Answer: What is this ?

>>   This pic has been floating around a.a-a, and I thought Id post it to
>>all the groups.  The idea is to guess what the object is.

>>             UAO ( Unknown Ascii Object )  by  Unknown.

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>>                 ||     []**| | | | | | | | |**[]
>>                 ||     []* | | | | | | | | | *[]
>>                 || ****^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^****
>>                 || ****   __|__                 ****
>>                 ||__***   \___/                 ***
>>                  ~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
>>                          *   #############   *
>>                            *****************

     My guess would be, a tea pot. That little thingy in the center
   there may be the tag of a tea bag hanging out on the side.
               (One tea bag? Fairly weak tea, I'd say)


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