Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 27 Jul 1996.
What is it ???
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· 15 messages · 27 Jul 1996 - 12 Aug 1996
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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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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: > > ___________________ __ > | \ _| |= > __-------- --------__ \ / |__|= > / ___________________ \ \ / > / /-------------------\ \ \______/ > / /---------------------\ \ > / /-----------------------\ \ > / /_________________________\ \ > /_______________________________\ > | ___________________________ | > | |___________________________| | > |_______________________________| > |_| |_| > /_o_\ /_o_\ > > > 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 ... -- | ___ __ _ _ _ ___O___ ( / \ o / ( / / // // o \/|\/ / / __, _ ,_, __/ / / / __, // // , ( // (/\_/ (_/(_/ |/ (_(_/_ (_/_/ (_/(_(/_(/_/(_/_)_ \\ http://www.surfplaza.com/ | mailto:wal...@surfplaza.com
quite obvious to my devious mind its a vibratin bed ;- ) likes they used (maybe still do?) to have in cheap motels -- 0))______)> papaJ
Sophie <sop...@g-dav.demon.co.uk> wrote: > ___________________ __ > | \ _| |= > __-------- --------__ \ / |__|= > / ___________________ \ \ / > / /-------------------\ \ \______/ > / /---------------------\ \ > / /-----------------------\ \ > / /_________________________\ \ > /_______________________________\ > | ___________________________ | > | |___________________________| | > |_______________________________| > |_| |_| > /_o_\ /_o_\ > > >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 ... >-- > ,-~~-.___. Skydancer > / | ' \ > ( ) 0 > \_/-, ,----' ~The air of heaven is that which blows between > ==== // a horses ears. Arabian Proverb~ > / \-'~; /~~~(O) > / __/~| / | > =( _____| (_________| On the top-right there's a plug! ..don't ask me for the other stuff:) Alexio. -- ___________________________________________ | _N\ Alessio Roberti Vittory N\_ | | /_ | A.K.A. MoScHiNo | _\ | | B_||. aro...@it.oracle.com .||_E | | /_ | '. StaTEmEntS and .' | _\ | | 0_ m^^^' oPiNionS eXpRESsed '^^^m _O | | //_| aRe mY oWn |_\\ | -------------------------------------------
: Sophie <sop...@g-dav.demon.co.uk> wrote:
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Hmmm..... An electric ottoman?
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its scanner! 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/-- > >
> ___________________ __ > | \ _| |= > __-------- --------__ \ / |__|= > / ___________________ \ \ / > / /-------------------\ \ \______/ > / /---------------------\ \ > / /-----------------------\ \ > / /_________________________\ \ > /_______________________________\ > | ___________________________ | > | |___________________________| | > |_______________________________| > |_| |_| > /_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/--
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
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/-- >>> >>> >>
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 ;-) -- ''' (o o) +---------oOOO--(_)------------------+ | Chad Racine | | Beginner Ascii Artist | | Ram...@Together.Net | +----------------------oOOO----------+ |__|__| || || ooO Ooo
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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: >>> > __-------- --------__ \ / |__|=
: >>> > / ___________________ \ \ /
: >>> > / /-------------------\ \ \______/
: >>> > / /---------------------\ \
: >>> > / /-----------------------\ \
: >>> > / /_________________________\ \
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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/--
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: >>
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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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>> >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 ,^ ===%^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ " "
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? > > ___________________ __ > > | \ _| |= > > __-------- --------__ \ / |__|= > > / ___________________ \ \ / > > / /-------------------\ \ \______/ > > / /---------------------\ \ > > / /-----------------------\ \ > > / /_________________________\ \ > > /_______________________________\ > > | ___________________________ | > > | |___________________________| | > > |_______________________________| > > |_| |_| > > /_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. :-) ||| - _ 0 o C ^ D \O/ +---------oOOO-------OOOo--------+ | Merrick Baldelli | | mer...@america.net | |http://www.america.net/~merrickb| |__________________Oooo._________| .oooO ( ) ( ) ) / \ ( (_/ \_)
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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