Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 16 Aug 1999.
[PIC] Mae West
alt.ascii-art
· 9 messages · 16 Aug 1999 - 21 Aug 1999
I was looking at all the sigs for the contest and decided to try to
give my Mae West a body. I went brain dead trying to make one so I
looked around for a good example. Joan had a woman with a great body
but too small for my head. I tried diddling it into a Mae West but I
wasn't happy, so I used it as a guide to make a slightly larger
version. When I finished, it still had so much Joan in it, I gave her
credit.
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Mae West - I've been things and done places.
In article <37b...@news.mdc.net>, amy...@nospammail.com (Amykate) wrote: >I was looking at all the sigs for the contest and decided to try to >give my Mae West a body. I went brain dead trying to make one so I >looked around for a good example. Joan had a woman with a great body >but too small for my head. I tried diddling it into a Mae West but I >wasn't happy, so I used it as a guide to make a slightly larger >version. When I finished, it still had so much Joan in it, I gave her >credit. > > ____ ____ > sSSSSSs ( \ /(( )) > SS;; SSSS > ( ) ( )6 6( ) > S< ?SSS ( ? ) (_) l (_) > S> SSS > (_) \ <> ) > ___)(____ ___)(____ _____)(_____ > ( \/ ) ( \/ ) ( \____/ ) >\||, )( ( / ( \||, )( / / ( ) ( )( ) ( > \\/ /\ / \ \ \\/ /\ \ / \ \ / / \ / \ \ > \./ )==( / / \./ )==( / / / / \ / \ \ > / \//' / \//' \ \ )==( / / > ( '|\` ( '|\` \ \ / \ / / > \ / \ / '\\/ \//' > \ / \ / '|\` '|\` > ) ( ) ( \ / > / \ / \ \ / > jgs / \ jgs/ / \ ) ( > / \ akg / \ jgs/akg / \ > `-........-' / \ / \ > / ) / ) / \ / \ > /_/|/_/| `-..........-' / \ > / \ > / \ > `-...., ,..-' > `-..-' > Her neck was too skinny, it bothered me: ____ /(( )) ( )6 6( ) (_) l (_) \ <> ) ____) (_____ ( \____/ ) ) ( )( ) ( / / \ / \ \ / / \ / \ \ \ \ )==( / / \ \ / \ / / '\\/ \//' '|\` '|\` \ / \ / ) ( jgs/akg / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ `-...., ,..-' `-..-' ____ _ _ _ /(( )) /_\ _ __ _ _ | |__ __ _ | |_ ___ ( )6 6( ) / _ \ | ' \| || || / // _` || _|/ -_) (_) l (_) /_/ \_\|_|_|_|\_, ||_\_\\__,_| \__|\___| \ <> ) |__/ __) (__ akg amy...@mail.com Mae West - I've been things and done places.
In article <37b...@news.mdc.net>, amy...@nospammail.com (Amykate) wrote: > > In article <37b...@news.mdc.net>, amy...@nospammail.com (Amykate) wrote: > >I was looking at all the sigs for the contest and decided to try to > >give my Mae West a body. I went brain dead trying to make one so I > >looked around for a good example. Joan had a woman with a great body > >but too small for my head. I tried diddling it into a Mae West but I > >wasn't happy, so I used it as a guide to make a slightly larger > >version. When I finished, it still had so much Joan in it, I gave her > >credit. > > [snip of first versions] > > Her neck was too skinny, it bothered me: > > ____ > /(( )) > ( )6 6( ) > (_) l (_) > \ <> ) > ____) (_____ > ( \____/ ) > ) ( )( ) ( > / / \ / \ \ > / / \ / \ \ > \ \ )==( / / > \ \ / \ / / > '\\/ \//' > '|\` '|\` > \ / > \ / > ) ( > jgs/akg / \ > / \ > / \ > / \ > / \ > / \ > `-...., ,..-' > `-..-' > > ____ _ _ _ > /(( )) /_\ _ __ _ _ | |__ __ _ | |_ ___ > ( )6 6( ) / _ \ | ' \| || || / // _` || _|/ -_) > (_) l (_) /_/ \_\|_|_|_|\_, ||_\_\\__,_| \__|\___| > \ <> ) |__/ > __) (__ akg amy...@mail.com > Mae West - I've been things and done places. I always think of Mae West's figure as being much more exaggerated. I hope you don't mind this alteration: ____ /(( )) ( )6 6( ) (_) l (_) \ <> ) _____) (_____ ( \ / ) ) , \_/ ` ( / /( Y )\ \ / / ` , \ \ \ \ )==( / / \ \ , ` / / '\\/ \//' '|\` '|\` \ / \ / ) ( jgs/akg / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ `-...., ,..-' `-..-' I seem to recall that I revised a picture posted by the late Colin Douthwaite to look like Mae West but DejaNews has ruined the ascii-art archives. Does anyone know if there is a URL to go to to see alt.ascii-art archived correctly? This is the one I just used. http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/home_ps.shtml Below is as close as I can figure out from the mangled post. (I was letting DejaNews file ascii-art for me.) (((()) ((())))) | ^ ^ | ( )`'( ) "One figure can sometimes add up to a lot." (` o ') ' ... . ...