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alt.ascii-art · 25 messages · 24 Mar 1995 - 25 Aug 1998
Yes it's crude.........
anyone have a suggestions for a canoe that I could add to my .sig?

Thanks


--
ray evans,bruderheim,ab            | "No matter where you go,
email:can...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca |         there you are."
                _____              |             -Buckaroo Bonzai
   (===========<_____)             |

Could someone help with a .signature-sized picture of a teddy bear? 
Please e-mail me at the address below.  Thanks!
Judy
spl...@teleview.com.sg

-- 
Regards, Judy  :-)

Quartz <qua...@ledge.com> 13 Oct 1996 00:00 · permalink · report
Hello everyone,

Unless you are brand new to the internet (and even if you are - this
can be of value, so read on) then I'm sure by now you've seen the
"turn $5 into $50,000" plan that has been posted in Usenet Newsgroups.
Is this legal?  Let's look at that for a minute.

This asks you to send $1 to be added to a list.  Many people have
bashed this plan as being illegal, but it is not - IF FOLLOWED
CORRECTLY.  If you are getting value for the $1 sent, it does not fall
under the USPS "Pyramid Scheme" or "Chain Letter".  So follow these
instructions to the tee and don't be fooled or discouraged by those
who will blast the message across the net "THIS IS ILLEGAL!"

Does it work?  You bet.  I've filed away $2,457 in 3 weeks.  And given
more time, there will be plenty more.  Read on!

You will need $5, five postage stamps, (postage varies depending on
your country) and your computer.  Now that is hardly a risky
investment is it?  Everyone who tries this will make much, much more
than that, so what have you got to loose?  

=====================================================
First -  Type or write your name and address on 5 separate pieces of
paper with the words "PLEASE ADD ME TO YOUR MAILING LIST". Fold a $1
bill or money order in each of the pieces of paper, place them in 5
envelopes and mail one to each of the following five addresses:

1- Ken Rose
   5815 Parfet St.
   Arvada, CO. 80004

2- Robert Knowlton
   PO Box 924
   Concord, NH 03302-0924

3- JCL
   1313 Wake Forest Dr. #125
   Davis, CA 95616

4- RFP
   9594 1st Ave, NE, #423
   Seattle, WA   98115

4- JJC
   1770 Glenmore Ave
   East Meadow, NY 11554


Second - Now remove the 1st name on the list, move the other 4 names
up (5 becomes 4, 4 becomes 3 etc.) and put your name and address as
number 5 on the list.  You can do this by re-typing this article or
simply editing it in a word processor.

Third - Post your amended article to at least 200 Usenet news groups
(there are over 20,000 of them).

Fourth - As you receive money in the mail (as a result of being on
lists posted on Usenet groups), you will keep track of them and begin
building a database or list of the addresses.  This address list will
become your master mailing list.

Fifth - Once your master mailing list is sizable (which it very soon
will be) send it to each person who sent you $1 (these are your
agents). Mailing Lists are of great value to marketing brokers in your
area (they can be found in your phone book).  You and your agents will
be able to sell your mailing lists for cash.  These mailing lists are
especially valuable to marketing brokers because they contain only
people who (a) have computer access and (b) have internet access.
10,000 names can easily draw five hundred dollars.

Important Note - The 4th and 5th steps separate this from an ordinary
"pyramid scheme" or "chain letter" and make this an honest business
opportunity.  Hence the importance of following these procedures
exactly.  

That's it - you are now in the Mail Order Investment Business.  You
will start receiving $1 returns by mail within a week or two. The more
newsgroups you post to, the greater your returns will be.  You may
even want to rent a P O Box to handle the volume of mail you're likely
to receive.  And you will receive further returns when you go to sell
your mailing list.

If you wish to remain anonymous, you can use a pseudonym such as "The
Manager" or "The Investor", but make sure your snail mail address is
correct!

How does this work?

Of every 200 postings you make you'll receive an average of 5 replies
(or five dollars).  Ok that may not seem like much but read on.... 

Each person who sends you $1 also makes - let's say - 200 additional
postings WITH YOUR NAME AT NUMBER 4, i.e. 1000 postings.  On average
therefore, 50 people will send you $1 with your name at number 4. You
then make $50.  And so on as you move up the list....

So you can see how the volume will build quickly.  And when you drop
off the list - simply start over!

Remember, this only costs Five dollars, 5 postage stamps and some
online time.  So what are you waiting for?

You may be thinking "This has been around a while - What happens if
this is 'played out" and no one sends me any money"?  Big deal - so
you lose $5 - but what are the chances of that happening?  Not very
likely with hundreds of thousands of new people joining the internet
every month!

Remember, follow the instructions and play fair - send those 5
one-dollar bills (this process is based on honesty and it won't work
if you cheat on the initial investment).  See you in Barbados!!

llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> ASCII art 16 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <35d...@news.vossnet.net>, zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz
(Martin Atkins) wrote:
> 
> I was a bit bored so I wrote this...
> 
> alt.ascii-art - By Martin Atkins
> --------------------------------
> 
> In the alt heirachy of usenet
> There`s a group and many people use it.
[snip]
> ~---,
>      \_,^%---
>       />  \   Then there`s the artist known as ejm,
>   ___/ >      Llizard is her actual name,
>  (# o) >      She makes tiny art and animations,
>   '-~ /|^^    and these things cause revalations!
>       | \ ejm
> 
> I`m sorry I don`t have time too write about you all,
> it`s just a poem, no hard feelings and all?
> If you want to write a verse all about you...
> feel free, just send me any thing new.
> I`ll add it into the poem just here,
> And your name will be remembered year after year.
> If you think my poem is slightly silly...
> I don`t care, I wrote it willy nilly!
> 
> So now you know about alt.ascii-art,
> which we all love, each one with our heart.
> Please look at the art, and do come back...
> Oh yeah, and read the FAQing FAQ!
> 
> ----------------------------------
>   Copyright Martin Atkins 1998
>     This poem may be freely
>  distributed, so long as this
>     message remains intact
>   Thank`s to Colin Douthwaite
>  for his ascii artists gallery -
>  without him the pics wouldn`t
>       have been possible.
> ----------------------------------
> 
> I hope those that didn`t get a mention won`t take it the wrong way, a lot of
> people I tried but couldn`t think of any rhymes!
> If you want to write/rewrite and entry, just gimme an email! :o)
> 
> |\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
> |  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com

