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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 6 Oct 1998.
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To Tweeter

To Tweeter

alt.ascii-art · 53 messages · 6 Oct 1998 - 12 Oct 1998
By the way, this has nothing to do with what Joris said, but since it was
already headed "To Tweeter" I figured I'd put it here anyway.

Tweeter, I do not want to fight with you any more. I just got heated up
because of the fortune teller thing. I realize now that that was a mistake,
and one which started this argument with Colin. If we can sort of call a
truce, I would appreciate it.
    -Sarah

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 7 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Tweeter wrote:

> On or about Wed, 07 Oct 1998 01:30:17 +0200, joris bellenger
> <svz...@xs4all.nl> said somethin' like
>
> 8<
>
> >>  ps: see? I'm quite illetrate myself, huh huh...
> >>      but I'm sure you got the picture though.  >:-/
>
> I've gotten a different picture from the group as a whole.
>
> Twit Casshole was forging copyrights, pissing on the FAQ, and getting
> flamed as the resident trolling moron before I ever got here.
>

That's right *before you ever got here*. So you don't have a clue
about what's going on here and why things are the way they are between
Pete and his 'asciigangStein'. Please mind your own business.

> Sorry, can't accomodate you at this time.

Well that's too bad, the least we needed in this group was someonenew to
keep the crap going on.   :(

> Tweeter
> Just one little speaker



                  where are Tweeter's draaaaaawings...
                            \          dunno, just can't see any...
                                ____       ____  /
                      <----    = =\\\     o o\\\
                              /<   c     /<   c
                  ___ _______/__D_/'_   /__,_/\___
                 /(- /(\_\________   \     '\_/   \
                 \ ) \ )_      \o     \   |  o     \
                 /|\ /|\       |'     |   | |'  |  |
                               |     _\   | |   |  \
                               //\____|   | //\_|  |
                              /-,---/     |/-,--|__|
                             / /   _)     / /   /(
                            / /    /     / /    \ )_
                           ( (    <     ( (    < \\
                            \ \    \     \ \    \
                             \ \    |     \ \    |
                              \_\____\     \_\____\
                             ___\_\_\     ___\_\_\
                            ((((,,,,o)   ((((,,,,o) . ..  b'ger

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joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 7 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Colin Douthwaite wrote:

> joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> >Tweeter, If you plan to make a meaningfull contribution to this group,
> >please do. If you plan continuing insulting people you never met or
> >even had a word with, your future is at alt.moron.
>
> >            As far as I am concerned
> >             you can go to: alt.go-to-hell
> >                              /
> >                      )            (
> >                     /(   (\___/)  )\
> >                    ( #)  \ (..)| ( #
> >                     ||___c\  > '__||
> >                     ||**** ),_/ **'|
> >               .__   |'* ___| |___*'|
> >                \_\  |' (    ~   ,)'|
> >                 ((  |' /(.  '  .)\ |
> >                  \\_|_/ <_ _____> \______________
> >                   /   '-, \   / ,-'              \
> >                  /      (//   \\)            b'ger
>
> >ps: see? I'm quite illetrate myself, huh huh...
> >    but I'm sure you got the picture though.  >:-/
>
> [ If your Message Header didn't look so authentic I would have thought
>   it to be a forgery. ]
>
> Leave Tweeter alone...you horrid Cassophile...you!  Tweeter's doing
> a most unpleasant and dirty job here which much needed to be done
> and few, if any, seem to have the courage, the stamina or the
> endurance to do the job.

If I remember well you were the one who, in a stupid way, attributed a
romance between Pete and Sarah when he told you to leave her alone.
Do you have a romance with Tweeter? huh huh...

> I suggest you address the remarks you have made here to Mr. Casso
> not to Tweeter.
>
> Can't think what's got into you Joris unless it is in fact the
> character depicted sitting in your chair.  8-(
>
> Cassophile!...Bah!    Condoner of FAQ Munging!...Grrrr!
>

 <applause>bis, bis, hurray!</applause>

>  [...Noises off?...Yep, more sniggers from your Hero, P.C...]
>
> BTW, I would have appreciated it more if you had corrected Mr.
> Casso's repeated distortions of your Ten Commandments FAQ...too late
> though now...I've just done the job!
>

Sorry but I have better things to do than correcting Mr Casso's stupidity.

> Toodles,


Me too,



                                   *
                                   _
                                  /,\_
                                  |___)
                                  ,
                     (\___/)   * (
                     \ (. .)      \ *
                     c\   >'      #
                       )`_/      '
                _______| |__    ,|//
               # ___ `  ~   )  ( /
               \,|  | . ' .) \ /#
              _( /  )   , / \ / |
               // ,#;,,;,;   \,/
       __,,    ,#;,;;,;;
       \__(    i;;;,,;;
          \\,;;,%;;,;#
           %,;;:,%;,;%
                  ;,;;
                  #,;
                 //
                 \|_
                  |#\   b'ger
                   -"

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joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>Tweeter, If you plan to make a meaningfull contribution to this group,
>please do. If you plan continuing insulting people you never met or
>even had a word with, your future is at alt.moron.



