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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 15 Jul 1998.
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elephants

elephants

alt.ascii-art · 12 messages · 15 Jul 1998 - 18 Jul 1998
llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> ASCII art 15 Jul 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Yesterday, I was in Veronica's chatroom
(http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/) chatting with Maija and she
posted an excellent elephant. (I'm very sorry that I didn't save it at
the time.) I dredged up my elephant parade to show her and then got
started on making more elephants:

African elephants:

        _______/\-,     _______/`-,     _______/`-,
      ~(      { C .`  ~(      { C .`  ~(      { C .`
       |\ \__| \/,= |  | |____|\/,= |  |  |__| \/,= |
  ejm  |_\_\ |_|\_\ J  |_|_|/_|_|   J  /_/_| |_|\_\ J

Indian elephants:

        _______.--,     _______.--,     _______.--,
      ~(       {c .`  ~(       {c .`  ~(       {c .`
       |\ \__|   ,= |  | |____|  ,= |  |  |__|   ,= |
  ejm  |_\_\ |_|\_\ J  |_|_|/_|_|   J  /_/_| |_|\_\ J


    _
   ;c) ,--.______
   .`-'. o}      )~
    `- =,  |__|  |
ejm   /_/|_| |_\_\

           .--.
       __{c.  .o}
     ~(    (\ !_c)
  ejm | |__| `--'
      |_|| |_|_|

           .--.
         {c.  .o}___
           ,! !)    )~
  ejm      | !!___| |
           |_|J_\|_\_\


                   .-.
        _______.--,   : 
      ~(       {c .`-'. 
       |  |__|   ,= -'
ejm    /_/_| |_|\_\


                  .-.
                 !   :'
        _______.!!,_,': 
      ~(      !{c!. ,' 
       |  |__| ! ,=
ejm    /_/_| |_|\_\


Maija thought they might make a good sig:

     _______.--,                                      ,--._______
   ~(       {c .`             name                   '.  o}      )~
    |  |__|   ,= |           e-mail               (_/,=,   |___| |
ejm /_/_| |_|\_\ J          web site                  /_/|_| |_|_|

Then I thought I'd make a little watering hole scene:

                                  # #### ####
                                ### \/#|### |/####
                               ##\/#/ \||/##/_/##/_#
                  .-.        ###  \/###|/ \/ # ###
                 !   :'    ##_\_#\_\## | #/###_/_####
        _______.!!,_,':   ## #### # \ #| /  #### ##/## 
      ~(      !{c!. ,'     __#_--###`  |{,###---###-~ 
       |  |__| ! ,=                  \ }{
ejm    /_/_| |_|\_\                   }}{
               ,,  ```,               }}{
             ,'   ~~~  `,,            {{}
            ;  ~~   ~~~   `,,   , -=-~{ .-^- _
            ;      ~~~      ;         `}
             ;       **    ;           {
              ,,,,,,,//((''

I wanted to add more elephants but decided the tree got in the way:
                        .--.
                    __{c.  .o}
                  ~(    (\ !_c)
                   | |__| `--'
                   |_|| |_|_|
        _______.--,                _
      ~(       {c .`     )/,\//,, ;c) ,--.______
       |  |__|   ,= | ,,'         .`-'. o}      )~
       /_/_| |_|\_\ J        .-.   `- =,  |__|  |
               ,,           !   :'  ~/ /|_| |_\_\
             ,'    _______.!!,_,':  ~~~,
            ;    ~(      !{c!. ,'      ;     ,--._______
            ;     |  |__| ! ,=          ;   '.  o}      )~
             ;  ~~'~~~~~'~'`~`~~        ;(_/,=,   |___| |
              ,                     ,,)'     /_/|_| |_|_|
      .--.     ',ejm,,//((,,\\(///,'
    {c.  .o}___
      ,! !)    )~
      | !!___| |
      |_|J_\|_\_\


NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address that you
see. If you are e-mailing me and hit the reply button, add an "e"
to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
--
llizard aka ejm  cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca    ha             ,^
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/   ha ---%^^^^^^^^^^
ASCII-ar+, ASCII and gif anima+ions            ha  /   "    "

Paul <ELP...@MamboSpambo.sheffield.ac.uk> ASCII art 15 Jul 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
A quick 'toon borrowing odds and sods from Llizard and Pete Casso.
Hope you don't mind guys...

Elephant is walking home from his local watering hole when FLASHER-STEIN
leaps leaps out from the middle of nowhere... 