Martin, I'm honoured to have been included. Thank you. But I feel there
has been a grave omission:

I'm not sure how to pronounce Joris' name so here are two possibilities:

1.)
                                        ` ,
                                      ,\, #
                                      |/  ?
                                      | ~ )
                                      /__/|
                                    ____| |____
                                   /    |_/    \
                                  / \`   o    '-,
                                 /  <_ ___,_  |_/\  _
                                |___/_____  \-'----'\|/-----.
  You'll be in love,                 |    \/| b'ger         |
      you can be sure,               '===x|                 |
  With the works of                  ,/  ||  .    _///_,    |
              J B'ger                |   -|.     / ` ' '>   |
                                     |    | )   o'  __/_'>  |
                                     |    |(   /  _/  )_\'> |
                                     |    | ' "__/   /_/\_> |
                                     '\_  |     ____/_/_/_/ |
                                     | -  |    /,---, _/ /  |
                                     |    |   ""  /_/_/_/   |
                                     |    |      /_(_(_(_   |
                                     |,   |     (   \_\_\\_ |
                                     /__ .|______\'__\_\_\_\|
                                      /x \ / x\
                                     /x o' 'o x\
                                    /_.'     '._\
                                                  Joris Bellenger

2.)

                                        ` ,
                                      ,\, #
                                      |/  ?
                                      | ~ )
  You'll see a tasteful display       /__/|
  from the incomparable J B'ger     ____| |____
                                   /    |_/    \
                                  / \`   o    '-,
                                 /  <_ ___,_  |_/\  _
                                |___/_____  \-'----'\|/-----.
                                     |    \/| b'ger         |
                                     '===x|                 |
                                     ,/  ||  .    _///_,    |
                                     |   -|.     / ` ' '>   |
                                     |    | )   o'  __/_'>  |
                                     |    |(   /  _/  )_\'> |
                                     |    | ' "__/   /_/\_> |
                                     '\_  |     ____/_/_/_/ |
                                     | -  |    /,---, _/ /  |
                                     |    |   ""  /_/_/_/   |
                                     |    |      /_(_(_(_   |
                                     |,   |     (   \_\_\\_ |
                                     /__ .|______\'__\_\_\_\|
                                      /x \ / x\
                                     /x o' 'o x\
                                    /_.'     '._\
                                                   Joris Bellenger


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
     _/   |    ,^%---                
    |_____|  __<_ \ It's my guess that the 2nd one is
correct.            
      --- ==   >/                 
    [_____]  __>,^            ASCII-ar+, ASCII & gif anima+ions
  ejm|   |  //| |          www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/

Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 16 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
I was a bit bored so I wrote this...


alt.ascii-art - By Martin Atkins
--------------------------------

In the alt heirachy of usenet
There`s a group and many people use it.
The group is called alt.ascii-art
And us people love it with all our heart.

Many people hang around and some more than most,
while a lot just lurk there are many who post.
Here is a list of just some of the posters,
and what sort of stuff they tend to post most (ers)      <g>

     .{{}}}}}}.
    {{{{{}}}}}}}.
   {{{{  }}}}}}}}}    First one of all is Joan G Stark,
  }}}}} _   _ {{{{{   Undesputed queen of ascii art.
  }}}}  6   6  {{{{   Her pictures are absolutely brill,
 {{{{{    ^    }}}}}  her whole gallery shows such skill.
{{{{{{\  -=-  /}}}}}}
{{{{{{{;.___.;}}}}}}}
 {{{{{{{)   (}}}}}}}'
  `""'"':   :'"'"'`
jgs      `@`


       __.------._
     .' -|  -   . `.
    / '.' `-. `     \
   /  /      `.  ` \ \
  |  /         `.  \  |
  |  |           `.   | Next up is Veronica Karlsson, the chat room maker,
  |  |.---.   .---.\  | Hopefully I`ll see you in the chat room later!
  | ||><@> ) ( <@><|` | A FreeBSD user who often gets flack
  |  |     / \     || | from Windows users who`s IQs lack.
  |  |    ((_))    |  |
  | `|`  /     \  '|  |
  |  |   _.---._   |  |
  /  \    `---'    /  |
 /    `.    "    .'   \
/ / | | `-.___.-' ||   \


      ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
     {;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;}
   {;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;}
  {;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;}
{|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||} Colin Douthwaite is a bit of all,
{|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||} his posts really say it all.
{|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||} He`s collector, contributor and artist too,
  |               /~~\      |   And unmunging addresses he don`t want to do.
  =                ;) |     |
/_                 \_/     |
 ///                      |
 ~~~                     |
  /                    |
 /_____              |
       \          /    -cfbd-

   ,a@@@@@@@@@m.
 ,@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@.
J@@P':..    ..:`W@  Matthew Thomas is the FAQ maintainer,
@@@':;;..  ..;;::@) and more than that, he`s a pic creator!
\@!:<#OK>::<4O#>.@  He`s made a lot of stunning pics, on that you can bet,
|.::"??";  `???.:"\ and a wonderful poem about spam on the net.
`._::..:_ee_...::_/
   \:..______,::/
    \::..  ...:/
     `-:____:-'mt-3


Pete Casso is the inventor of the 'stein'
And his characters are absolutely fine!             oo.   oo.   oo.   oo.
Frogstein and Birdstein are the main ones' names   (-  ) (-  ) (-  ) (-  )
and they get up to all sorts of fascinating games.  " "   " "   " "   " "

    ,-.-"".
  ,//(((((\\.  Flump is an artist who specialises in cute,
 ((( (o O) ))) although a few of her pics were very, er, nute!
 _)))  -   |(_ She has a rainbow coloured ascii website,
._//\-._,-/\\_.which if looked at too long might warp your eyesight!
`-'_/`,-.'\-`-'
 ,' \/===\/  `.

~---,
     \_,^%---
      />  \   Then there`s the artist known as ejm,
  ___/ >      Llizard is her actual name,
 (# o) >      She makes tiny art and animations,
  '-~ /|^^    and these things cause revalations!
      | \ ejm

I`m sorry I don`t have time too write about you all,
it`s just a poem, no hard feelings and all?
If you want to write a verse all about you...
feel free, just send me any thing new.
I`ll add it into the poem just here,
And your name will be remembered year after year.
If you think my poem is slightly silly...
I don`t care, I wrote it willy nilly!

So now you know about alt.ascii-art,
which we all love, each one with our heart.
Please look at the art, and do come back...
Oh yeah, and read the FAQing FAQ!

----------------------------------
  Copyright Martin Atkins 1998
    This poem may be freely
 distributed, so long as this
    message remains intact
  Thank`s to Colin Douthwaite
 for his ascii artists gallery -
 without him the pics wouldn`t
      have been possible.
----------------------------------

I hope those that didn`t get a mention won`t take it the wrong way, a lot of
people I tried but couldn`t think of any rhymes!
If you want to write/rewrite and entry, just gimme an email! :o)

|\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
|  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 17 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

llizard wrote:

[snip]


> > I hope those that didn`t get a mention won`t take it the wrong way, a lot of
> > people I tried but couldn`t think of any rhymes!
> > If you want to write/rewrite and entry, just gimme an email! :o)
> >
> > |\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
> > |  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com
>
> Martin, I'm honoured to have been included. Thank you. But I feel there
> has been a grave omission:
>
> I'm not sure how to pronounce Joris' name so here are two possibilities:
>
> 1.)
>                                         ` ,
>                                       ,\, #
>                                       |/  ?
>                                       | ~ )
>                                       /__/|
>                                     ____| |____
>                                    /    |_/    \
>                                   / \`   o    '-,
>                                  /  <_ ___,_  |_/\  _
>                                 |___/_____  \-'----'\|/-----.
>   You'll be in love,                 |    \/| b'ger         |
>       you can be sure,               '===x|                 |
>   With the works of                  ,/  ||  .    _///_,    |
>               J B'ger                |   -|.     / ` ' '>   |
>                                      |    | )   o'  __/_'>  |
>                                      |    |(   /  _/  )_\'> |
>                                      |    | ' "__/   /_/\_> |
>                                      '\_  |     ____/_/_/_/ |
>                                      | -  |    /,---, _/ /  |
>                                      |    |   ""  /_/_/_/   |
>                                      |    |      /_(_(_(_   |
>                                      |,   |     (   \_\_\\_ |
>                                      /__ .|______\'__\_\_\_\|
>                                       /x \ / x\
>                                      /x o' 'o x\
>                                     /_.'     '._\
>                                                   Joris Bellenger
>
> 2.)
>
>                                         ` ,
>                                       ,\, #
>                                       |/  ?
>                                       | ~ )
>   You'll see a tasteful display       /__/|
>   from the incomparable J B'ger     ____| |____
>                                    /    |_/    \
>                                   / \`   o    '-,
>                                  /  <_ ___,_  |_/\  _
>                                 |___/_____  \-'----'\|/-----.
>                                      |    \/| b'ger         |
>                                      '===x|                 |
>                                      ,/  ||  .    _///_,    |
>                                      |   -|.     / ` ' '>   |
>                                      |    | )   o'  __/_'>  |
>                                      |    |(   /  _/  )_\'> |
>                                      |    | ' "__/   /_/\_> |
>                                      '\_  |     ____/_/_/_/ |
>                                      | -  |    /,---, _/ /  |
>                                      |    |   ""  /_/_/_/   |
>                                      |    |      /_(_(_(_   |
>                                      |,   |     (   \_\_\\_ |
>                                      /__ .|______\'__\_\_\_\|
>                                       /x \ / x\
>                                      /x o' 'o x\
>                                     /_.'     '._\
>                                                    Joris Bellenger
>
> 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
>      _/   |    ,^%---
>     |_____|  __<_ \ It's my guess that the 2nd one is
> correct.
>       --- ==   >/
>     [_____]  __>,^            ASCII-ar+, ASCII & gif anima+ions
