > Great sig......... Thanx. :) Andreas
k.i...@12345net.nl (Johan de Koning) wrote in <38f...@news.worldonline.nl>: >On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 20:01:05 -0400, Krogg wrote: >BTW, From a TV quote I decucted that Kilkenny is a town in USA. >Is that true, anyone? Kilkenny is an irish beer. . . + : . : _ . ! ' (_) ,|.' - -- ---(-O-`--- -- - ,`|'`. , ! . : : " . --+-- .: . ! Sound doesn't carry in vacuum. (In space nobody can hear you scream) Ojoshiro
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