---------------------------------------------------------
[]                                                     []
[]                       __________________________    []
[]                      / Biddle-iddle-iddle-iddle-\   []
[]                      \__iddle_iddle-iddle!!!____/   []
[]                            |/                       []
[]           .--.                                      []
[]       __{c.  .o}         _==_                       []
[]     ~(    (\ !_c)        >" )                       []
[]      | |__| `--'        <(, )>                      []
[]      |_|| |_|_|           ^^                        []
[]                                                     []
---------------------------------------------------------
[]                                                     []
[]                                                     []
[]            ___                                      []
[]           /   \                                     []
[]           \/7 /                                     []
[]             L'                                      []
[]             ()                                      []
[]                                                     []
[]           .--.                                      []
[]       __{c.  .o}         _===_                       []
[]     ~(    (\ !_c)        ('v')                       []
[]      | |__| `--'        <( , )>                      []
[]      |_|| |_|_|           ^^                        []
[]                                                     []
[]                                                     []
---------------------------------------------------------
[]                                                     []
[]             _____________________                   []
[]            /  Blimey! How do you \                  []
[]           | breathe through that? |                 []
[]            \_____  ______________/                  []    
[]                  |/                                 []
[]           .--.                                      []
[]       __{c.  .o}         _==_                       []
[]     ~(    (\ !_c)        <" )                       []
[]      | |__| `--'        <(, )>                      []
[]      |_|| |_|_|           ^^                        []
[]                                                     []
[]                                                     []
[]                                                     []
---------------------------------------------------------



       `   `       `    `
         `     `      `
       `   `  \/////      `
              < oO >   `          Paul Applewhite
       `      /""""\      `
          .oO/\____/\Oo. `        Sheffield University
        `    ( \__/ )     `
            =|\____/|=    `       ELP96PFA_AT_Sheffield_DOT_ac_DOT_uk
       `      \|\\|/    `
           `   |//|  `    `
        `      '..'     `  always bleedin' rainin'

In article <35A...@iNOdirect.ca>, 
llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> writes:
>Indian elephants:
>
>        _______.--,     _______.--,     _______.--,
>      ~(       {c .`  ~(       {c .`  ~(       {c .`
>       |\ \__|   ,= |  | |____|  ,= |  |  |__|   ,= |
>  ejm  |_\_\ |_|\_\ J  |_|_|/_|_|   J  /_/_| |_|\_\ J



   
   Nah -- way too big, even for elephants.


-- 
  
 ('U~~]  ('U~~]    ('V~~}-.  ('v~}.     ('u~]    ('u~}.    art after
 J H~~H` J H~~H` ._/ H~'H    j l~l      j |~|`   ! |~|     d.n.maltz

 if you make it idiot proof, someone will just produce a better idiot....

Cyd <cy...@rci.rutgers.edu> 16 Jul 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
>>  if you make it idiot proof, someone will just produce a better idiot....

>Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
>bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce
>bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning.

>SCNR

>	Faroul

Oh don't tell me that. I just finished teaching a Netscape class... Imagine
someone needing a class to figure out what "point and click" means...

llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> ASCII art 16 Jul 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <V7O...@xemu.demon.co.uk>, Dave Bird---St Hippo of
Augustine <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> In article <35A...@iNOdirect.ca>,
> llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> writes:
> >Indian elephants:
> >
> >        _______.--,     _______.--,     _______.--,
> >      ~(       {c .`  ~(       {c .`  ~(       {c .`
> >       |\ \__|   ,= |  | |____|  ,= |  |  |__|   ,= |
> >  ejm  |_\_\ |_|\_\ J  |_|_|/_|_|   J  /_/_| |_|\_\ J
> 
> 
>    Nah -- way too big, even for elephants.
> 
> --
> 
>  ('U~~]  ('U~~]    ('V~~}-.  ('v~}.     ('u~]    ('u~}.    art after
>  J H~~H` J H~~H` ._/ H~'H    j l~l      j |~|`   ! |~|     d.n.maltz
.
         ___ ha  !/\
       _/  ha ---%^^^,
      |_____|ha / \/ >
        ---  ==     >
      [_____]    __>,^
  ejm  |   |    //| |

Quite right Dave. However, here is Maija's elephant -- even larger than
mine.
     __
   .' .7      .-._._
 ." ."    _._' ."   ".
(  {   _."   "` ,-.   '
`.  `""   6'      .'  '                     &
  "._               .'___..--..._       _.-"
     "-..._        """           ""-.--"
          ;                          `.
          j                           ;
         .'                           j
         '    ,..____     __,..._    .'
         `    `  :   """""   .'  Y   :
          `.   `.:         ,"   .:   ;
            `.   ",      .'   .' :   :
             :`.,:        `.."   ;   :
             :...:               :...; mh