>   ejm|   |  //| |          www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/



Thanks Llizard for thinking I should join the elite in Martin's poem.  :)
BTW he chose well.

About how to pronounce my name: your second attempt is close; but it's
not it either. Il faut prononcer comme dans -boulanger-. En fait la seule
difference entre -bellenger et boulanger- est le debut. Le "be..." de
bellenger se dit "b�...". Donc bellenger. simple non?

NOTE for the non-French-speaking ones among you guys:
Sorry about that but it was the only way to explain it. I couldn't find
the right sound in English.


--

       ,___,
      /(6 6)\_
     /\` ' `'\\_
     \\\_''''|\\\ joris bellenger (b'ger)
     )\\\\''//||/ svz...@xs4all.nl
   --/////""------ascii-art gallery at:----------------
   http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/ascii/main.html

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 17 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Martin Atkins wrote:

> I was a bit bored so I wrote this...
>
> alt.ascii-art - By Martin Atkins
> --------------------------------
>
> In the alt heirachy of usenet
> There`s a group and many people use it.
> The group is called alt.ascii-art
> And us people love it with all our heart.
>
> Many people hang around and some more than most,
> while a lot just lurk there are many who post.
> Here is a list of just some of the posters,
> and what sort of stuff they tend to post most (ers)      <g>
>
>      .{{}}}}}}.
>     {{{{{}}}}}}}.
>    {{{{  }}}}}}}}}    First one of all is Joan G Stark,
>   }}}}} _   _ {{{{{   Undesputed queen of ascii art.
>   }}}}  6   6  {{{{   Her pictures are absolutely brill,
>  {{{{{    ^    }}}}}  her whole gallery shows such skill.
> {{{{{{\  -=-  /}}}}}}
> {{{{{{{;.___.;}}}}}}}
>  {{{{{{{)   (}}}}}}}'
>   `""'"':   :'"'"'`
> jgs      `@`
>
>        __.------._
>      .' -|  -   . `.
>     / '.' `-. `     \
>    /  /      `.  ` \ \
>   |  /         `.  \  |
>   |  |           `.   | Next up is Veronica Karlsson, the chat room maker,
>   |  |.---.   .---.\  | Hopefully I`ll see you in the chat room later!
>   | ||><@> ) ( <@><|` | A FreeBSD user who often gets flack
>   |  |     / \     || | from Windows users who`s IQs lack.
>   |  |    ((_))    |  |
>   | `|`  /     \  '|  |
>   |  |   _.---._   |  |
>   /  \    `---'    /  |
>  /    `.    "    .'   \
> / / | | `-.___.-' ||   \
>
>       ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
>      {;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;}
>    {;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;}
>   {;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;}
> {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||} Colin Douthwaite is a bit of all,
> {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||} his posts really say it all.
> {|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||} He`s collector, contributor and artist too,
>   |               /~~\      |   And unmunging addresses he don`t want to do.
>   =                ;) |     |
> /_                 \_/     |
>  ///                      |
>  ~~~                     |
>   /                    |
>  /_____              |
>        \          /    -cfbd-
>
>    ,a@@@@@@@@@m.
>  ,@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@.
> J@@P':..    ..:`W@  Matthew Thomas is the FAQ maintainer,
> @@@':;;..  ..;;::@) and more than that, he`s a pic creator!
> \@!:<#OK>::<4O#>.@  He`s made a lot of stunning pics, on that you can bet,
> |.::"??";  `???.:"\ and a wonderful poem about spam on the net.
> `._::..:_ee_...::_/
>    \:..______,::/
>     \::..  ...:/
>      `-:____:-'mt-3
>
> Pete Casso is the inventor of the 'stein'
> And his characters are absolutely fine!             oo.   oo.   oo.   oo.
> Frogstein and Birdstein are the main ones' names   (-  ) (-  ) (-  ) (-  )
> and they get up to all sorts of fascinating games.  " "   " "   " "   " "
>
>     ,-.-"".
>   ,//(((((\\.  Flump is an artist who specialises in cute,
>  ((( (o O) ))) although a few of her pics were very, er, nute!
>  _)))  -   |(_ She has a rainbow coloured ascii website,
> ._//\-._,-/\\_.which if looked at too long might warp your eyesight!
> `-'_/`,-.'\-`-'
>  ,' \/===\/  `.
>
> ~---,
>      \_,^%---
>       />  \   Then there`s the artist known as ejm,
>   ___/ >      Llizard is her actual name,
>  (# o) >      She makes tiny art and animations,
>   '-~ /|^^    and these things cause revalations!
>       | \ ejm
>
> I`m sorry I don`t have time too write about you all,
> it`s just a poem, no hard feelings and all?
> If you want to write a verse all about you...
> feel free, just send me any thing new.
> I`ll add it into the poem just here,
> And your name will be remembered year after year.
> If you think my poem is slightly silly...
> I don`t care, I wrote it willy nilly!
>
> So now you know about alt.ascii-art,
> which we all love, each one with our heart.
> Please look at the art, and do come back...
> Oh yeah, and read the FAQing FAQ!
>
> ----------------------------------
>   Copyright Martin Atkins 1998
>     This poem may be freely
>  distributed, so long as this
>     message remains intact
>   Thank`s to Colin Douthwaite
>  for his ascii artists gallery -
>  without him the pics wouldn`t
>       have been possible.
> ----------------------------------
>
> I hope those that didn`t get a mention won`t take it the wrong way, a lot of
> people I tried but couldn`t think of any rhymes!
> If you want to write/rewrite and entry, just gimme an email! :o)
>
> |\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
> |  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com


Thanks Martin to let' us the possibility to write
our own eulogy but you see we're not all talented...


See?
I'm a zero at poetry
So I won't write about me.

Though, I hear my ego say
That it is a damn shame.
And soon will come the day
That no one here'll recall my name.

Nevertheless I keep typing,
Arranging ascii characters in a way,
Making sure they make a little drawing...
And post it to a.a.a.

Please don't send me no flame
To say: "this ryhme is cheap!"
Cose I told you I could'nt play the game
So I had to cheat.
_________________________________________
      \
       \
        \_       `,
              ' ')#
              |/  ?
              | - )\
              /__/\ \____
              /   \_/    \
             / < _____ _> \
      ------/___/  ,___/___\---------
             /  |\/ |         b'ger
         \  /_______|
          '


--

       ,___,
      /(6 6)\_
     /\` ' `'\\_
     \\\_''''|\\\ joris bellenger (b'ger)
     )\\\\''//||/ svz...@xs4all.nl
   --/////""------ascii-art gallery at:----------------
   http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/ascii/main.html

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 17 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> wrote:

>Martin, I'm honoured to have been included. Thank you. But I feel there
>has been a grave omission:

Whenever you start a collection, or something like Martin's poem,
mentioning personalities you _always_ get people complaining that