>            As far as I am concerned
>             you can go to: alt.go-to-hell
>                              /
>                      )            (
>                     /(   (\___/)  )\
>                    ( #)  \ (..)| ( #
>                     ||___c\  > '__||
>                     ||**** ),_/ **'|
>               .__   |'* ___| |___*'|
>                \_\  |' (    ~   ,)'|
>                 ((  |' /(.  '  .)\ |
>                  \\_|_/ <_ _____> \______________
>                   /   '-, \   / ,-'              \
>                  /      (//   \\)            b'ger



>ps: see? I'm quite illetrate myself, huh huh...
>    but I'm sure you got the picture though.  >:-/


[ If your Message Header didn't look so authentic I would have thought 
  it to be a forgery. ]

Leave Tweeter alone...you horrid Cassophile...you!  Tweeter's doing 
a most unpleasant and dirty job here which much needed to be done 
and few, if any, seem to have the courage, the stamina or the 
endurance to do the job.  

I suggest you address the remarks you have made here to Mr. Casso
not to Tweeter.


Can't think what's got into you Joris unless it is in fact the 
character depicted sitting in your chair.  8-( 

Cassophile!...Bah!    Condoner of FAQ Munging!...Grrrr!

 [...Noises off?...Yep, more sniggers from your Hero, P.C...]

BTW, I would have appreciated it more if you had corrected Mr. 
Casso's repeated distortions of your Ten Commandments FAQ...too late 
though now...I've just done the job!

Toodles,

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 7 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Tweeter, If you plan to make a meaningfull contribution to this group,
please do. If you plan continuing insulting people you never met or
even had a word with, your future is at alt.moron.



            As far as I am concerned
             you can go to: alt.go-to-hell
                              /
                      )            (
                     /(   (\___/)  )\
                    ( #)  \ (..)| ( #
                     ||___c\  > '__||
                     ||**** ),_/ **'|
               .__   |'* ___| |___*'|
                \_\  |' (    ~   ,)'|
                 ((  |' /(.  '  .)\ |
                  \\_|_/ <_ _____> \______________
                   /   '-, \   / ,-'              \
                  /      (//   \\)            b'ger



ps: see? I'm quite illetrate myself, huh huh...
    but I'm sure you got the picture though.  >:-/
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Ojosh!ro <ojo...@lunatech.com> ASCII art 8 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Matthew Thomas wrote:
,-<QUOTE>-----.
| BOLLOCKS!!! |
`---<UNQUOTE>-' 


He said sloblock?

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>        ,' \
>        L""/
>        ` |
>        J |
>        J L
>        | | .  ,
>        | | `v_L.'
>       // ,>'--\'_
>       \`' \ - /-.
>       /   /`""|
>        ),'    `-
>       (    ,-'  \
>        ) ,' ,'   h
>       / /  /     `)--..
>       \/  /       \  <)
>        <        ,  L<'
>        F/     _/  ,'
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>       /         (  F
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>      |    ,'       |
>      F  ,'         |
>     (_,--..__  mt-2|_
>    ,'        `"`--.._\
>  ,' /                 \
> /                     (_
> 
> Rediddles welcome (especially to her face).
> 
> ttfn
> --
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>  ..://\/ Visit my site: http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpt26/
> ..:_/\   Read my column in NewsRoom: http://www.newsroom.co.nz/
>   ..:/   Those damn succubi!

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joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 8 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Tweeter wrote:

[snip]

>
>
> My acknowledgement that you and your (snarf snicker grin) "art" even
> exist will be largely limited to spelling your name properly,
> occasional diddling of the 'steins, and ongoing development of the
> 'stinks (to be displayed at random in my sig).  Just remember, every
> time you see one, I thumb my nose at you, disruptive would-be-bully
> weakling that you are.
>
> Tweeter
> Just one little speaker
>
>



        I'm starting to regret your insulting post.
           At least I could understand it...
              ...wow, you sure can write.
                                /
                               /
                      )            (
                     /(   (\___/)  )\
                    ( #)  \ ('')| ( #
                     ||___c\  > '__||
                     ||**** ),_/ **'|
               .__   |'* ___| |___*'|
                \_\  |' (    ~   ,)'|
                 ((  |' /(.  '  .)\ |
                  \\_|_/ <_ _____> \______________
                   /   '-, \   / ,-'      ______  \
                  /      (//   \\)     __/     /   \
                                      './_____/
                  b'ger



;D
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joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 8 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Colin Douthwaite wrote:
[snip]

>
>
> > <applause>bis, bis, hurray!</applause>
>
> Indeed...YAAY!
>

Yaaay? isn't that Frogstein's favorite line?

