Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 24 May 1994.
TALK (well, sort of)
alt.ascii-art
· 6 messages · 24 May 1994 - 28 May 1994
Yeah yeah, I admit it, I'm bored and I haven't had time to draw anything
a) New
b) Good
c) Interesting
d) None of the above
but I wanted to lighten the tone of the Newsgroup as all these YES / NO
arguments are straying into flame wars.
Anyway, seeing as alt.ascii-art is getting on for nine months old, I
figured that everyone had been reading the group long enough to notice
certain 'trends' appearing, so I thought I'd start the following list.
This supposed to be silly, so I haven't smilied it:
THINGS THAT HAVEN'T HAPPENED YET ON ALT.ASCII-ART
=================================================
1) Normand Vielleux posts a drawing that doesn't contain an '8'.
2) Row sends in a drawing and somebody follows it up by saying 'Sorry,
that was crap, learn to draw'.
3) Tua Xiong posts a drawing and nobody stops to wonder if he's male or
female.
4) Somebody requests a figlet sig of their name and Scarecrow replies
with 'Do it yourself you lazy so-and-so'.
5) Seven days go by without 'Meriday in the morning' being posted.
6) Chevalier writes an Ascii horror story.
7) Somebody proposes making a new ascii group and everyone decides
exactly how they'd like it to be before taking a vote on it.
8) Somebody sends in a post and asks how much time the main contributors
actually spend on their study / work if all they seem to do is draw
pictures all the time.
9) Scarecrow's sig collection is confiscated by the FBI and he is forced
to sign the end of every post with 'Bob'.
10) Somebody posts in a really great drawing and everybody saves it so
that no-one has to ask for it to be reposted five days later.
OK, it's not art, but it's close. Please add your own contributions, maybe
we can set up an alternative FAQ with it.
DR J
Subliminal Message : iicsa.stra.cer rof SEY etoV
>From: me9...@brunel.ac.uk (DR J) Hey, what's up doc? :-) > THINGS THAT HAVEN'T HAPPENED YET ON ALT.ASCII-ART > ================================================= > > > 1) Normand Vielleux posts a drawing that doesn't contain an '8'. Oops, that has happened twice already. Once way back when I made this little snake: _________ _________ / \ / \ Normand / /~~~~~\ \ / /~~~~~\ \ Veilleux | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / | | | | | | | | // (o o) \ \_____/ / \ \_____/ / \__/ \ / \ / | ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ^ And another time, more recently, when I posted these people: ___ / \ | | | | /~~~\ _____\___/_____ | | | | | | | | | | __\___/__ | | | | ,' `, | | | | | | | | | | | | | ,' `, | | | | | ,' | | `, |__| | |__| | | | | | | | `\,' `,/' | | | | | | | | `-----------' | | | | | | | | | Normand | | | | | | Veilleux | | | | | | | | | |___|___| |__|__| Actually, I just recalled a third occasion: the Canadian flag made up entirely of the word 'CANADA'. Nonetheless, I liked your post very much. Laughter is the best medecine. Ask your friendly neighbourhood ASCII doctor. :-) I just hope Colin won't figure out your subliminal message. It might get you in trouble :-) -- Normand Veilleux As a "long term" contributing artist to nve...@emr1.emr.ca alt.ascii-art, I hereby declare that ---------------------------- rec.arts.ascii (MODERATED) has my support.
In article <CqB...@brunel.ac.uk>, me9...@brunel.ac.uk (DR J) writes: > > > > THINGS THAT HAVEN'T HAPPENED YET ON ALT.ASCII-ART > ================================================= > > I normally hate replys of this nature but, I had to say it, This is the funniest thing that I have seen in some time.