they, or someone else, has been omitted/included that should/should
not have been included/excluded. It's a can of worms.

It's really in the hands of the author/maintainer who, it must be
said, has no obligation whatsoever to include anyone or even
maintain his/her creation after its creation.

And...note...Martin Atkins did say the following in his posting:

  " I hope those that didn`t get a mention won`t take it the wrong
    way, a lot of people I tried but couldn`t think of any rhymes!

    If you want to write/rewrite and entry, just gimme an email! :o) "
                                                          ^^^^^
Now you are a well-known great fan of emailing but here you are
going public! :-)


BTW it took quite a long time and a big concession for you to be
included in MY "Very Own Gallery" because I only include human
likenesses in it and so you had to admit that you were painting your
own self-portrait in this pic taken from the Gallery:

         _____|_____
        |\  |||||  /|
        | \ ||||| / |
        |  \|||||/  | ~---,
        |  (-O,O-)  |      \_,^%---
        |   \_C_/   |       />  \ |_| /\
        |   __|__   |   ___/ >    | |/--\  |_| /\
       _|__/_____\__|_ (# o) >             | |/--\
             /|\        '-~ /|^^      |_| /\
            / | \   ejm     | \       | |/--\

                  llizard aka ejm


One way out of this particular can of worms is to use the Pete Casso
approach with his "Clown Gallery".  He simply openly invites people
to add their own picture as, and if, they so choose.

BTW I haven't seen your pic in there yet Llizard!  HeHeHe!.  *8-)

Bye,

llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> ASCII art 18 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Ina rticle <35D...@xs4all.nl>, joris bellenger
<svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> llizard wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > > I hope those that didn`t get a mention won`t take it the wrong way, a lot of
> > > people I tried but couldn`t think of any rhymes!
> > > If you want to write/rewrite and entry, just gimme an email! :o)
> > >
> > > |\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
> > > |  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com
> >
> > Martin, I'm honoured to have been included. Thank you. But I feel there
> > has been a grave omission:
> >
> > I'm not sure how to pronounce Joris' name so here are two possibilities:
> >
> > 1.)
[snip]
> >   You'll be in love,                 |    \/| b'ger         |
> >       you can be sure,               '===x|                 |
> >   With the works of                  ,/  ||  .    _///_,    |
> >               J B'ger                |   -|.     / ` ' '>   |
[snip]
> > 2.)
> >
> >                                         ` ,
> >                                       ,\, #
> >                                       |/  ?
> >                                       | ~ )
> >   You'll see a tasteful display       /__/|
> >   from the incomparable J B'ger     ____| |____
> >                                    /    |_/    \
> >                                   / \`   o    '-,
> >                                  /  <_ ___,_  |_/\  _
> >                                 |___/_____  \-'----'\|/-----.
> >                                      |    \/| b'ger         |
[snip]
> >      _/   |    ,^%---
> >     |_____|  __<_ \ It's my guess that the 2nd one is
> > correct.
[snip]
> Thanks Llizard for thinking I should join the elite in Martin's poem.  :)
> BTW he chose well.
> 
> About how to pronounce my name: your second attempt is close; but it's
> not it either. Il faut prononcer comme dans -boulanger-. En fait la seule
> difference entre -bellenger et boulanger- est le debut. Le "be..." de
> bellenger se dit "b�...". Donc bellenger. simple non?

This is as I suspected.  Thank you for clearing that up. I thought my
second attempt was exactly right. But you are correct that I was only
close. (J'avais pensee que le debut etait prononcer comme "de". - I must
also excuse myself for lapsing into a language other than English. But I
can't think of any English word that rhymes with "de".) However, don't
you think that "DispLAY" rhymes with "BellenGER" quite nicely? 

You see, here in Canada your name might be pronounced "Bell" as in
"dingdong"; "en" as in "end" and "ger" as in "girl". Such are the
vagueries of the Canadian people.

Moving on to another omission from Martin's lovely collection of poems,

           ,,,,,,, ,,
         ,#######;####,
        ###############
       ##            #
       ##   """  """#       The drawings of Shanaka,
       ##   <0>  <0>|       Come shine or come rain,
       (        :   /       will make you look back a-
        :      ,\,  )       gain and again and again....
        |    _____  :
        |    '-.-' /
         \ \_     /
          \  '---'
           '----'
      Shanaka Dias (snd)

There are some half a dozen more artists missing, but looking back at my
poetry so far, I think it's time for me to retire.



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.
--      
               ________________
             /(@)______________)
   ha       / | Well, I am    |
  ha ---%^^,  |  not a poet;  |        llizard aka ejm
    ha /   >\ |    lluckily,  |  cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca     
           < \| NOW I know it.|ASCII-ar+, ASCII&gif anima+ions
           <  |_______________|
         ^^|\ (@)______________)
           / \        www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 19 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

llizard wrote:[snip]

>
>
> You see, here in Canada your name might be pronounced "Bell" as in
> "dingdong"; "en" as in "end" and "ger" as in "girl". Such are the
> vagueries of the Canadian people.
>
>

I know exatly what you mean because that's how peoplepronouce my name here in Holland.

Such are the vagueries of the Dutch people.

:)

> --
>                ________________
>              /(@)______________)
>    ha       / | Well, I am    |
>   ha ---%^^,  |  not a poet;  |        llizard aka ejm
>     ha /   >\ |    lluckily,  |  cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca
>            < \| NOW I know it.|ASCII-ar+, ASCII&gif anima+ions
>            <  |_______________|
>          ^^|\ (@)______________)
>            / \        www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/


He he he.

--

       ,___,
      /(6 6)\_
     /\` ' `'\\_
     \\\_''''|\\\ joris bellenger (b'ger)
     )\\\\''//||/ svz...@xs4all.nl
   --/////""------ascii-art gallery at:----------------
   http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/ascii/main.html

Shanaka Dias <sdi...@netlane.com> ASCII art 19 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Thanks for the poem llizard.

A rose for your efforts:


       _,--._.-,
      /\_r-,\_ )
   .-.) _;='_/ (.;
    \ \'     \/S )
     L.'-. _.'|-'
    <_`-'\'_.'/
      `'-._( \   
             \\       ___
              \\   .-'_. /
               \\ /.-'_.'