> >>  [...Noises off?...Yep, more sniggers from your Hero, P.C...]
> >>
> >> BTW, I would have appreciated it more if you had corrected Mr.
> >> Casso's repeated distortions of your Ten Commandments FAQ...too late
> >> though now...I've just done the job!
> >>
>
> >Sorry but I have better things to do than correcting Mr Casso's stupidity.
>
> Ah then, you give the impression that you care little for this newsgroup
> alt.ascii-art and its FAQS and other advisory/informational documents.
>
> What better things?
>

Drawing! ascii and non-ascii

[snip]


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joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 8 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Colin Douthwaite wrote:

> On Thu, 08 Oct 1998 05:21:01 +0200, joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl>
> wrote:
>
> > No I'm not. I'm just trying to cool Colin off and to keep you out of
> > this shit. I'm not very successful, I give you that.
>
> > But at least I tried...
>
> Then try a different tack and try a little harder.
>
> > I can understand that Colin developed such a hate toward Mr Casso
> > through the years but I found your (early) post absolutly misplaced.
>
> Hate?  I don't have hates.  I have a strong aversion to those who
> seem to be misusing this newsgroup which has given me much enjoyment
> over 5 years here.
>

Well 'hate' may not be the right word but that's the one I had inmy limited
English vocabulary.   :(

> I just think that this time Mr. Casso has gone too far in his
> undesirable activities and it would be good for everyone if these
> matters could be settled once and for all instead of the neverending
> repeated eruptions of these Stein Wars.
>
> I think the crux of the matter is really Mr. Casso's copyrighted material.
>

I think you're right.

> Prior to the Steins, copyright was never much of an issue here
> in alt.ascii-art, which after all is an unmoderated newsgroup.

I think you're right again.

> In the moderated newsgroup, rec.arts.ascii, posters could request
> the moderator not to allow reposting of a contributor's material
> and the moderator's decision on such a request would be final.
> If the moderator decided to _allow_ reposting then the contributor
> would have to accept reposts or not post to that moderated newsgroup.
>
> Bye,



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joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 8 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Tweeter wrote:
[ major snip]

I see now that you're not the "muffin brain" I once thought you were...
My mistake.
(sorry for the "muffin brain": I read that in Calvin & Hobbes)

>
>
> >>  > >>                    where are Casshole's maaaaaaners...
> >>  > >>                              \          dunno, just can't see any...
> >>  > >>                                  ____       ____  /
> >>  > >>                        <----    = =\\\     o o\\\
> >>  > >>                                /<   c     /<   c
> >>  > >>                    ___ _______/__D_/'_   /__,_/\___
> >>  > >>                   /(- /(\_\________   \     '\_/   \
> >>  > >>                   \ ) \ )_      \o     \   |  o     \
> >>  > >>                   /|\ /|\       |'     |   | |'  |  |
> >>  > >>                                 |     _\   | |   |  \
> >>  > >>                                 //\____|   | //\_|  |
> >>  > >>                                /-,---/     |/-,--|__|
> >>  > >>                               / /   _)     / /   /(
> >>  > >>                              / /    /     / /    \ )_
> >>  > >>                             ( (    <     ( (    < \\
> >>  > >>                              \ \    \     \ \    \
> >>  > >>                               \ \    |     \ \    |
> >>  > >>                                \_\____\     \_\____\
> >>  > >>                               ___\_\_\     ___\_\_\
> >>  > >>                              ((((,,,,o)   ((((,,,,o) . ..  b'ger
>
> tee hee couldn't resist

he he he   :D

>
>
> >>
> >>  Well I'm sorry to disappoint you: I didn't draw this for this particularoccasion
> >>  but for a similar one (long thread no drawings) and the
> >>  original caption is:
> >>
> >>                      where are the draaaaaawings...
> >>                              \          dunno, just can't see any...
> >>                                  ____       ____  /
> >>                        <----    = =\\\     o o\\\
> >>                                /<   c     /<   c
> >>                    ___ _______/__D_/'_   /__,_/\___
> >>                   /(- /(\_\________   \     '\_/   \
> >>                   \ ) \ )_      \o     \   |  o     \
> >>                   /|\ /|\       |'     |   | |'  |  |
> >>
>
> Oh, I'm not disappointed!  I just wondered.  Actually, I think it may
> have been among the first-night marathon read I did here.
>
> >>  Unfortunately we (Colin used it a couple of times, but now that he is
> >>  mad at me...) have to use it every now and then.
>
> I sense a mutual respect between you and Colin.  My instinct tells me
> this is not a situation permanently damaging to your relationship.
> Betcha I'm right.

I hope you are.
[snip]

> Well, thank you for a thought-provoking response and a couple of solid
> laughs.

Thanks to you too.

bye,

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Matthew Thomas <mpt...@spamfree.land> writes:
>Colin Douthwaite wrote:
>> joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote
>So, to start the trend, here's my ObAscii: the Statue of Liberty.
>         ^
>       ,' \
>       L""/
>       ` |
>       J |
>       J L
>       | | .  ,
>       | | `v_L.'
>      // ,>'--\'_
>      \`' \ - /-.
>      /   /`""|
>       ),'    `-
>      (    ,-'  \
>       ) ,' ,'   h
>      / /  /     `)--..
>      \/  /       \  <)
>       <        ,  L<'
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>      /         (  F
>     J      ___,'  L
>     |    ,'       |
>     F  ,'         |
>    (_,--..__  mt-2|_
>   ,'        `"`--.._\
> ,' /                 \
>/                     (_
>
>Rediddles welcome (especially to her face).
This, matthew, is BRILLIANT. :-) I'm not going to touch it
(but when did I ever diddle anything anyway?), coz
I like her just as she is.  
And where is Henry JFL bloke these days anyway?