` - Mae West (1892-1980) '. .. . . . . .` ( . . . . . ... . )____ / ( . . . . . . . __|) / / `-- . .. . . --' \ / / ____)))[](((_____ | ( / ' ` | | ( ) | | \ / | _|_ \ -_______- / ( |/ \| \ / \ --- \ | / \ __/- \____|_____/ \_(..) \ | / \/ /| (/\|/\) mh | | The little dog still looks quite mangled. ___ _/ | |_____| ,^> Dejanews USED to be so handy! --- == ---% / > [_____] / /__>,^ ejm | | //| | NOTE: I rarely pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ___ ha llizard aka ejm _/ | ,^%--- ha I'm ba-a-a-ck! |_____| __<_ \ ha ...did anyone notice I left? --- == >/ [_____] __>,^ cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca ejm| | //| | http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/
llizard wrote: > <snip> > I seem to recall that I revised a picture posted by the late Colin > Douthwaite to look like Mae West but DejaNews has ruined the ascii-art > archives. Does anyone know if there is a URL to go to to see > alt.ascii-art archived correctly? This is the one I just used. > > http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/home_ps.shtml > > Below is as close as I can figure out from the mangled post. (I was > letting DejaNews file ascii-art for me.) ><snip> > Dejanews USED to be so handy! Yeah! They fucked it up again a couple of days ago. I wrote and complained. I suggest you do the same. I mean, I didn't _mind_ the new look as long as I could get the old one anyway, but this... :-6 > > -- > ___ ha llizard aka ejm > _/ | ,^%--- ha I'm ba-a-a-ck! > |_____| __<_ \ ha ...did anyone notice I left? > --- == >/ > [_____] __>,^ cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca > ejm| | //| | http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/ Yes, the group was very empty, so empty I felt the need to invite some notorious trolls to brighten up the reading experience!!!1! -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' -
On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, Martin Atkins wrote: > .----- On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:47:16 -0400, llizard posted: > |In article <37b...@news.mdc.net>, amy...@nospammail.com (Amykate) > |wrote: > |> > |> In article <37b...@news.mdc.net>, amy...@nospammail.com (Amykate) wrote: > |> >I was looking at all the sigs for the contest and decided to try to > |> >give my Mae West a body. I went brain dead trying to make one so I > |> >looked around for a good example. Joan had a woman with a great body > |> >but too small for my head. I tried diddling it into a Mae West but I > |> >wasn't happy, so I used it as a guide to make a slightly larger > |> >version. When I finished, it still had so much Joan in it, I gave her > |> >credit. > |> > > \ > > SNIP! Previous versions > / > | > |I always think of Mae West's figure as being much more exaggerated. I > |hope you don't mind this alteration: > | ____ > | /(( )) > | ( )6 6( ) > | (_) l (_) > | \ <> ) > | _____) (_____ > | ( \ / ) > | ) , \ | / ` ( > | / /( Y )\ \ > | / / ` ,' \ \ > | \ \ )===( / / > | \ \ , ` / / > | '\\/ \//' > | '|\` '|\` > | \ / > | \ / > | ) ( > | jgs/akg / \ > | / \ > | / \ > | / \ > | / \ > | / \ > | `-...., ,..-' > | `-..-' I also changed "Mae" a bit...neck wider, much more cleavage. Mae always liked to show-off what she had ;-) *-----------------------------------* | {"} Geraldine Jones {"} | | \|/ we9...@victoria.tc.ca \|/ | | http://www.victoria.tc.ca/~we993/ | *-----------------------------------*
