My .sigs

Hello...

Just before Christmas, I posted my basic .sig ...

::/      \::B.D.S."Don"McConnell::mcc...@math.washington.edu::/      \::
:|  O  O  |:University of Washington Department of Mathematics:|  O  O  |:
:|        |::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::|        |:
::\ `--' /:::::::::::::: * HAVE * A * NICE * DAY * :::::::::::::\ `--' /::

...along with a few variants, like...

::/      \::B.D.S."Don"McConnell::mcc...@math.washington.edu::/      \::
:(|(O  O)|):University of Washington Department of Mathematics:(|(O  O)|):
::|  ^^  |::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::|  ^^  |::
:::\`--'/::::::::::::: * HAVE * A * CURIOUS * DAY * :::::::::::::\`--'/:::

             
::/    / \::B.D.S."Don"McConnell::mcc...@math.washington.edu::/ \    \::
:|  @  x  |:University of Washington Department of Mathematics:|  x  @  |:
:|        |-\::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::/-|        |:
::\ ,--' /   \:::::::::: * SANCTUARY! * SANCTUARY! * :::::::/   \ ,--' /::


 |^^^^^^^^|                                                    |^^^^^^^^|
:|        |:B.D.S."Don"McConnell::mcc...@math.washington.edu:|        |:
:| (.)(.) |:University of Washington Department of Mathematics:| (.)(.) |:
:|        |::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::|        |:
::\ `--' /:::::::::::::: * DON'T * HAVE * A * COW * ::::::::::::\ `--' /::


::/||||||\::B.D.S."Don"McConnell::mcc...@math.washington.edu::/||||||\::
:|| O  O ||:University of Washington Department of Mathematics:|| O  O ||:
:||      ||::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::|  mmmm  |:
:|| `--' ||:::::::::::::: * I * GOT * YOU * BABE * :::::::::::::\ ---- /::
 ||      ||


...and I asked for some Yule-tide additions to this list.  Unfortunately,
I received all of no responses (that's alright, though).  But I did come up 
with a few new variations that I'd like to share ...


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::/-\V^V/-\:B.D.S."Don"McConnell::mcc...@math.washington.edu::/-\V^V/-\::
:|  O\^/O  |University of Washington Department of Mathematics:|  O\^/O  |:
:|         |:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::|         |:
::\ ----- /:: * A * WARRIOR * NEVER * HAS * A * NICE * DAY! * ::\ ----- /::


:/8!!!!!!8\:B.D.S."Don"McConnell::mcc...@math.washington.edu:/8!!!!!!8\:
||   ,.   ||University of Washington Department of Mathematics||   ,.   ||
||`-'  `-'||::::: * JUST BECAUSE A RECORD HAS A GROOVE * :::::||`-'  `-'||
88\ `--' /88:::::::: * DON'T MAKE IT IN THE GROOVE! * ::::::::88\ `--' /88


::/      \::B.D.S."Don"McConnell::mcc...@math.washington.edu::/      \::
:| ()  () |:University of Washington Department of Mathematics:| ()  () |:
:|        |::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::|        |:
::\  ::  /:::::::: * FRIDAY THE 13TH: THE .SIG FILE * ::::::::::\  ::  /::


 /=+/ __\. :B.D.S."Don"McConnell:::mcc...@math.washington.edu: ./__ \+=\
[](O) o  |\ University of Washington::Department of Mathematics /|  o (O)[]
|/       | ) ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ( |       \|
`\ `--' `-' * RESISTANCE IS FUTILE * YOU WILL HAVE A NICE DAY * `-' `--' /'


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 ,--.____,--. :B.D.S.McConnell:::mcc...@math.washington.edu: ,--.____,--.  
//   o/\o   \\ University of Washington::Dept. of Mathematics //   o/\o   \\
\\   (  )   // :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: \\   (  )   //
 `-' ---- `-' :::::::: * HAVE * A * PROFITABLE * DAY * ::::::: `-' ---- `-'


::        ::B.D.S."Don"McConnell::mcc...@math.washington.edu::        ::
:          :University of Washington Department of Mathematics:          :
:          ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::          :
::  `--'  ::::::::::::: * HAVE * A * CHESHIRE * DAY * ::::::::::  `--'  ::


::/ ,--. \  B.D.S."Don"McConnell\\mcc...@math.washington.edu::/ ,--. \::
:|        | University of Washington Department of Mathematics:|        |:
:|        |  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  ||  |:|        |:
::\ `--' /  //  //  // * MENTOS // THE FRESHMAKER * //  //  /:::\ `--' /::


::/||||||\::B.D.S."Don"McConnell::mcc...@math.washington.edu::/||||||\::
:|| O  O ||:University of Washington Department of Mathematics:|| O  O ||:
:||      ||::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::||      ||:
:|| `uu' ||::: * IYT'S SHAYKE 'N' BAYKE , AND AH HEYLPED! * :::|| `uu' ||:
\//      \\/                                                  \//      \\/
    

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:::/      \:::::/      \:::B.D.S.McConnell::mcc...@math.washington.edu::
::| O  O   |:::|   O  O |::University of Washington Dept. of Mathematics::
::|        |:::|        |:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:::\`--'  /:::::\  `--'/:::::::::::: * HAVE * A * 3-D * DAY * :::::::::::: 




I welcome any suggestions for further additions or improvements of the ones
I have.  For instance, I think my Klingon-Smiley could use some work...and 
the same goes for the Shake'n'Bake-Smiley (nods to fine folks in 
alt.tv.commercials for bringing this to mind and providing the phonetic 
spelling of the tag-line)...and I'm not sure the Stereo-Smiley is quite as 
effective as I'd like.  (On the other hand, I am rather proud of my Borg 
and Ferengi;  I *believe* they are original...if I have subliminally lifted
someone else's work, though, please let me know.)


Thanks and Regards,

Don



And here's a preview of tomorrow's .sig...

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(          )University of Washington Department of Mathematics(          )
:`. `--' ,'::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::`. `--' ,':
:::`.  ,':::::::::::::::: * HAPPY (VALEN)(DAY) ! * ::::::::::::::`.  ,':::
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	For starters, you appear to have WAY too much time on your hands. 
No actully, those are so easy, and similar that I guess it took no time at
all.  If you enjoy making them, and useing them, so be it.  But must you
post EACH and EVERY one of them?


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Rushing off, vince atchison <Vin...@launchpad.unc.edu> wrote:
>	For starters, you appear to have WAY too much time on your hands. 
>No actully, those are so easy, and similar that I guess it took no time at
>all.  If you enjoy making them, and useing them, so be it.  But must you
>post EACH and EVERY one of them?
>

Well, that's what this group is for...the display of ascii-art, and sigs
included. if you don't want to read all of the sigs posted, the 'k' on the
keyboard is a very functional button to alleviate your reading load.  A kill
file could also work well for you (hope this doesn't start a "how to make a
kill file" thread ;)

Just say that this person at least has more free time than you do.  And
there's nothing wrong with that.  Or perhaps it's just the way he or she
organizes his or her time which just makes it easier for them to make time to
create sigs.  Besides, the post only occurs once, unless people continue to
follow up with it...then it comes back to haunt you. *grin*

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