-Hayley

Twe...@the.speaker (Tweeter) writes:

If I KNEW how to use your pgp key (and no
comments about me being a technophobe - I know
I'm pathetic) I would mail you personally and 
tell you that I think you're cooler than
tarantino tweeter. :-) As it is I have to 
risk a barrage of banal messages in response
to this message, just so I can tell you that
you have now been logged in my "approved" file:
for injecting some intelligence into the flame war.
(yes, I KNOW I said I don't care for the war, but 
Tweeter has approached it with some imagination 
and brains and made it less tedious than the casso 
wars usually are. So I'm a hypocrite. So sue me. 
:-) ) 
I bet half the people involved in this war have
had some real problems with your lexical choices, 
and had to consult a dictionary before flaming back.
:-) 

Ok - I can take it - you can all yell at me now 
for daring to say something nice to a flamer. :-)

*duck*

-Hayley

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> writes:
>Tweeter wrote:
>[snip]
>> My acknowledgement that you and your (snarf snicker grin) "art" even
>> exist will be largely limited to spelling your name properly,
>> occasional diddling of the 'steins, and ongoing development of the
>> 'stinks (to be displayed at random in my sig).  Just remember, every
>> time you see one, I thumb my nose at you, disruptive would-be-bully
>> weakling that you are.
>>
>> Tweeter

>        I'm starting to regret your insulting post.
>           At least I could understand it...
>              ...wow, you sure can write.
>                                /
>                               /
>                      )            (
>                     /(   (\___/)  )\
>                    ( #)  \ ('')| ( #
>                     ||___c\  > '__||
>                     ||**** ),_/ **'|
>               .__   |'* ___| |___*'|
>                \_\  |' (    ~   ,)'|
>                 ((  |' /(.  '  .)\ |
>                  \\_|_/ <_ _____> \______________
>                   /   '-, \   / ,-'      ______  \
>                  /      (//   \\)     __/     /   \
>                                      './_____/
>                  b'ger

She can can't she? I bet Killraven/robert will be impressed. 
I'm English and even I'm impressed - I can't come up with 
anything as good as that without making a couple of drafts
first. :)

-Hayley

On Wed, 07 Oct 1998 12:07:44 +0200, joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl>
wrote:

>If I remember well you were the one who, in a stupid way, attributed a
>romance between Pete and Sarah when he told you to leave her alone.
>Do you have a romance with Tweeter? huh huh...

Nope, I do not know Tweeter well enough to feel at all romantic.

All I see is that Tweeter seems clued up on Usenet practices and is doing,
in my opinion, a dirty job which needed doing...very well indeed. And
that takes some of the burden off those who have suffered Mr. Casso's
antics for far too long and done their best to combat them.

>
>> I suggest you address the remarks you have made here to Mr. Casso
>> not to Tweeter.
>>
>> Can't think what's got into you Joris unless it is in fact the
>> character depicted sitting in your chair.  8-(
>>
>> Cassophile!...Bah!    Condoner of FAQ Munging!...Grrrr!
>>

> <applause>bis, bis, hurray!</applause>

Indeed...YAAY!


>>  [...Noises off?...Yep, more sniggers from your Hero, P.C...]
>>
>> BTW, I would have appreciated it more if you had corrected Mr.
>> Casso's repeated distortions of your Ten Commandments FAQ...too late
>> though now...I've just done the job!
>>

>Sorry but I have better things to do than correcting Mr Casso's stupidity.

Ah then, you give the impression that you care little for this newsgroup
alt.ascii-art and its FAQS and other advisory/informational documents.

What better things?


>> Toodles,
>
>
>Me too,
>
>
>
>                                   *
>                                   _
>                                  /,\_
>                                  |___)
>                                  ,
>                     (\___/)   * (
>                     \ (. .)      \ *
>                     c\   >'      #
>                       )`_/      '
>                _______| |__    ,|//
>               # ___ `  ~   )  ( /
>               \,|  | . ' .) \ /#
>              _( /  )   , / \ / |
>               // ,#;,,;,;   \,/
>       __,,    ,#;,;;,;;
>       \__(    i;;;,,;;
>          \\,;;,%;;,;#
>           %,;;:,%;,;%
>                  ;,;;
>                  #,;
>                 //
>                 \|_
>                  |#\   b'ger
>                   -"

You Devil you!  Flaunting your wonderful pictures. Again!   *8-)

Bye,

On Wed, 07 Oct 1998 10:46:17 +0200, joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl>
wrote:

>
>
>Tweeter wrote:
>
>> On or about Wed, 07 Oct 1998 01:30:17 +0200, joris bellenger
>> <svz...@xs4all.nl> said somethin' like
>>
>> 8<
>>
>> >>  ps: see? I'm quite illetrate myself, huh huh...
>> >>      but I'm sure you got the picture though.  >:-/
>>
>> I've gotten a different picture from the group as a whole.
>>
>> Twit Casshole was forging copyrights, pissing on the FAQ, and getting
>> flamed as the resident trolling moron before I ever got here.
>>
>
>That's right *before you ever got here*. So you don't have a clue
>about what's going on here and why things are the way they are between
>Pete and his 'asciigangStein'. Please mind your own business.