More of Maija's artwork can be seen at
http://www.angelfire.com/mn/Maija/asciiart.html

If you have suggestions for alteration of her elephant, you can e-mail
her at:
       . .     _         . +
|)) (| | | (| (a' \^/ |` | | (' |)) (' . ( () |))
         |
that's "writeme.com"


NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address that you
see. If you are e-mailing me and hit the reply button, add an "e"
to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
--
llizard aka ejm  cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca    ha             ,^
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/   ha ---%^^^^^^^^^^
ASCII-ar+, ASCII and gif anima+ions            ha  /   "    "

llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> ASCII art 16 Jul 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <35A...@MamboSpambo.sheffield.ac.uk>, Paul
<ELP...@MamboSpambo.sheffield.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> A quick 'toon borrowing odds and sods from Llizard and Pete Casso.
> Hope you don't mind guys...
> 
> Elephant is walking home from his local watering hole when FLASHER-STEIN
> leaps leaps out from the middle of nowhere...
[snip]
> []                                                     []
> []             _____________________                   []
> []            /  Blimey! How do you \                  []
> []           | breathe through that? |                 []
> []            \_____  ______________/                  []    
> []                  |/                                 []
> []           .--.                                      []
> []       __{c.  .o}         _==_                       []
> []     ~(    (\ !_c)        <" )                       []
> []      | |__| `--'        <(, )>                      []
> []      |_|| |_|_|           ^^                        []
> []                                                     []
> []                                                     []
> []                                                     []
> ---------------------------------------------------------
[snip]
>  Paul Applewhite
>  Sheffield University
>  ELP96PFA_AT_Sheffield_DOT_ac_DOT_uk

Cute cartoon, Paul.

  ^^^^%---
   "   \ Mind? Only that you forgot to put in the credits.

[]                                                     []
[]             _______________________                 []
[]            /  Blimey! How did I    \                []
[]           | get in the same cartoon |               []
[]           | as that infamous bird?  |               []
[]            \_____  ________________/                []    
[]                  |/                                 []
[]           .--.                                      []
[]       __{c.  .o}         _==_                       []
[]     ~(    (\ !_c)        <" )                       []
[]      | |__| `--'        <(, )>                      []
[]      |_|| |_|_|           ^^                        []
[]                                                     []
[]                                                     []
[] elephant by ejm                  bird by petecasso  []
---------------------------------------------------------


NOTE: I do not pick up my mail from the idirect address that you
see. If you are e-mailing me and hit the reply button, add an "e"
to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers.
--
llizard aka ejm  cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca    ha             ,^
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/   ha ---%^^^^^^^^^^
ASCII-ar+, ASCII and gif anima+ions            ha  /   "    "

Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 16 Jul 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
>Message-id: <35A...@iNOdirect.ca>
>     __
>   .' .7      .-._._
> ." ."    _._' ."   ".
>(  {   _."   "` ,-.   '
>`.  `""   6'      .'  '                     &
>  "._               .'___..--..._       _.-"
>     "-..._        """           ""-.--"
>          ;                          `.
>          j                           ;
>         .'                           j
>         '    ,..____     __,..._    .'
>         `    `  :   """""   .'  Y   :
>          `.   `.:         ,"   .:   ;
>            `.   ",      .'   .' :   :
>             :`.,:        `.."   ;   :
>             :...:               :...; mh
>
>More of Maija's artwork can be seen at
>http://www.angelfire.com/mn/Maija/asciiart.html

that is cute...
reminds me of morfina's cute eles..
     __                 
    '. \                
     '- \               
      / /_         .---.
     / | \\,.\/--.//    )
     |  \//        )/  / 
      \  ' ^ ^    /    )____.----..  6
       '.____.    .___/            \._) 
          .\/.                      )
           '\                       /
           _/ \/    ).        )    (
          /#  .!    |        /\    /
          \  C// #  /'-----''/ #  / 
       .   'C/ |    |    |   |    |mrf  ,
       \), .. .'OOO-'. ..'OOO'OOO-'. ..\(,
                           ____
                      .---'-    \
         .-----------/           \
        /           (         ^  |   __
   &   (             \        O  /  / .'
   '._/(              '-'  (.   (_.' /
        \                    \     ./
         |    |       |    |/ '._.'
          )   @).____\|  @ |
      .  /    /       (    | mrf
     \|, '_:::\  . ..  '_:::\ ..\).