Veronica Karlsson wrote: > llizard wrote: [...] > > archives. Does anyone know if there is a URL to go to to see > > alt.ascii-art archived correctly? This is the one I just used. > > > > http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/home_ps.shtml [...] > Yeah! They fucked it up again a couple of days ago. I wrote and > complained. I suggest you do the same. I mean, I didn't _mind_ the new > look as long as I could get the old one anyway, but this... :-6 If only someone would use my ascii search link to deja news ... Believe it or not but it still works. http://www.ascii-art.de/ascii/ocollections.html The last Mae West post by Colin Douthwait shows : I recall that llizard posted an hour-glass version of Mae West but I must have lost it in the last hard disk crash...please repost! :-) =========================================================================== The Uncanonical List of Mae West Quotes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (((()) ((())))) | ^ ^ | ( )`'( ) " One figure can sometimes add up to a lot." (` o ') ' ... . ...` - Mae West (1892-1980) '. .. . . . . .` ( . . . . . ... . ____ / ( . . . . . . . __|) / ( . .. . . . ). \ / ( .`---'. .. .----'..) | ( /(____-------------____) | | ( ) | | \ / | _|_ \ -_______- / ( |/ \| \ / \ --- \ | / \ __/- \___|___/ \_(..) \ | / \/ /| (/\|/\) mh | | ==================================================== cfbd98/6 ============= And llizard's last Mae West post : That is a wonderful drawing of a large woman, but Mae West was known for her hour glass figure. Here is an alteration: ---------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6----- (((()) ((())))) | ^ ^ | ( )`'( ) " One figure can sometimes add up to a lot." (` o ') ' ... . ...` - Mae West (1892-1980) '. .. . . . . .` ( . . . . . ... . )____ / ( . . . . . . . __|) / / `-- . .. . . --' \ / / ____)))[](((_____ | ( / ' ` | | ( ) | | \ / | _|_ \ -_______- / ( |/ \| \ / \ --- \ | / \ __/- \___|___/ \_(..) \ | / \/ /| (/\|/\) mh | | :) Andreas .---...__ .. ____ '| ASCII `:;=-. http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise ___ || ART )| [) http://www.ascii-art.de __________ `==-...___''.-.| ______________________________________________ ((o)(o)'`-(o)'__________ """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""a:f
.----- On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:47:16 -0400, llizard posted: |In article <37b...@news.mdc.net>, amy...@nospammail.com (Amykate) |wrote: |> |> In article <37b...@news.mdc.net>, amy...@nospammail.com (Amykate) wrote: |> >I was looking at all the sigs for the contest and decided to try to |> >give my Mae West a body. I went brain dead trying to make one so I |> >looked around for a good example. Joan had a woman with a great body |> >but too small for my head. I tried diddling it into a Mae West but I |> >wasn't happy, so I used it as a guide to make a slightly larger |> >version. When I finished, it still had so much Joan in it, I gave her |> >credit. |> > \ > SNIP! Previous versions / | |I always think of Mae West's figure as being much more exaggerated. I |hope you don't mind this alteration: | ____ | /(( )) | ( )6 6( ) | (_) l (_) | \ <> ) | _____) (_____ | ( \ / ) | ) , \_/ ` ( | / /( Y )\ \ | / / ` , \ \ | \ \ )==( / / | \ \ , ` / / | '\\/ \//' | '|\` '|\` | \ / | \ / | ) ( | jgs/akg / \ | / \ | / \ | / \ | / \ | / \ | `-...., ,..-' | `-..-' | \ > SNIP! all the Deja stuff / '-------------------------------------------- Hmm... Your usage of '`' as the opposite of ',' intriegues me - perhaps it's my font, but it makes her body look somewhat ... wonky... :o/ Still, I have no idea who Mae West is ... so she could be wonky for all I know! -Martin |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
In article <37B...@mpq.mpg.de>, Andreas Freise <ad...@mpq.mpg.de> wrote: > > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > llizard wrote: > [...] > > > archives. Does anyone know if there is a URL to go to to see > > > alt.ascii-art archived correctly? This is the one I just used. > > > > > > http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/home_ps.shtml [snip] > > I wrote and > > complained. I suggest you do the same. [snip] > > If only someone would use my ascii search link to deja news ... > Believe it or not but it still works. > > http://www.ascii-art.de/ascii/ocollections.html > [snip] .---...