Now that is false. Tweeter in an opening post to this newsgroup
mentioned having spent a considerable numbers of hours reading all the
posts available.

>
>> Sorry, can't accomodate you at this time.

>Well that's too bad, the least we needed in this group was someonenew to
>keep the crap going on.   :(

Well you, yourself seem to be doing your very best to keep the crap going
on right now and doing nothing to try to correct it.

What exactly are you doing about Casso?  Allowing him to make a
mockery of your Ascii Ten Comandments FAQ and doing Sweet Fanny Adams
to correct him?

You really do disappoint me Joris...because your artwork is simply
brilliant!

Bye,  

Matthew Thomas <mpt...@spamfree.land> ASCII art 8 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Colin Douthwaite wrote:
> 
> joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> >
> > Tweeter, If you plan to make a meaningfull contribution to this
> > group, please do. If you plan continuing insulting people you never
> > met or even had a word with, your future is at alt.moron.
>...
> [ If your Message Header didn't look so authentic I would have thought
>   it to be a forgery. ]
> 
> Leave Tweeter alone...you horrid Cassophile...you!  Tweeter's doing
> a most unpleasant and dirty job here which much needed to be done
> and few, if any, seem to have the courage, the stamina or the
> endurance to do the job.

BOLLOCKS!!!

I am staying out of this as much as possible, Colin, because I really
can't be bothered arguing with everyone. But you more than anyone else
(even PC) are really starting to get on my nerve, if only because of
your sheer number of pictureless, flameful postings.

$ exec analyze -d douthwaite <news:alt.ascii-art

1. There is a flame war going on in this group.

2. You don't like flame wars, preferring to instead enjoy a.a-a for the
   pictures.

3. In my a.a-a feed at the moment, I count 45 messages by you, 41 of
   which are part of the flame war. In fact, from here you seem to be
   the most prolific contributor to the flame war so far.

analyze: ERROR: 2, 3 do not match!

4. You post the Troll FAQ, and say that the best way of dealing with a
   troll is to ignore him/her.
5. You are constantly posting replies to PeteCasso's messages,
   pointing out your disagreement with him.

analyze: ERROR: 4, 5 do not match!

6. Joris told Tweeter off for (a) aggravating the flame war, and (b)
   not contributing any pictures of note (either than the 'stinks); he
   did not complain about anything else.

7. You chastized Joris for being a `horrid Cassophile'.

analyze: ERROR: 6, 7 do not match!
analyze: ERROR: 2, 7 do not match!

$ mv douthwaite /dev/null


Anyway, I think a lot of this flaming would decrease if everyone was
required to post a (different) obligatory ASCII pic in each message --
at the very least, it would slow the flames down.

So, to start the trend, here's my ObAscii: the Statue of Liberty.

         ^
       ,' \
       L""/
       ` |
       J |
       J L
       | | .  ,
       | | `v_L.'
      // ,>'--\'_
      \`' \ - /-.
      /   /`""|
       ),'    `-
      (    ,-'  \
       ) ,' ,'   h
      / /  /     `)--..
      \/  /       \  <)
       <        ,  L<'
       F/     _/  ,'
       L   ,-'     \
       |         ___L
      /         (  F
     J      ___,'  L
     |    ,'       |
     F  ,'         |
    (_,--..__  mt-2|_
   ,'        `"`--.._\
 ,' /                 \
/                     (_

Rediddles welcome (especially to her face).

ttfn
-- 
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 ..://\/ Visit my site: http://cantua.canterbury.ac.nz/~mpt26/
..:_/\   Read my column in NewsRoom: http://www.newsroom.co.nz/
  ..:/   Those damn succubi!

joris bellenger wrote:
> That's right *before you ever got here*. So you don't have a clue
> about what's going on here and why things are the way they are between
> Pete and his 'asciigangStein'. Please mind your own business.

Well said, Joris! That also shows who the true trolls are!

=========================================================
[]   .oo     Visit the Gallery of the 'steins!         []
[]  (  -)   http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/        []
[]   " "   Frogstein, who has a point behind his eyes  []
=========================================================

> [ If your Message Header didn't look so authentic I would have thought
>   it to be a forgery. ]

Tweeter's email address is probably a forgery.

I looked up in the Directories that came with Netscape (Four11 Directory, the
InfoSpace Directory, and the WhoWhere Directory) the email address wasn't there.

Tweeter is leaving no traces behind in archives either.

Tweeter has taken precautions to escape responsibility.

> Leave Tweeter alone...you horrid Cassophile...you!  Tweeter's doing
> a most unpleasant and dirty job here which much needed to be done
> and few, if any, seem to have the courage, the stamina or the
> endurance to do the job.

Look, look, look, even Tweeterphile Colinstein is saying that Tweeter is doing
a dirty job!

