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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 27 Jul 1996.
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What is it ???

What is it ???

alt.ascii-art · 15 messages · 27 Jul 1996 - 12 Aug 1996
Sophie <sop...@g-dav.demon.co.uk> ASCII art 27 Jul 1996 00:00 · permalink
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Video Recorder?
I don't know, I made it, sure! But why should I know what it is?
Maybe if I put a tape in it?
Then put some numbers on the side so it looks as though it looks like
what it is ...
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David Wallis <wal...@surfplaza.com> ASCII art 27 Jul 1996 00:00 · permalink
As with all such questions, the temptation is too great to 
resist an answer that begins "Obviously" 

So ...

Obviously it is an electric barbeque.

Sophie wrote:
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> 
> Video Recorder?
> I don't know, I made it, sure! But why should I know what it is?
> Maybe if I put a tape in it?
> Then put some numbers on the side so it looks as though it looks like
> what it is ...

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quite obvious to my devious mind 
its a vibratin bed ;- ) likes they used (maybe still do?) to have in 
cheap motels
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0))______)> papaJ

Sophie <sop...@g-dav.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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>
>Video Recorder?
>I don't know, I made it, sure! But why should I know what it is?
>Maybe if I put a tape in it?
>Then put some numbers on the side so it looks as though it looks like
>what it is ...
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>         ====           //   a horses ears. Arabian Proverb~
>        /  \-'~;    /~~~(O)
>       /  __/~|   /       |  
>     =(  _____| (_________|   

On the top-right there's a plug!
..don't ask me for the other stuff:)
Alexio.
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KCSpindler <slo...@netcom.com> ASCII art 2 Aug 1996 00:00 · permalink
: Sophie <sop...@g-dav.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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: >

Hmmm..... An electric ottoman?

-- 
                           slo...@netcom.com
                    
                    "When you're clinging to trees, 
                       you're clinging to glory"

its scanner!

				JOHN 3:16



On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Christine Mackley wrote:

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> 
> Looks a little like the butcher block my Mom used to let me
> sit on at the dinner table....ceptin, this was is electric
> so it PULVERIZES the toast crusts that I shove under it!
> 
> (grin)
> 
>  - |\      _,,,--,,_  ,)--"Kristyne" on IRC Undernet #41plus--
>   /,`.-'`'   -,  ;-;;'            clm...@sprynet.com          
>  |,4-  ) )-,_ ) /\              My Web Pages are at URL:
> '---''(_/--' (_/-'--http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/clm1948/--
> 
> 

Christine Mackley <clm...@sprynet.com> ASCII art 3 Aug 1996 00:00 · permalink
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Looks a little like the butcher block my Mom used to let me
sit on at the dinner table....ceptin, this was is electric
so it PULVERIZES the toast crusts that I shove under it!

(grin)

 - |\      _,,,--,,_  ,)--"Kristyne" on IRC Undernet #41plus--
  /,`.-'`'   -,  ;-;;'            clm...@sprynet.com          
 |,4-  ) )-,_ ) /\              My Web Pages are at URL:
'---''(_/--' (_/-'--http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/clm1948/--

Savannah <sop...@g-dav.demon.co.uk> ASCII art 5 Aug 1996 00:00 · permalink
In article <Pin...@paul.spu.edu>, Its
me! <air...@paul.spu.edu> writes
>its scanner!

Um, um. No we've got a scanner and this pic doesn't look like a scanner!
Good try but I think it's still a video tape recorder!

>                               JOHN 3:16
>
>
>
>On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Christine Mackley wrote:
>
>> >                            ___________________               __
>> >                           |                   \            _|  |=
>> >                 __-------- --------__          \          / |__|=
>> >                / ___________________ \          \        /  
>> >               / /-------------------\ \          \______/
>> >              / /---------------------\ \
>> >             / /-----------------------\ \
>> >            / /_________________________\ \
>> >           /_______________________________\
>> >           |  ___________________________  |
>> >           | |___________________________| |
>> >           |_______________________________|
>> >            |_|                         |_|
>> >           /_o_\                       /_o_\
>> >           
>> 
>> Looks a little like the butcher block my Mom used to let me
>> sit on at the dinner table....ceptin, this was is electric
>> so it PULVERIZES the toast crusts that I shove under it!
>> 
>> (grin)
>> 
>>  - |\      _,,,--,,_  ,)--"Kristyne" on IRC Undernet #41plus--
>>   /,`.-'`'   -,  ;-;;'            clm...@sprynet.com          
>>  |,4-  ) )-,_ ) /\              My Web Pages are at URL:
>> '---''(_/--' (_/-'--http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/clm1948/--
>> 
>> 
>