In article <CqB...@brunel.ac.uk>, DR J <me9...@brunel.ac.uk> wrote: > > > THINGS THAT HAVEN'T HAPPENED YET ON ALT.ASCII-ART > ================================================= or TRUTH WOULD BE BETTER THAN ALL THIS FRICTION > 1) Normand Vielleux posts a drawing that doesn't contain an '8'. Or somebody tokes one of his posts with 8's and repostes it with the 8's changed to $'s. > 2) Row sends in a drawing and somebody follows it up by saying 'Sorry, > that was crap, learn to draw'. Row suspects who the anonymous poster is, and draws a nude picture of him (showing all his shortcomings) and posts it. > 3) Tua Xiong posts a drawing and nobody stops to wonder if he's male or > female. Except an anonymous poster. > 4) Somebody requests a figlet sig of their name and Scarecrow replies > with 'Do it yourself you lazy so-and-so'. But I do it like the cowardly lion, not the Scarecrow, and I post it anonymously. > 5) Seven days go by without 'Meriday in the morning' being posted. No that's hoping for too much. > 6) Chevalier writes an Ascii horror story. Again? > 7) Somebody proposes making a new ascii group and everyone decides > exactly how they'd like it to be before taking a vote on it. Except for an anonymous poster who accuses me (Scarecrow) of wanting to start the group in order to take over the world. > 8) Somebody sends in a post and asks how much time the main contributors > actually spend on their study / work if all they seem to do is draw > pictures all the time. Row answers "It's nono of your business you lazy so-and-so." He posts anonymously, of course. > 9) Scarecrow's sig collection is confiscated by the FBI and he is forced > to sign the end of every post with 'Bob'. To make 'Bob' in all those different lettering styles, now that would take a big ego. But I could claim the FBI made me do it. >10) Somebody posts in a really great drawing and everybody saves it so > that no-one has to ask for it to be reposted five days later. Now you've gone too far, this is really a joke, right? >OK, it's not art, but it's close. Please add your own contributions, maybe >we can set up an alternative FAQ with it. We could call it 'Fractured FAQ' and everybody can contribute (anonymously of course). We can post it to news.answers, since I know how to do that (anonymously of course). > DR J > >Subliminal Message : iicsa.stra.cer rof SEY etoV -- . + ' . * . . ' ) . + . . ____ _____ ___ . ____ . _____ ' .+ . * '. * / __/ /____/ /__ \ ' /__ \ '/____/ . * ' . + . '+ ' .( ( + __' . __| |.* ___) / ____' ' + . .' .' \ \' / / . ,/,/| | ./ _/. / __/ ' . ' . + : ' . * '____) )/ /__ ,/ /__| | / /\ \ / /__' _____ ____ _______' __ __ __ /_____//____//________|/_/ /_/'/____/ /____/ /__ \ '/ ___ /./ /'/ /./ / ' .+ . * ' . : __ . + ___) /. / /. / / / / / / / /. . ' * . + ' . */ /. '/ _/ / /'*/ /'/ /./ /*/ /. ' . ' ( . ' : + / /__ / /\ \'./ /__/ / / /_/ /_/ / + ' '. .+ .' * ' ./____/ /_/ /_/ /______/+/_________/ .' . * ' . ' . '+ . ' * . ' ( + '. : .etov ot esoohc uoy woh rettam on ,etov ot detov t'nsah ohw ydobyreve egru I
In article <CqB...@brunel.ac.uk>, DR J <me9...@brunel.ac.uk> wrote: > THINGS THAT HAVEN'T HAPPENED YET ON ALT.ASCII-ART > ================================================= > 4) Somebody requests a figlet sig of their name and Scarecrow replies > with 'Do it yourself you lazy so-and-so'. >OK, it's not art, but it's close. Please add your own contributions, maybe >we can set up an alternative FAQ with it. > DR J 4.5) Scarecrow requests a .sig containing the word 'SCARECROW' in a nicely styled font. -- Warning: .signature files should be no longer than 4 lines. (Only 4 lines of your .signature were posted.) ___MMM___ AARRRGGGHHH.....I hate this :-) (snipit from my newsreader) (0-0) e-mail: nod...@kari.fm.unit.no -------------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo--
Normand Veilleux (Nve...@emr1.emr.ca) wrote: : >From: me9...@brunel.ac.uk (DR J) : Hey, what's up doc? :-) : > THINGS THAT HAVEN'T HAPPENED YET ON ALT.ASCII-ART : > ================================================= : > : > : > 1) Normand Vielleux posts a drawing that doesn't contain an '8'. : And another time, more recently, when I posted these people: : ___ : / \ : | | : | | /~~~\ : _____\___/_____ | | : | | | | : | | | | __\___/__ : | | | | ,' `, : | | | | | | | | : | | | | | ,' `, | : | | | | ,' | | `, : |__| | |__| | | | | : | | | `\,' `,/' : | | | | | : | | | `-----------' : | | | | | | : | | | Normand | | | : | | | Veilleux | | | : | | | | | | : |___|___| |__|__| > I just hope Colin won't figure out your subliminal message. > It might get you in trouble :-) Well actually Normand you missed out something rather subliminal that appeared in your original posting ! Here it is: --------------- Original posting from Normand Veilleux ------------- Say, would you know where the closest ASCII restroom is? ___ / \ | | | | /~~~\ _____\___/_____ | | | | | | | | | | __\___/__ | | | | ,' `, | | | | | | | | | | | | | ,' `, | | | | | ,' | | `, |__| | |__| | | | | | | | `\,' `,/' | | | | | | | | `-----------' | | | | | | | | | Normand | | | | | | Veilleux | | | | | | | | | |___|___| |__|__| No. But would this be helpful? ______ \ \. |`\_____\ |` | | __-====-__ | | | (~< >~>_| | | {~~-====--~~: \ | | !~~------~~/----`+----/ \ \___ / >------\ \ < Unknown <_________________> -------------------------------------------------------------------- Somehow I have a feeling that the seating arrangement is not quite right. It looks rather impractical and uncomfortable. What do you think ? And please... _NO_ figures 8's in the bowl ! Bye,
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