=========================================================
[]   .oo     Visit the Gallery of the 'steins!         []
[]  (  -)   http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/        []
[]   " "   Frogstein, who has a point behind his eyes  []
=========================================================

Colin Douthwaite wrote:
> The latest Stein Wars have however made me realise one thing...diddling
> other people's pictures in any way at all has the potential to provoke
> flames.

Very good, Colin! No sarcasm at all!

And now try to make lemonade out of lemon. On the one hand, categorically
prohibiting diddling is overreacting, it takes a lot of fun out of aaa. On the
other hand, what criteria do you apply to differentiate between good and bad
diddlings? (Apart from obviously malicious diddlings.)

Ilmari has taken a stab at it in a parallel posting (or so I read by
implication,) but I think we need more specific guidelines if these guidelines
are to be useful at all.

=========================================================
[]   .oo     Visit the Gallery of the 'steins!         []
[]  (  -)   http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/        []
[]   " "   Frogstein, who has a point behind his eyes  []
=========================================================

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 8 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Tweeter wrote:

> On or about Wed, 07 Oct 1998 10:46:17 +0200, joris bellenger
> <svz...@xs4all.nl> said somethin' like
>
> 8<
>
> >>  > Twit Casshole was forging copyrights, pissing on the FAQ, and getting
> >>  > flamed as the resident trolling moron before I ever got here.
> >>  >
> >>
> >>  That's right *before you ever got here*. So you don't have a clue
> >>  about what's going on here and why things are the way they are between
>
> I have almost a full month's worth of posts, plus the statements being
> made by the pillars of the community, plus Casshole's forgeries, not
> to mention his dull "art."  That's more than a clue, Joris.  It's a
> pretty fair feel for the pulse of the group.

Contemporary musea are full of pieces of work once called 'dull art' by oneor an
other inspired art-critic: but Time is the only true art-critic.

> >>  Pete and his 'asciigangStein'.
>
> Well.  I hope you don't agree with him that the creative contributors
> who deplore his tantrums and FAQ-dissing are a "gang."
>

This 'gang' thing started looooooog before almost_once_month ago.There is no
gang of course but Pete likes to think otherwise.
I became a proud member of his asciigangstein in the early days
of the first 'Steins war, wich means: Pete called me -joristein-.
I didn't mind at all because all the good guys were members of the
asciigangstein.
- Joan
- Llizard
- Veronica
- Shanaka
- Salesman (doesn't post here anymore)
and one or two more, I don't remember.

You have to look at Pete's asciigangstein as something like
the -Diddlers of the Round Table-
Of course there's more people around the table these days
and I bet there's even enough room for you, if you like.
Our main occupation is: searching for the Holly Ascii.


      "AAARRrrrggghhh! GO AWAY PETE!
   You can't stop my quest for The Holly Ascii.."
            \
            |
            |           .     _///_,
             \        .      / ` ' '>
                        )   o'  __/_'>
       ,       )       (   /  _/  )_\'>
      /.\     (_)       ' "__/   /_/\_>
     /___\,  __4_            ___/_/_/_/__
        //  ( ___\        __|_  ,   '\\\\\\
       //   |:  \\       /,-./      ' ____|_
      //  ___)..:/_I__, ""  |   +   '||::::::        \
    (X|) (|x(____)x\ _)     |       '||_____|        )\
     7|_\/>> x x x << \     \'______|_____|          ).\
       |:\/|x x x x| \_\<  ___/____|___\___          )_/
    ___\./__II[X]II__(o_)_|    _    '  <<<:|         /'
   b'ger   _________      |_________'___o_o|     __,'_'
          /:::::::::|        __) \  \\___(_   __/.__,'
                          ,((,-,__\  '', __\_/. __,'
                                       ''./_._._-'


> >>  Please mind your own business.
>
> Weak point.  Usenet.  Unmoderated.  etc etc etc.

Don't give me that -it's a free country- crap... I am talkingcommon sense hier.
I can understand that Colin developed such a hate
toward Mr Casso through the years but I found your (early) post
absolutly misplaced.
For your govern: unmoderated doesn't mean *I_can_bloody_do what_I_want*.
Please have a look at Netiquette.

> >>  > Sorry, can't accomodate you at this time.
> >>
> >>  Well that's too bad, the least we needed in this group was someonenew to
> >>  keep the crap going on.   :(
>
> You're doing as well at that as anyone else.

No I'm not. I'm just trying to cool Colin off and to keep youout of this shit.
I'm not very successful, I give you that.
But at least I tried...