--                      -=Savannah=-
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 /: (""""/    '.  (__/||     Movement, of action ...`
  \::).-'  -._  \/ \\/\|                  D.H Lawrence (1885-1930)    
   )/  '-'. . '. |  (i_O     
                                     Sop...@g-dav.demon.co.uk

In <s4y...@g-dav.demon.co.uk> Savannah
<sop...@g-dav.demon.co.uk> writes: 
>

My turn!  My turn!  I've been dying to say this: I don't know about
anyone else, but to me, the very first time I saw it, I thought for
sure that it was a record player.  (Remember records?  Anyone remember
what a record is?  Those big, black discs which had music on them,
which when scratched went into an incessant "instant replay" mode?)


>In article <Pin...@paul.spu.edu>,
Its
>me! <air...@paul.spu.edu> writes
>>its scanner!
>
>Um, um. No we've got a scanner and this pic doesn't look like a
scanner!
>Good try but I think it's still a video tape recorder!
>
>>On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Christine Mackley wrote:
>>
>>> >                            ___________________               __
>>> >                           |                   \            _|  |=
>>> >                 __-------- --------__          \          / |__|=
>>> >                / ___________________ \          \        /  
>>> >               / /-------------------\ \          \______/
>>> >              / /---------------------\ \
>>> >             / /-----------------------\ \
>>> >            / /_________________________\ \
>>> >           /_______________________________\
>>> >           |  ___________________________  |
>>> >           | |___________________________| |
>>> >           |_______________________________|
>>> >            |_|                         |_|
>>> >           /_o_\                       /_o_\
>>> >           
>>> 
>>> Looks a little like the butcher block my Mom used to let me
>>> sit on at the dinner table....ceptin, this was is electric
>>> so it PULVERIZES the toast crusts that I shove under it!
>>> 
>>> (grin)
>>> 
>>>  - |\      _,,,--,,_  ,)--"Kristyne" on IRC Undernet #41plus--
>>>   /,`.-'`'   -,  ;-;;'            clm...@sprynet.com          
>>>  |,4-  ) )-,_ ) /\              My Web Pages are at URL:
>>> '---''(_/--' (_/-'--http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/clm1948/--
>>> 
>>> 
>>

The Racine Family <ram...@together.net> ASCII art 5 Aug 1996 00:00 · permalink
Savannah wrote:
> 
> In article <Pin...@paul.spu.edu>, Its
> me! <air...@paul.spu.edu> writes
> >its scanner!
> 
> Um, um. No we've got a scanner and this pic doesn't look like a scanner!
> Good try but I think it's still a video tape recorder!
> 
> >                               JOHN 3:16
> >
> >
> >
> >On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Christine Mackley wrote:
> >
> >> >                            ___________________               __
> >> >                           |                   \            _|  |=
> >> >                 __-------- --------__          \          / |__|=
> >> >                / ___________________ \          \        /
> >> >               / /-------------------\ \          \______/
> >> >              / /---------------------\ \
> >> >             / /-----------------------\ \
> >> >            / /_________________________\ \
> >> >           /_______________________________\
> >> >           |  ___________________________  |
> >> >           | |___________________________| |
> >> >           |_______________________________|
> >> >            |_|                         |_|
> >> >           /_o_\                       /_o_\
> >> >
> >>
> >> Looks a little like the butcher block my Mom used to let me
> >> sit on at the dinner table....ceptin, this was is electric
> >> so it PULVERIZES the toast crusts that I shove under it!
> >>
> >> (grin)
> >>
> >>  - |\      _,,,--,,_  ,)--"Kristyne" on IRC Undernet #41plus--
> >>   /,`.-'`'   -,  ;-;;'            clm...@sprynet.com
> >>  |,4-  ) )-,_ ) /\              My Web Pages are at URL:
> >> '---''(_/--' (_/-'--http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/clm1948/--
> >>
> >>
> >
> 
> --                      -=Savannah=-
>        ______________ _
>     __/   .::::.-'-(/-/)    `Far back, far back in our dark soul,
>  _/:  .::::.-' .-'\/\_`----- The horse prances ... The horse, the horse!
> /:  .::::./   -._-.  d\|     The symbol of surging potency and power of
>  /: (""""/    '.  (__/||     Movement, of action ...`
>   \::).-'  -._  \/ \\/\|                  D.H Lawrence (1885-1930)
>    )/  '-'. . '. |  (i_O
>                                      Sop...@g-dav.demon.co.uk
I thing it looks a lot like a hard drive if u ask me ;-)
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KCSpindler <slo...@netcom.com> ASCII art 5 Aug 1996 00:00 · permalink
Steven Wolfe (scw...@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
: In <s4y...@g-dav.demon.co.uk> Savannah

: My turn!  My turn!  I've been dying to say this: I don't know about
: anyone else, but to me, the very first time I saw it, I thought for
: sure that it was a record player.  (Remember records?  Anyone remember
: what a record is?  Those big, black discs which had music on them,
: which when scratched went into an incessant "instant replay" mode?)

