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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 11 Nov 1994.
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Toastman, what is picture?

Toastman, what is picture?

alt.ascii-art · 1 message · 11 Nov 1994
In article <dante-0911940225360001@mac_4a_175.ecte.uswc.uswest.com>,
Cerberus <dan...@9th.circle.hell.com> wrote:
>jdo...@ucrmath.ucr.edu (james dolan) wrote:
>> kyles smith writes:
>> ->-- 
>> ->    __o  |     Powdered Toast Man <toa...@armory.com>     |   _  o
>> -> _-\_<,  |            <256...@ef.gc.maricopa.edu>            |  |<)_/#
>> ->(*)/'(*) | I almost met Elvis once, but my shovel broke. :) |  TT  <T
>> -
>> -Hi there.  I am having trouble interpreting your icon pictures.  Due to
>> -a severe fever when I was young, the part of my brain which turns ascii
>> -character montages into identifiable images is no longer operative.  I
>> no, it's a picture of someone driving a snowplow.
>
>I'm still waiting for Powdered Toast Man (PTM) to explain the dessicated 
>ribcage of the graphic. As a gesture of courtesy if nothing else. C'mon, 
>PTM, have mercy and enlighten us!

I found it in a small ASCII pics collection at a gopher site in Alabama.  It
looked to me like a guy sitting at a computer.
  _                             o
 |<)_  Computer with keyboard  _/# Guy sitting at it, typing.
 TT                             <T

A bit obscure, the computer, but the overall image, should have triggered
something.
-- 
    __o  |     Powdered Toast Man <toa...@armory.com>     |   _  o
 _-\_<,  |            <256...@ef.gc.maricopa.edu>            |  |<)_/#
(*)/'(*) | I almost met Elvis once, but my shovel broke. :) |  TT  <T

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