    The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those
    who, in times of moral crisis, preserved their neutrality.
                    -Dante Alighieri-


                                                  /)_(\
                                           ______( 0 0 )______
                                          /_/_/_/\` ' `/\_\_\_\
                                                  )'_'(
                                             ____.""_"".____
                                            |___|___|___|___|
                                              |___|___|___|
         Damn! why am I always                  |-      |
  the last one to hear about these things...    |       |
                        /                      _|_______|_
                    ___                       |___|___|___|
                   /   \                        |'   | ||
                   )'__/                        |       |
                   \(\\                         |       |
                     _\\__                      |       |
                    /,_ \--\                    |     - |
               ____// \ |   \                   |       |
              /,-' `  _)/   |\_                 |       |
              ``     ,o_:)  ```                 |       |
         .          /    \        .             |       |
                   /      \                     | |     |
      .    (      c        c     )    .         |       |
       (    )      \      /     (    )          |       |
      ( )  '        |     |      '  ( )        _|_______|_
      _#, .    ...,:o    o:,..    . ,#_ ,, ,,,|___b'ger___|,,,


...and I've put (old) drawings in all my post   :)


>
>
> >>  > Tweeter
> >>  > Just one little speaker
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>                    where are Tweeter's draaaaaawings...
> >>                              \          dunno, just can't see any...
> >>                                  ____       ____  /
> >>                        <----    = =\\\     o o\\\
> >>                                /<   c     /<   c
> >>                    ___ _______/__D_/'_   /__,_/\___
> >>                   /(- /(\_\________   \     '\_/   \
> >>                   \ ) \ )_      \o     \   |  o     \
> >>                   /|\ /|\       |'     |   | |'  |  |
> >>                                 |     _\   | |   |  \
> >>                                 //\____|   | //\_|  |
> >>                                /-,---/     |/-,--|__|
> >>                               / /   _)     / /   /(
> >>                              / /    /     / /    \ )_
> >>                             ( (    <     ( (    < \\
> >>                              \ \    \     \ \    \
> >>                               \ \    |     \ \    |
> >>                                \_\____\     \_\____\
> >>                               ___\_\_\     ___\_\_\
> >>                              ((((,,,,o)   ((((,,,,o) . ..  b'ger
>
> Now that's cute!  I mean it sincerely.  Any moron can swear and scream
> and threaten, but for your flame pointing out my lack of contribution
> here you chose an on-topic gentle nudge.  I respect that.  Was it
> drawn for this occasion?  Please listen:  This is not sarcasm.
>

Well I'm sorry to disappoint you: I didn't draw this for this particularoccasion
but for a similar one (long thread no drawings) and the
original caption is:

                    where are the draaaaaawings...
                            \          dunno, just can't see any...
                                ____       ____  /
                      <----    = =\\\     o o\\\
                              /<   c     /<   c
                  ___ _______/__D_/'_   /__,_/\___
                 /(- /(\_\________   \     '\_/   \
                 \ ) \ )_      \o     \   |  o     \
                 /|\ /|\       |'     |   | |'  |  |

Unfortunately we (Colin used it a couple of times, but now that he is
mad at me...) have to use it every now and then.

> It's actually a happy coincidence, as I just finished my first serious
> attempt at ascii art and will be posting it in the next few minutes.

I saw it and liked it a lot.   :)

> I'd rather we not be adversaries, Joris, but if we must, it's
> refreshing to have an intelligent adversary I can respect at the same
> time.
>
> Tweeter
> Just one little speaker


That's a nice thing to say   :)
Does this mean we have a romance?
(sorry about that -he he he- but I had to say it before Pete or Colin did.
You never can be careful enough these days).
Naaah, of course we won't be adversaries.

Regards,
joris
--

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

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 8 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Colin Douthwaite wrote:

> On Wed, 07 Oct 1998 10:46:17 +0200, joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl>
> wrote:
>

[snip]

> >
> >That's right *before you ever got here*. So you don't have a clue
> >about what's going on here and why things are the way they are between
> >Pete and his 'asciigangStein'. Please mind your own business.
>
> Now that is false. Tweeter in an opening post to this newsgroup
> mentioned having spent a considerable numbers of hours reading all the
> posts available.
>

As I told Tweeter, she just can't understand the Pete Casso business
byreading the post of this NG for 'almost one month'.

> >
> >> Sorry, can't accomodate you at this time.
>
> >Well that's too bad, the least we needed in this group was someonenew to
> >keep the crap going on.   :(
>
> Well you, yourself seem to be doing your very best to keep the crap going
> on right now and doing nothing to try to correct it.

I replied Tweeter about that.

> What exactly are you doing about Casso?  Allowing him to make a
> mockery of your Ascii Ten Comandments FAQ and doing Sweet Fanny Adams
> to correct him?
>

I regret Pete messed with the initials but it's his right to make amockery of
my drawings, I tease him myself every now and then.  :)

> You really do disappoint me Joris...because your artwork is simply
> brilliant!
>
> Bye,


I'm glad you enjoy my work, that is why we are here after all.
For the rest... I was just trying to help ending this madness.

bye,
--

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

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 8 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Matthew Thomas wrote:
[snip]

>
>
> 6. Joris told Tweeter off for (a) aggravating the flame war, and (b)
>    not contributing any pictures of note (either than the 'stinks); he
>    did not complain about anything else.
>
> 7. You chastized Joris for being a `horrid Cassophile'.
>
> analyze: ERROR: 6, 7 do not match!
> analyze: ERROR: 2, 7 do not match!
>
> $ mv douthwaite /dev/null

   'codoning'
   'chastized'
    Hey guys, I thought this was
    a family show...       \        \
         \_      `,
              ' ')#
              |/  ?
              | o )\
              /__/\ \____
              /   \_/    \
             / ,       _> \

