Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 19 Oct 1997.
One liners <:3_>---- <*_>< <b>n<b>
alt.ascii-art
· 15 messages · 19 Oct 1997 - 4 Nov 1997
On Sun, 19 Oct 1997 the alien named Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk> visited the planet Earth, in his report he stated that > Fish <"_>< (')< > Faces <b>n<b> --really? <@>..<@> (o)_(o) > Spectacles @`[O]^[O] (O)-(O) Scissors 8< -- _______ / ____ \ Karen Morgan / / __ \ \ 00 IRC - Whirl /\_| \ \ \ \ |___|| http://www.ivy-cottage.demon.co.uk/kaz.htm | kem\ \___\ \/ \ *** SiG dEvOtEd To JoN jEfFeLs *** \___/_________\______/
A challenge to all you miniaturists: how many one-liners
can you come up with, for use in ascii-art SUBJECT LINES?
Mouse (plan view) <:3_>-----
(side elevation) <', ,>--._.-
Fish <"_><
Faces <b>n<b> --really? <@>..<@>
Lizard --==i~~i"=-
more eyeballs �_� @_@
Zipper Zip::::[__>=====
Spectacles @`[O]^[O]
Bats ^'^ ^"^
Fork (Mains lead?) -----<E
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Yes, I like that lizard---hope nobody's done it before.
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In our trivia forum this one comes up a lot
=^..^= <--a cat's face.
or,
=^o.^=
for a cat with a different colored patch of fur there :)
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Karen <Kar...@icklehouses.co.uk> wrote: >> Fish <"_>< > > (')< > > >> Faces <b>n<b> --really? <@>..<@> > > (o)_(o) > > >> Spectacles @`[O]^[O] > > (O)-(O) > >Scissors 8< X-Wing X=- Snail @v /Martin - Remove .n0spam to reply
Randy Gardner wrote: > <One-Liners> Here's more: _."._."._."._."._."._."._ Another waveform <'>< ><`> mini-fish db db db db db db db db db db db db db db db Big dots -<=+ Mini-plane [`.`.`.`] Data plug <<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> Head-band >< >< >< >< >< >< >< Big Xs -=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=- Um... <:>:<:>:<:>:<:>:<:>:<:>: Head-Band ^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^ Uh.... It's cool............ |/|\|/|\|/|\|/|\| Another bar -- --ran...@slip.net --Randy Gardner
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997 00:27:03 -0700, Randy Gardner cause to appear: >Randy Gardner wrote: >> <One-Liners> > >Here's more: > >_."._."._."._."._."._."._ Another waveform > ><'>< ><`> mini-fish > >db db db db db db db db db db db db db db db Big dots > >-<=+ Mini-plane > >[`.`.`.`] Data plug > ><<>><<>><<>><<>><<>> Head-band > >>< >< >< >< >< >< >< Big Xs > >-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=-=x=- Um... > ><:>:<:>:<:>:<:>:<:>:<:>: Head-Band > >^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^ Uh.... It's cool............ > >|/|\|/|\|/|\|/|\| Another bar > > Some of mine )(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)( Border \__o- \__o- \__o- \__o- Duckies >(((((*. Fishy (not mine) /^(o.o)^\ Bug --=============)@@@@@@-o Sword Now some two lines: (o 0) )^( Alien T --o----( )----o-- Plane /^\_._/^\ Bug /'/^(o o)^\`\ {_o /\| [[[ Man sitting and reading [o)/---\(o] |::|###|::| Radio -- Grey Cloak --------------------------------------------- .###########. Change spamtrap to grycloak, to email me. ##'___ ___`## Wizard.FAQ v2.0 send blank Email to: ## * > < * ## wiz...@greycloak.access.one.net ### ) | | ( ### For other documents served ###\_-===-_/### Doc...@greycloak.access.one.net # ~!!!~ # http://www.geocities.com/Area51/7614 http://w3.one.net/~grycloak/dreams/dream.htm
A hug:
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(based on a Japanese smiley, I'm not sure but I think I "invented" this
one)
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Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine wrote: > A challenge to all you miniaturists: how many one-liners > can you come up with, for use in ascii-art SUBJECT LINES? <><><><><><> Chain _."_."_."_." Waves <......> <||||||> <::::::> <======> <'.'.'.'.'> UFOs <^> (^) Mini-UFOs _.-`-._.-`-._ Hills `-O-O-` Glasses >|<-->|<-->|< Unknown ======E Power cord, with grounded plug _:_:_:_:_:_:_:_ Xmas lights _:_:_:_:_.--[OO]--B Xmas lights with control and double plug <[:^} Witch/snowman/santa -:|- Xmas tree --==<|||||< Rocket --==<USA||< American rocket PC\"."."8 8"."."/MAC OS Boxing _/_/_/_/ Tiles |*= The USA flag -=o""o= Race car |`-._ -=o""o= Race car going over ramp _."._."._ [_`_`_] _."._."._ MOM, stretched out <3>----- Mini-Mouse _.-'o'-._ _.-o-._ _.-"o"-._ Birds --/\/\/\--|>[--| |--]>|--(|<)_.--|>|--]>S--| (-- Big circuit _/`\_/`\_/`\_ _.``._.``._.``._ /\/\/\/\/\/\ _-_-_-_- |\|\|\|\|\ /|/|/|/|/| _.-`-._.-`-._.-`-._ Waveforms HIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHI Black bar .-`.-`.-`.-`.-` /\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\ _.-`_.-`_.-`_.-`_.-` _.-` _.-` _.-` _.-` Diagnol lines _.-`@ _.-`@ _.-`@ @`-._ @`-._ @`-._ Surfing waves (-::-)(-::-)(-::-)(-::-)(-::-) Mutant letter Whew, that's a lot of typeing! [:-] -- --ran...@slip.net --Randy Gardner