                \('--'
           snd    \ 




                                                       ____     _____
               _.                                     /  \  _.-'_.-'
            ;=',_   _____________________________     \  _\/   _/
           S" .--` |      Shanaka Dias           |  ___)/   __<
          sS  \__  |     Western Australia       | <'-;:\_  _\
       __.' ( \--> |     sdi...@netlane.com       |     '; \_\
    _=/    _./-\/  |_____________________________|      >/-,\
   ((\( /-'   -'l                                     ""`  |_\
    ) |/ \\    Old web address (may no longer exist!):
  snd  \\  \    http://www.ece.curtin.edu.au/~shanaka
        `~ `~

Veronica Karlsson <dre...@on.spammer> ASCII art 19 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
> Martin Atkins wrote:
> [ 8< ]
> >        __.------._
> >      .' -|  -   . `.
> >     / '.' `-. `     \
> >    /  /      `.  ` \ \
> >   |  /         `.  \  |
> >   |  |           `.   | Next up is Veronica Karlsson, the chat room maker,
> >   |  |.---.   .---.\  | Hopefully I`ll see you in the chat room later!
> >   | ||><@> ) ( <@><|` | A FreeBSD user who often gets flack
> >   |  |     / \     || | from Windows users who`s IQs lack.
> >   |  |    ((_))    |  |
> >   | `|`  /     \  '|  |
> >   |  |   _.---._   |  |
> >   /  \    `---'    /  |
> >  /    `.    "    .'   \
> > / / | | `-.___.-' ||   \
> >
> >

"FreeBSD"???

(I have heard about "NetBSD for VAX" [hope I got that right], but that is
only because it was made by some guys here at this school...)

[ 8< ]
> --
> 
>        ,___,
>       /(6 6)\_
>      /\` ' `'\\_
>      \\\_''''|\\\ joris bellenger (b'ger)
>      )\\\\''//||/ svz...@xs4all.nl
>    --/////""------ascii-art gallery at:----------------
>    http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/ascii/main.html

Hmmm....


--


   -----  `,----------------------------------------------
       ,\, #         joris bellenger (b'ger)
       |/  ?         e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
   ----| ~ )\---------------------------------------------
       /__/\ \____
       /   \_/    \  ascii-art gallery at:
      / <_ ____,_  \ http://??????????????????????????????
   --/___/_____  \----------------------------------------
               \/|   Big Browser Is Watching You



--

----  `,--------------------------------------------------------------
   ,\, #         joris bellenger (b'ger)
   |/  ?         e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
---| ~ )\-------------------------------------------------------------
   /__/\ \____
   /   \_/    \  ascii-art gallery at:
  / <_ ____,_  \ http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/ascii/main.html
-/___/_____  \--------------------------------------------------------
           \/|   Big Browser Is Watching You



--

  -----  `,------------------------------------------------------
      ,\, #         joris bellenger (b'ger)
      |/  ?         e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
  ----| ~ )\-----------------------------------------------------
      /__/\ \____
      /   \_/    \  ascii-art gallery at:
     / <_ ____,_  \ http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/ascii/
  --/___/_____  \------------------------------------------------
              \/|   Big Browser Is Watching You



--

  -----  `,------------------------------------------------
      ,\, #         joris bellenger (b'ger)
      |/  ?         e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
  ----| ~ )\-----------------------------------------------
      /__/\ \____
      /   \_/    \  ascii-art gallery at:
     / <_ ____,_  \ http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/
  --/___/_____  \------------------------------------------
              \/|   Big Browser Is Watching You

--


   -----  `,------------------------------------------
       ,\, #         joris bellenger (b'ger)
       |/  ?         e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
   ----| ~ )\-----------------------------------------
       /__/\ \____
       /   \_/    \  ascii-art gallery at:
      / <_ ____,_  \ http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/
   --/___/_____  \------------------------------------
               \/|   Big Browser Is Watching You


--

  -----  `,----------------------------------------------------
      ,\, #         joris bellenger (b'ger)
      |/  ?         e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
  ----| ~ )\---------------------------------------------------
      /__/\ \____
      /   \_/    \  ascii-art gallery at:
     / <_ ____,_  \ http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris.html
  --/___/_____  \----------------------------------------------
              \/|   Big Browser Is Watching You


Even the widest of these suggestions is still not as wide as my sig...


-- 
              _    __   __                _             _
  __   ___.--'_`.  \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _   .'_`--.___   __
 ( _`.'. -   'o` )  \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | ( 'o`   - .`.'_ )
 _\.'_'      _.-'    \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_|  `-._      `_`./_
( \`. )    //\`                                         '/\\    ( .'/ )
 \_`-'`---'\\__,      uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/     ,__//`---'`-'_/
  \`        `-\            r93...@fz.yhgu.fr           /-'        '/
   `  ascii art chat: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/   '

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 19 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Veronica Karlsson wrote:

> [ 8< ]
> > --
> >
> >        ,___,
> >       /(6 6)\_
> >      /\` ' `'\\_
> >      \\\_''''|\\\ joris bellenger (b'ger)
> >      )\\\\''//||/ svz...@xs4all.nl
> >    --/////""------ascii-art gallery at:----------------
> >    http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/ascii/main.html
>
> Hmmm....
>
> --
>
>    -----  `,----------------------------------------------
>        ,\, #         joris bellenger (b'ger)
>        |/  ?         e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
>    ----| ~ )\---------------------------------------------
>        /__/\ \____
>        /   \_/    \  ascii-art gallery at:
>       / <_ ____,_  \ http://??????????????????????????????
>    --/___/_____  \----------------------------------------
>                \/|   Big Browser Is Watching You
>
> --
>
> ----  `,--------------------------------------------------------------
>    ,\, #         joris bellenger (b'ger)
>    |/  ?         e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
> ---| ~ )\-------------------------------------------------------------
>    /__/\ \____
>    /   \_/    \  ascii-art gallery at:
>   / <_ ____,_  \ http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/ascii/main.html
> -/___/_____  \--------------------------------------------------------
>            \/|   Big Browser Is Watching You
>
> --
>