     __
 .--()�'.'
'|, . ,'    here's a little one...
 !_-(_\   mrf

--joan
-- 
           .-~~-. .--.
          /      /   "\  /|        joan stark
         /    \ |  \   \//     spu...@juno.com
        |/\    | \_/-'..'
        A |   /  ||            ASCII ART GALLERY:
 jgs      |__||__||       http://www.ascii-art.com

Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine (dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk) schrieb:
>  if you make it idiot proof, someone will just produce a better idiot....

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce
bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning.

SCNR

	Faroul
-- 
            Henning `Faroul' Peters  -  far...@beyond.kn-bremen.de
   http://www.beyond.kn-bremen.de  -  PBeMs, Rollenspiel, LARP, DragonDice
        Nichts ist so einfach, da� man es nicht falsch machen k�nnte.

Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca> ASCII art 16 Jul 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
LOL! LOL! I award 4 Frogsteins!

   .oo    .oo    .oo    .oo 
  (  -)  (  -)  (  -)  (  -)
   " "    " "    " "    " " 

I will post a diddle to a diddle shortly! LOL!

===========================================================
[]                                                       []
[]     ,,   (__)    As bride and groom we hail           []
[]    ( ">  <" )    all devils with but one tail         []
[]   ,(> )><( <),                                        []
[]  (  ^^    ^^  )  http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/  []
[]                                                       []
===========================================================

> ---------------------------------------------------------
> []                                                     []
> []             _____________________                   []
> []            /  Blimey! How do you \                  []
> []           | breathe through that? |                 []
> []            \_____  ______________/                  []
> []                  |/                                 []
> []           .--.                                      []
> []       __{c.  .o}         _==_                       []
> []     ~(    (\ !_c)        <" )                       []
> []      | |__| `--'        <(, )>                      []
> []      |_|| |_|_|           ^^                        []
> []                                                     []
> []                                                     []
> []                                                     []
> ---------------------------------------------------------

Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca> ASCII art 17 Jul 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Another diddle, but I won't make it into a cartoon, it could be considered
infamy  ;-))

===========================================================
[]                                                       []
[]     ,,   (__)    As bride and groom we hail           []
[]    ( ">  <" )    all devils with but one tail         []
[]   ,(> )><( <),                                        []
[]  (  ^^    ^^  )  http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/  []
[]                                                       []
===========================================================

                   Do you breathe through that?
                  /
                 /       Do you pee through that?
> []        .--.          \                              []
> []    __{c.  .o}         _==_                          []
> []  ~(    (\ !_c)        <" )                          []
> []   | |__| `--'        <(, )>                         []
> []   |_|| |_|_|           ^^                           []
> []                                                     []
> []                                                     []
> [] elephant by ejm                  bird by petecasso  []
> ---------------------------------------------------------

Carl R. White <crw...@comp.brad.ac.uk> ASCII art 17 Jul 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
> Oh don't tell me that. I just finished teaching a Netscape class... Imagine
> someone needing a class to figure out what "point and click" means...

Have you ever tried to get someone who's never used a mouse before to use
one?

They try to use it in many ways:

Some try to use it as a "light pen" by "pointing" it at the screen and
pressing buttons in the hope that something happens.

Some use it as a pedal (go figure).

Other tend to misorientate the mouse and wonder why things don't work.

*Then* when they finally get it right, they still haven't learned the art
of picking the mouse up from the edge they've reached with it an placing
it back in the middle of the mat for further movement. They tend to move
for inches of table space off of the mouse mat. And if you've got an
optical mouse... :)

Oops no ascii... Rectification follows...
 _____________________
|\                   /|
| \_________________/ |
| |        o        | |
| |  o o  ooo  o o  | |
| |__Y_Y_ooooo_Y_Y__| |
|./  ....           \.|
|"""""""""""""""""""""|
|  Coconut Shy - crw  |
 `-------------------'
-- 
Carl R White
E-mail...: cyr...@-bigfoot.com              / Remove the hyphens before
Finger...: crw...@-dcsun1.comp.brad.ac.uk \ mailing or fingering...
Url......: http://www.bigfoot.com/~cyrek/

In article <6oltbn$eoc$1...@niflheim.rutgers.edu>, Cyd wrote:
>>>  if you make it idiot proof, someone will just produce a better idiot...
>
>>Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build
>>bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce
>>bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning.
>
>>SCNR
>
>>	Faroul
>
>Oh don't tell me that. I just finished teaching a Netscape class... Imagine
>someone needing a class to figure out what "point and click" means...

Don't panic. 
      More idiots ==  
More jobs  == 
      More money.

Regards,
  Staszek  


 

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