Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 5 Aug 1999.
[REQ] Ascii Art Womble
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· 4 messages · 5 Aug 1999 - 9 Aug 1999
>Message-id: <7oaups$17g$1...@newsource.ihug.co.nz> >If anyone has one can they please post it or email one to me what's a womble? ;) Do you know a link to a URL that has a picture of a womble? -joan -- .-. __ _ .-. | ` / \ | / '.()--, joan stark | '._/ spu...@juno.com _| O _ O |_ =\ '-' /= ASCII Art Gallery jgs '-._____.-' http://www.ascii-art.com
If anyone has one can they please post it or email one to me Thanks CJ Simmons Hyper Womble
.----- On 05 Aug 1999 22:45:50 GMT, Spunk1111 posted: |>Message-id: <7oaups$17g$1...@newsource.ihug.co.nz> |>If anyone has one can they please post it or email one to me | |what's a womble? ;) |Do you know a link to a URL that has a picture of a womble? | '-------------------------------- It's another UK thing. The Wombles of Wimbledon are little characters that make use of the things they find (on Wimbledon common) - things that the everyday folk leave behind. :o) I don't have any URLs/pics to show you, but just to warn you that the Wombles are having a bit of a re-launch with little McDonald's toys and the like... which probably means there will be a few Womble requests. -Martin |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
---------- In article <37a...@news.vossnet.net>, zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin Atkins) wrote: > .----- On 05 Aug 1999 22:45:50 GMT, Spunk1111 posted: > |>Message-id: <7oaups$17g$1...@newsource.ihug.co.nz> > |>If anyone has one can they please post it or email one to me > | > |what's a womble? ;) > |Do you know a link to a URL that has a picture of a womble? > | > '-------------------------------- > > It's another UK thing. The Wombles of Wimbledon are little characters that > make use of the things they find (on Wimbledon common) - things that the > everyday folk leave behind. :o) > > I don't have any URLs/pics to show you, but just to warn you that the > Wombles are having a bit of a re-launch with little McDonald's toys and the > like... which probably means there will be a few Womble requests. > > -Martin > |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- > | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com The reason I ask is that someone (a friend of mine) has decided to call me a womble. I am still trying to figure out why, but in the mean time I want to send him a Womble pic and someone suggested that I ask in here for one, cos we both think ascii pics look better and are more email friendly (especially in a building where a good percentage use linux and dont like HTML emails. CJ Simmons HyperWomble
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