>   -----  `,------------------------------------------------------
>       ,\, #         joris bellenger (b'ger)
>       |/  ?         e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
>   ----| ~ )\-----------------------------------------------------
>       /__/\ \____
>       /   \_/    \  ascii-art gallery at:
>      / <_ ____,_  \ http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/ascii/
>   --/___/_____  \------------------------------------------------
>               \/|   Big Browser Is Watching You
>
> --
>
>   -----  `,------------------------------------------------
>       ,\, #         joris bellenger (b'ger)
>       |/  ?         e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
>   ----| ~ )\-----------------------------------------------
>       /__/\ \____
>       /   \_/    \  ascii-art gallery at:
>      / <_ ____,_  \ http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/
>   --/___/_____  \------------------------------------------
>               \/|   Big Browser Is Watching You
>
> --
>
>    -----  `,------------------------------------------
>        ,\, #         joris bellenger (b'ger)
>        |/  ?         e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
>    ----| ~ )\-----------------------------------------
>        /__/\ \____
>        /   \_/    \  ascii-art gallery at:
>       / <_ ____,_  \ http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/
>    --/___/_____  \------------------------------------
>                \/|   Big Browser Is Watching You
>
> --
>
>   -----  `,----------------------------------------------------
>       ,\, #         joris bellenger (b'ger)
>       |/  ?         e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
>   ----| ~ )\---------------------------------------------------
>       /__/\ \____
>       /   \_/    \  ascii-art gallery at:
>      / <_ ____,_  \ http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris.html
>   --/___/_____  \----------------------------------------------
>               \/|   Big Browser Is Watching You
>
> Even the widest of these suggestions is still not as wide as my sig...
>
> --
>               _    __   __                _             _
>   __   ___.--'_`.  \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _   .'_`--.___   __
>  ( _`.'. -   'o` )  \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | ( 'o`   - .`.'_ )
>  _\.'_'      _.-'    \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_|  `-._      `_`./_
> ( \`. )    //\`                                         '/\\    ( .'/ )
>  \_`-'`---'\\__,      uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/~ix/     ,__//`---'`-'_/
>   \`        `-\            r93...@fz.yhgu.fr           /-'        '/
>    `  ascii art chat: http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/   '




You're so right!  :D
Let's go back to my old sig....
I couldn't get use to the "new" one. Blaaaah!

--

----  `,--------------------------------------------------------------
   ,\, #         joris bellenger (b'ger)
   |/  ?         e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
---| ~ )\-------------------------------------------------------------
   /__/\ \____
   /   \_/    \  ascii-art gallery at:
  / <_ ____,_  \ http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/ascii/main.html
-/___/_____  \--------------------------------------------------------
           \/|

llizard <lli...@iNOdirect.ca> ASCII art 19 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
In article <35d...@news.m.gic.net.au>, sdi...@netlane.com
(Shanaka Dias) wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the poem llizard.
> 
> A rose for your efforts:
> 
>        _,--._.-,
>       /\_r-,\_ )
>    .-.) _;='_/ (.;
>     \ \'     \/S )
>      L.'-. _.'|-'
>     <_`-'\'_.'/
>       `'-._( \
>              \\       ___
>               \\   .-'_. /
>                \\ /.-'_.'
>                 \('--'
>            snd    \
> 
[snip]
> Shanaka Dias
> sdi...@netlane.com
> Old web address (may no longer exist!):
> http://www.ece.curtin.edu.au/~shanaka
.
         /      ha
      @  \,^%---  ha
      {  <   \ ha  
      {_/>           ...for me??
      {  >
        /|^^
ejm    / |

Thank you Shanaka. It's lovely.


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
    [_____]    __>,^   ASCII-ar+, ASCII & gif anima+ions
     |   |    //| |   www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/

.----- On Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:11:11 +0200, joris bellenger posted:
|
|I know exatly what you mean because that's how peoplepronouce my name here in Holland.
|
|Such are the vagueries of the Dutch people.
|
'----------------------------------

I have to say that before I was educated otherwise I pronounced your name
that way also. I`m still not exactly sure how to pronounce it but when I get
back to school I`ll ask one of my French speaking friends to pronounce your
previous message in a French accent.

*Then* I will be ready to have a bash at a verse, or I could get around it
by putting your name at the start of the sentence, thus:
Joris Bellenger is another great artist,
wibblyhooblehooblehooo... etc..

Would that be ok?

|\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
|  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com

Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 21 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
.----- On Mon, 17 Aug 1998 16:31:03 +0200, joris bellenger posted:
|
|Thanks Martin to let' us the possibility to write
|our own eulogy but you see we're not all talented...
|
|
|See?
|I'm a zero at poetry
|So I won't write about me.
|
|Though, I hear my ego say
|That it is a damn shame.
|And soon will come the day
|That no one here'll recall my name.
|
|Nevertheless I keep typing,
|Arranging ascii characters in a way,
|Making sure they make a little drawing...
|And post it to a.a.a.
|
|Please don't send me no flame
|To say: "this ryhme is cheap!"
|Cose I told you I could'nt play the game
|So I had to cheat.
'---------------------------------

   |||||
  | o o |             |_| /\ |
  |  >  |       .---  | |/""\o      |_| /\ |
  | \_/ |  ----'           |_| /\ | | |/""\o
   \___/                   | |/""\o



|\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
|  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com

.----- On Wed, 19 Aug 1998 17:50:33 +0200, Veronica Karlsson posted:
|
|"FreeBSD"???
|
|(I have heard about "NetBSD for VAX" [hope I got that right], but that is
|only because it was made by some guys here at this school...)
|
'------------------------
Er, sorry. I must have misremebered what was on the ludd homepage... I was
sure it said FreeBSD there, but I was either wrong or the FreeBSD was for
something else. What shall I write instead? NetBSD? Un*x? ...

Bye,
Martin

|\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
|  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 22 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Martin Atkins wrote:

