Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 26 Jan 1999.
Martians: Foiled! --- old cartoon
alt.ascii-art
· 3 messages · 26 Jan 1999 - 27 Jan 1999
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// //~~\\ //~~\\ jro\\
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|||| |||| "So, Vzxall, what is this
(_)(_) (_)(_) example of Earth technology?"
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"This device is the primitive Earth
protoplasm beings' idea of a "computer."
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(_)(_) (_)(_)
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/____( )___( )____________/
// //~~\\ //~~\\ jro\\
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//\\ //\\ "Excellent! With this, we
|||| |||| should be able to interpet
(_)(_) (_)(_) their entire planetary network!"
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// \\__/ \\__// \ jro\\
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|||| |||| "Turn the device on."
(_)(_) (_)(_)
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// \\__// \\__// \ jro\\
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|||| |||| "Ah, yes! Their News Exchange.
(_)(_) (_)(_) Now we will learn all they know!"
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"What is this information, Wcxliz? It
does not appear to be News, at all."
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/\ /=========/ /
/ \__/___\__/_/ /
/____( )___( )____________/
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// \\__// \\__// jro\\
//\\ //\\
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(_)(_) (_)(_)
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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/____( )___( )____________/
// //~~\\ //~~\\ \\
// \\__// \\__// \ jro \\
//\\ //\\ \
|||| |||| "It says... "This is not a scam,
(_)(_) (_)(_) send $5 and make $50,000 in one
week, guaranteed."
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"Hhmmmm..... Foiled again! These dastardly
Terran Earth protobeings have encoded all
vital information behind some MLM garbage!"
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/ \__/___\__/_/ /
/____(oo)___(oo)____________/
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// \\__// \\__// jro \\
//\\ //\\
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(_)(_) (_)(_)
end?end?end?end?end?end?end?end?end?end?end?end?end?
end?end?end?end?end?end?end?end?end?end?end?end?end?
Jonathon R. Oglesbee
oglesbee@
mail.fullnet.net
Pretty good... Why don't you try making a caption in newer posting? JRO
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/ /_______\/|__|/ /\
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/ /=========/ /
/ \__/___\__/_/ /
/____( )___( )____________/
// //~~\\ //~~\\ jr0\\
// \\__// \\__// \ \\
//\\ //\\ \
|||| |||| "So, Vinod, what is this
(_)(_) (_)(_) example of Earth technology?"
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]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
___
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/_____ /|| ||
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"This device is the primitive Earth
protoplasm beings' idea of a "computer."
\ / /_______\/|__|/ /\
\/ _________ /
/\ /=========/ /
/ \__/___\__/_/ /
/____( )___( )____________/
// //~~\\ //~~\\ \\
// \\__// \\__// jr0\\
//\\ //\\
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(_)(_) (_)(_)
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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___|| ||||==||_________
/ ||_____||||__|| /
/ /_______\/|__|/ /\
/ _________ /
/ /=========/ /
/ \__/___\__/_/ /
/____( )___( )____________/
// //~~\\ //~~\\ jr0\\
// \\__// \\__// \ \\
//\\ //\\ "Excellent! With this, we
|||| |||| should be able to interpet
(_)(_) (_)(_) their entire planetary network!"
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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/ ||_____||||__|| /
/ /_______\/|__|/ /\
/ _________ /
/ //}=======/ /
/ \__/\\_\__/_/ /
/____( )//_( )____________/
// //~~ / //~~\\ \\
// \\__/ \\__// \ jr0\\
//\\ //\\ \
|||| |||| "Turn the device on."
(_)(_) (_)(_)
[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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___|| BSOD||||==||_________
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/ \__/___\__/_/ /
/____( )___( )____________/
// //~~\\ //~~\\ \\
// \\__// \\__// \ jr0\\
//\\ //\\ \
|||| |||| "Ah, yes! Their proprietary Microslog OS.
(_)(_) (_)(_) So the proletariat is *that* ignorant."
[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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/_____ /|| ||
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___|| ||||==||_________
/ ||_____||||__|| /
/ /_______\/|__|/ /\
/ _________ /
/ /=========/ /
/ \__/___\__/_/ /
/____( )___( )____________/
// //~~\\ //~~\\ \\
// \\__// \\__// \ jr0\\
//\\ //\\ \
|||| |||| "Ah, yes! Their News Exchange.
(_)(_) (_)(_) Now we will learn all they know!"
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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"What is this information, Vinod? It
does not appear to be News, at all."
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\/ _________ /
/\ /=========/ /
/ \__/___\__/_/ /
/____( )___( )____________/
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//\\ //\\
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(_)(_) (_)(_)
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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___||wid '||||==||_________
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/ _________ /
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/____( )___( )____________/
// //~~\\ //~~\\ \\
// \\__// \\__// \ jr0 \\
//\\ //\\ \
|||| |||| "It appears to be fake dialect flamebait posted
(_)(_) (_)(_) by a lamer with a copy of Microslog Outlook."
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]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
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___|| ||||==||_________
"Hhmmmm..... Foiled again! These dastardly
Terran Earth protobeings have avoided all semblence of
intelligence in their evolutionary development! Let's go home."
\ /=========/ /
/ \__/___\__/_/ /
/____(oo)___(oo)____________/
// //~~\\ //~~\\ \\
// \\__// \\__// jr0 \\
//\\ //\\
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(_)(_) (_)(_)
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