In article <344...@news.abc.se>, m97...@abc.n0spam.se (Martin) wrote: > > Karen <Kar...@icklehouses.co.uk> wrote: > > >> Fish <"_>< [snip] > >Scissors 8< [snip] > Snail @v llizard ===%^^77^^^^77^^^ And to think that I foolishly thought the three line llizard was as small as could be done! NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ^, ha llizard aka ejm ^^^^^^^^^^^%--- ha cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca " " \ ha www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/
> boomerang ;-)
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Nauka o kosmosie ju� dawno nie buja w ob�okach
llizard wrote: > > In article <344...@news.abc.se>, m97...@abc.n0spam.se (Martin) > wrote: > > > > Karen <Kar...@icklehouses.co.uk> wrote: > > > > >> Fish <"_>< > [snip] > > >Scissors 8< > [snip] > > Snail @v > > llizard ===%^^77^^^^77^^^ > > And to think that I foolishly thought the three line llizard was as > small as could be done! > > Hmmmm..... I see how this could have the most terrible consequences... (no, I am not llizard! I am Veronica!) -- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| \____/ http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/news LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine wrote: > > > -- _ _ _ _ _ > \ ___('_.\___('_.\___('_.\___('_.(___('_. > ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) > ||~|\ ||~|| ||~|| ||~|| ||~\\ Have you ever seen Gary Larson's "The FarSide"? Slightly altering your sig looks like one of his cartoons with a caption something like "Doggie information superhighway" Karsten
Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine wrote: > > In article <344...@cgi.ca>, Karsten Johansson writes: > >Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine wrote: > >> > > _ _ _ _ _ > >> \ ___('_.\___('_.\___('_.\___('_.(___('_. > >> ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) > >> ||~|\ ||~|| ||~|| ||~|| ||~\\ > > > >Have you ever seen Gary Larson's "The FarSide"? > > > >Slightly altering your sig looks like one of his cartoons with a caption > >something like "Doggie information superhighway" > > I can't say I have. I must admit to a slight cheek in that the > original small dog is not by me and I can't remember the credit: > I just amde it into a sig by replicating and varying it. It looks a bit like my version of a picture by Andreas... _ ( ___('_. ( __ ) || || - a:f/VK - -- _ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _| |__/ __ \| |_ _ __| |__| | | |_ _| |_| |_ ___ ___ \ V / / / / _` | | || / _` / _` |_| | || | _| ' \ _(_-</ -_) \_/|_\_\ \__,_|_|\_,_\__,_\__,_(_)_|\_,_|\__|_||_(_)__/\___| \____/ http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/news LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
In article <344...@cgi.ca>, Karsten Johansson writes: >Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine wrote: >> > _ _ _ _ _ >> \ ___('_.\___('_.\___('_.\___('_.(___('_. >> ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) >> ||~|\ ||~|| ||~|| ||~|| ||~\\ > >Have you ever seen Gary Larson's "The FarSide"? > >Slightly altering your sig looks like one of his cartoons with a caption >something like "Doggie information superhighway" I can't say I have. I must admit to a slight cheek in that the original small dog is not by me and I can't remember the credit: I just amde it into a sig by replicating and varying it. You could have a elephant superhighway with d.n.maltz's elephants, too... .-(~~V') .-(~~V') .-(~~V') .-(~~V') .-(~~V') .-(~~V') .-(~~V') H'~H \_. H'~H \_. H'~H \_. H'~H \_. H'~H \_. H'~H \_. H'~H \_. A lot of micro-animals could be made into repeating borders like this. -- Dave[XEMU] ________________(....=^��^=______ ---<,,">
In article <344...@slip.net>, ran...@slip.net wrote: > `-O-O-` Glasses ^o-o^ or, c^o-o^ > <[:^} Witch/snowman/santa *<:o) Clown/partygoer/elf-type-thingy >>BKNambo http://come.to/brocks.place No, it's not msn's servers--Outlook express is the reason why this was... -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====----------------------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet
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