> .----- On Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:11:11 +0200, joris bellenger posted:
> |
> |I know exatly what you mean because that's how peoplepronouce my name here in Holland.
> |
> |Such are the vagueries of the Dutch people.
> |
> '----------------------------------
>
> I have to say that before I was educated otherwise I pronounced your name
> that way also. I`m still not exactly sure how to pronounce it but when I get
> back to school I`ll ask one of my French speaking friends to pronounce your
> previous message in a French accent.
>
> *Then* I will be ready to have a bash at a verse, or I could get around it
> by putting your name at the start of the sentence, thus:
> Joris Bellenger is another great artist,
> wibblyhooblehooblehooo... etc..
>
> Would that be ok?
>
> |\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
> |  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com


I like the:
wibblyhooblehooblehooo...
It suits me quite well   :)
--


   -----  `,-------------------------------------------------------------
       ,\, #         joris bellenger (b'ger)
       |/  ?         e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
   ----| ~ )\------------------------------------------------------------
       /__/\ \____
       /   \_/    \  ascii-art gallery at:
      / <_ ____,_  \ http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/ascii/main.html
   --/___/_____  \-------------------------------------------------------
               \/|

Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 23 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
.----- On Sat, 22 Aug 1998 03:25:15 +0200, joris bellenger posted:
|
|I like the:
|wibblyhooblehooblehooo...
|It suits me quite well   :)
|
'------------------------------

Well obviously I`m not going to use that, but I typed the first line and
then realised I couldn`t think of any rhymes on the spot for 'artist' so I
wrote some rubbish. :o)
Lol....

|\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
|  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com

Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 24 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
>Message-id: <35e...@news.vossnet.net>
>On a.a-a chat, I was informed that your name is pronounced 
>"Baylawnjay" (Using English Pronouciation) with the j "soft" as in "Deja Vu"

oh lala -- that sounds so sexy!

:::melting:::
-joan
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Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 24 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
>Message-id: <35d...@news.vossnet.net>

>     .{{}}}}}}.
>    {{{{{}}}}}}}.
>   {{{{  }}}}}}}}}    First one of all is Joan G Stark,
>  }}}}} _   _ {{{{{   Undisputed queen of ascii art.
>  }}}}  6   6  {{{{   Her pictures are absolutely brill,
> {{{{{    ^    }}}}}  her whole gallery shows such skill.
>{{{{{{\  -=-  /}}}}}}
>{{{{{{{;.___.;}}}}}}}
> {{{{{{{)   (}}}}}}}'
>  `""'"':   :'"'"'`
>jgs      `@`

:::::oh, blush:::::   do I need a crown?  :)
          o 
       o^/|\^o
    o_^|\/*\/|^_o
   o\*`'.\|/.'`*/o
    \\\\\\|//////
     {><><@><><}
   {{{{  }}}}}}}}}    First one of all is Joan G Stark,
  }}}}} _   _ {{{{{   Undisputed queen of ascii art.
  }}}}  6   6  {{{{   Her pictures are absolutely brill,
 {{{{{    ^    }}}}}  her whole gallery shows such skill.
{{{{{{\  -=-  /}}}}}}
{{{{{{{;.___.;}}}}}}}
 {{{{{{{)   (}}}}}}}'
  `""'"':   :'"'"'`
jgs      `@`

-joan
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.----- On Sat, 22 Aug 1998 03:25:15 +0200, joris bellenger posted:
|
|I like the:
|wibblyhooblehooblehooo...
|It suits me quite well   :)
|
'-------------------------

On a.a-a chat, I was informed that your name is pronounced 
"Baylawnjay" (Using English Pronouciation) with the j "soft" as in "Deja Vu"

BTW, sorry for that really dodgy spelling of your name... no offence
intended :o/)


|\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
|  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com

Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 24 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
.----- On 24 Aug 1998 03:47:14 GMT, Spunk1111 posted:
|:::::oh, blush:::::   do I need a crown?  :)
|          o 
|       o^/|\^o
|    o_^|\/*\/|^_o
|   o\*`'.\|/.'`*/o
|    \\\\\\|//////
|     {><><@><><}
|   {{{{  }}}}}}}}}    First one of all is Joan G Stark,
|  }}}}} _   _ {{{{{   Undisputed queen of ascii art.
|  }}}}  6   6  {{{{   Her pictures are absolutely brill,
| {{{{{    ^    }}}}}  her whole gallery shows such skill.
|{{{{{{\  -=-  /}}}}}}
|{{{{{{{;.___.;}}}}}}}
| {{{{{{{)   (}}}}}}}'
|  `""'"':   :'"'"'`
|jgs      `@`
|
'--------------------

Lovely crown... especially at that size! :o)



|\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
|  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com

Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz> ASCII art 25 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
.----- On Tue, 25 Aug 1998 11:20:45 +0200, joris bellenger posted:
|>
|> On a.a-a chat, I was informed that your name is pronounced
|> "Baylawnjay" (Using English Pronouciation) with the j "soft" as in "Deja Vu"
|>
|> BTW, sorry for that really dodgy spelling of your name... no offence
|> intended :o/)
|>
|> |\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
|> |  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com
|
|
|You're right about the "j".
|But "bay" and "jay" doesn't sound right to me... It should be like
|the first "e" in -etiquette-.
|The "lawn" should sound like "en" in -encore-.
|Bellenger, see? (or sould I say -hear?-)
|
'----------------------------

I understand now :o)

Thankyou.

Now to that poem verse... :o)

Then there`s Joris Bellenger,
Who`s every message shows great display,
of original ascii art of unique style,
That always makes everyone smile :o)


I`ll add that now to my poem file.. if anyone wants to make any changes (I`m
not totally happy with that verse :o/) let me know.

Just clipping your pic from Colin`s gallery.... :o)

Bye,
Martin

|\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
|  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 25 Aug 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Martin Atkins wrote:

> .----- On Sat, 22 Aug 1998 03:25:15 +0200, joris bellenger posted:
> |
> |I like the:
> |wibblyhooblehooblehooo...
> |It suits me quite well   :)
> |
> '-------------------------
>
> On a.a-a chat, I was informed that your name is pronounced
> "Baylawnjay" (Using English Pronouciation) with the j "soft" as in "Deja Vu"
>
> BTW, sorry for that really dodgy spelling of your name... no offence
> intended :o/)
>
> |\/| _..__|_o._   /\_|_| o._  _   mart.atkins@--
> |  |(_||  |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_>            --bigfoot.com


You're right about the "j".
But "bay" and "jay" doesn't sound right to me... It should be like
the first "e" in -etiquette-.
The "lawn" should sound like "en" in -encore-.
Bellenger, see? (or sould I say -hear?-)


...no offence taken   :)
--


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