__ .. > ____ '| ASCII `:;=-. > http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise ___ || ART )| [) > http://www.ascii-art.de __________ `==-...___''.-.| > ______________________________________________ ((o)(o)'`-(o)'__________ > """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""a:f Thanks Andreas. It used to be that the page I had bookmarked took me to the same place as the search engine you set up. But because I have WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much time on my hands, __________ /_________/`-_ _-' `-_ /| { } | | ____________ | | | | \/|| | | | | | /\|| | | | | | | | | | ||\/ |||| | | | ||/\ ,*. |||| | | | | ,' `. | | | | | \ /| `. | | | | |_____V_|____| | | | | : / | | | | | :/: | | | | | / : | | | | | /: @ | | | _|_ . | _|_ . | | | / : | | | | | /` |/ | | /` |/ | |( ) : | | | | | \, |\ | | \, |\ | | : | | | | | : | | | | | : | | | | | : | | | | | : | | | | | @ | | | | |____________| | | |______ejm_______|`', \_,^/^^%--- <' ' \ I wrote to DejaNews anyway. < ^^|\ / / NOTE: I rarely pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ___ ha cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca _/ | ,^%--- ha llizard aka ejm |_____| __<_ \ ha ...nice sneaky way to get --- == >/ hits on your page, Andreas. [_____] __>,^ ASCII-ar+ and ASCII-anima+ions ejm| | //| | http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/
In article <37b...@news.vossnet.net>, zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin Atkins) wrote: > > .----- On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:47:16 -0400, llizard posted: > |In article <37b...@news.mdc.net>, amy...@nospammail.com (Amykate) > |wrote: > |> > |> In article <37b...@news.mdc.net>, amy...@nospammail.com (Amykate) wrote: > |> >I was looking at all the sigs for the contest and decided to try to > |> >give my Mae West a body. I went brain dead trying to make one so I > |> >looked around for a good example. Joan had a woman with a great body > |> >but too small for my head. I tried diddling it into a Mae West but I > |> >wasn't happy, so I used it as a guide to make a slightly larger > |> >version. When I finished, it still had so much Joan in it, I gave her > |> >credit. > |> > > \ > > SNIP! Previous versions > / > | > |I always think of Mae West's figure as being much more exaggerated. I > |hope you don't mind this alteration: > | ____ > | /(( )) > | ( )6 6( ) > | (_) l (_) > | \ <> ) > | _____) (_____ > | ( \ / ) > | ) , \_/ ` ( > | / /( Y )\ \ > | / / ` , \ \ > | \ \ )==( / / [snip] > > Hmm... > > Your usage of '`' as the opposite of ',' intriegues me - perhaps it's my > font, but it makes her body look somewhat ... wonky... :o/ > > Still, I have no idea who Mae West is ... so she could be wonky for all I > know! Ah Martin! You are in for a treat if you haven't been introduced to the inimitable Miss West. You neeeeeeeeeeed to rent some old movies to watch Mae in action. Here is a list of her films. http://www.sirius.com/~kims/mw.films.html Here, you can see Mae West in her hourglass glory: http://www.sirius.com/~kims/mw_photos/mw_belle.JPG It's true that the armor she wore confined her to a certain extent, but I used the , and ` purposely to show how inviting she was. I see that two `s were misplaced though and I've given her an even smaller waist. Here is the fix. ____ /(( )) ( )6 6( ) When I'm good I'm very, very good, (_) l (_) but when I'm bad, I'm better. \ <> ) _____) (_____ ( \ / ) ) , \_/ ` ( / /( Y )\ \ / / ` , \ \ \ \ )=( / / \ \ , ` / / '\\/ \//' '|\` '|\` \ / \ / ) ( jgs/akg / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ `-...., ,..-' `-..-' NOTE: I rarely pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ___ cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca _/ | ,^%--- llizard aka ejm |_____| __<_ \ Her quotes make more sense if you have --- == >/ heard her voice. [_____] __>,^ ASCII-ar+ and ASCII-anima+ions ejm| | //| | http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/
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