Where's the turn table?

: >>> >                            ___________________               __
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: >>> >                 __-------- --------__          \          / |__|=
: >>> >                / ___________________ \          \        /  
: >>> >               / /-------------------\ \          \______/
: >>> >              / /---------------------\ \
: >>> >             / /-----------------------\ \
: >>> >            / /_________________________\ \
: >>> >           /_______________________________\
: >>> >           |  ___________________________  |
: >>> >           | |___________________________| |
: >>> >           |_______________________________|
: >>> >            |_|                         |_|
: >>> >           /_o_\                       /_o_\
: >>> >           
: >>> 
: >>> Looks a little like the butcher block my Mom used to let me
: >>> sit on at the dinner table....ceptin, this was is electric
: >>> so it PULVERIZES the toast crusts that I shove under it!
: >>> 
: >>> (grin)
: >>> 
: >>>  - |\      _,,,--,,_  ,)--"Kristyne" on IRC Undernet #41plus--
: >>>   /,`.-'`'   -,  ;-;;'            clm...@sprynet.com          
: >>>  |,4-  ) )-,_ ) /\              My Web Pages are at URL:
: >>> '---''(_/--' (_/-'--http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/clm1948/--
: >>> 
: >>> 
: >>
-- 
                               slo...@netcom.com
            "when you're          __,,__,,__           you're     
           clinging to trees...     \\__||        clinging to glory."
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phil (Philip Kaulfuss) meinte am 27.07.96 zum Thema "Re: What is it ???" etwas schreiben zu m�ssen.
Dazu kann Mr.Ed es sich nicht verkneifen folgendes in die Tasten zu h�mmern...

PK> : Video Recorder?
PK> A toastie maker? ;)

A Video Toaster?

But how does a toasted video taste?

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llizard <by8...@freenet.toronto.on.ca> ASCII art 6 Aug 1996 00:00 · permalink

>> >On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Christine Mackley wrote:
>> >
>> >> >                            ___________________               __
>> >> >                           |                   \            _|  |=
>> >> >                 __-------- --------__          \          / |__|=
>> >> >                / ___________________ \          \        /
>> >> >               / /-------------------\ \          \______/
>> >> >              / /---------------------\ \
>> >> >             / /-----------------------\ \
>> >> >            / /_________________________\ \
>> >> >           /_______________________________\
>> >> >           |  ___________________________  |
>> >> >           | |___________________________| |
>> >> >           |_______________________________|
>> >> >            |_|                         |_|
>> >> >           /_o_\                       /_o_\
>> >> >
>> >>

It seems clear to me that it's a waffle iron. But where's the maple syrup?



                             llizard
                     by8...@freenet.toronto.on.ca

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Merrick Baldelli <mer...@america.net> ASCII art 6 Aug 1996 00:00 · permalink
scw...@ix.netcom.com(Steven Wolfe) wrote:

>sure that it was a record player.  (Remember records?  Anyone remember
>what a record is?  Those big, black discs which had music on them,
>which when scratched went into an incessant "instant replay" mode?)

	Aren't like records, prehistoric CD's or something???  <grinning>
Never heard of them..  Even though I'm older than dirt, I can't seem to
recall what LP's look like...  <chuckling>  Whoops, gave it away, didn't
I?

> >                            ___________________               __
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> >                 __-------- --------__          \          / |__|=
> >                / ___________________ \          \        /  
> >               / /-------------------\ \          \______/
> >              / /---------------------\ \
> >             / /-----------------------\ \
> >            / /_________________________\ \
> >           /_______________________________\
> >           |  ___________________________  |
> >           | |___________________________| |
> >           |_______________________________|
> >            |_|                         |_|
> >           /_o_\                       /_o_\
> >           

	I say that this looks more like a scanner with the top cover ripped
of..  oooh oooh ooh... I know what it is:  An electric skillet!!  Yeah!
My mother used to have one of those.  :-)


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rose (Dena Rose Beaman) meinte am 28.07.96 zum Thema "Re: What is it ???" etwas schreiben zu m�ssen.
Dazu kann Mr.Ed es sich nicht verkneifen folgendes in die Tasten zu h�mmern...

DRB> Looks kinda like an air hockey table to me..

But with a very big plug :-)


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