>
>
> Anyway, I think a lot of this flaming would decrease if everyone was
> required to post a (different) obligatory ASCII pic in each message --
> at the very least, it would slow the flames down.
>
> So, to start the trend, here's my ObAscii: the Statue of Liberty.
>
>          ^
>        ,' \
>        L""/
>        ` |
>        J |
>        J L
>        | | .  ,
>        | | `v_L.'
>       // ,>'--\'_
>       \`' \ - /-.
>       /   /`""|
>        ),'    `-
>       (    ,-'  \
>        ) ,' ,'   h
>       / /  /     `)--..
>       \/  /       \  <)
>        <        ,  L<'
>        F/     _/  ,'
>        L   ,-'     \
>        |         ___L
>       /         (  F
>      J      ___,'  L
>      |    ,'       |
>      F  ,'         |
>     (_,--..__  mt-2|_
>    ,'        `"`--.._\
>  ,' /                 \
> /                     (_
>
> Rediddles welcome (especially to her face).
>
> ttfn

I like the -ObAscii- idea.   :)
some (facial) diddles...

         ^
       ,' \
       L""/
       ` |
       J |
       J L
       | | .  ,
       | |.`v_L.'
      // ,>-(-\'_
      \`' \ - /-.
      /   /`""|
       ),'    `-
      (    ,-'  \
       ) ,' ,'   h
      / /  /     `)--..
      \/  /       \  <)
       <        ,  L<'
       F/     _/  ,'
       L   ,-'     \
       |         ___L
      /         (  F
     J      ___,'  L
     |    ,'       |
     F  ,'         |
    (_,--..__  mt-2|_
   ,'        `"`--.._\
 ,' /                 \
/                     (_


         ^
       ,' \
       L""/
       ` |
       J |
       J L
       | | .  ,
       | |.`v_L.'
      // ,>~\~\'_
      \`' \ = /-.
      /   /`""|
       ),'    `-
      (    ,-'  \
       ) ,' ,'   h
      / /  /     `)--..
      \/  /       \  <)
       <        ,  L<'



         ^
       ,' \
       L""/
       ` |
       J |
       J L
       | | .  ,
       | |.`v_L.'
      // ,>"("\'_
      \`' \ ~ /-.
      /   /`""|
       ),'    `-
      (    ,-'  \
       ) ,' ,'   h
      / /  /     `)--..
      \/  /       \  <)
       <        ,  L<'


--

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       ,\, #
       |/  ?
       | ~ )\
       /_ /\ \____  joris bellenger (b'ger)
       /   \_/    \ e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/ascii/main.html
     / < ______ _> \
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On Wed, 07 Oct 1998 10:39:34 GMT, Twe...@the.speaker (Tweeter) wrote:

>On or about Wed, 07 Oct 1998 10:46:17 +0200, joris bellenger
><svz...@xs4all.nl> said somethin' like

 
>>>                    where are Tweeter's draaaaaawings...
>>>                              \          dunno, just can't see any...
>>>                                  ____       ____  /
>>>                        <----    = =\\\     o o\\\
>>>                                /<   c     /<   c
>>>                    ___ _______/__D_/'_   /__,_/\___
>>>                   /(- /(\_\________   \     '\_/   \
>>>                   \ ) \ )_      \o     \   |  o     \
>>>                   /|\ /|\       |'     |   | |'  |  |
>>>                                 |     _\   | |   |  \
>>>                                 //\____|   | //\_|  |
>>>                                /-,---/     |/-,--|__|
>>>                               / /   _)     / /   /(
>>>                              / /    /     / /    \ )_
>>>                             ( (    <     ( (    < \\
>>>                              \ \    \     \ \    \
>>>                               \ \    |     \ \    |
>>>                                \_\____\     \_\____\
>>>                               ___\_\_\     ___\_\_\
>>>                              ((((,,,,o)   ((((,,,,o) . ..  b'ger

>Now that's cute!  I mean it sincerely.  Any moron can swear and scream
>and threaten, but for your flame pointing out my lack of contribution
>here you chose an on-topic gentle nudge.  I respect that.  Was it
>drawn for this occasion?  Please listen:  This is not sarcasm.

I also think that picture is brilliant and I have to confess that I have
used it many times in the past and changed the wording to suit the
occasion.

The latest Stein Wars have however made me realise one thing...diddling
other people's pictures in any way at all has the potential to provoke
flames.

I have always been an inveterate diddler of pictures, and, although
diddling has always been tolerated in Ascii Art, I've decided to try
my best to resist diddling although I may sometimes repost someone
else's picture in ts entirety but unchanged to make a particular point
effectively.
>It's actually a happy coincidence, as I just finished my first serious
>attempt at ascii art and will be posting it in the next few minutes.

Haven't seen it yet...but hey...you haven't been in the newsgroup long
enough to be doing _Pictures_ have you?  Also I hope you have received
Mr. Casso-the-moderator's permission to post your own new picture and not
just reposts of his Steins?   *8-)

>I'd rather we not be adversaries, Joris, but if we must, it's
>refreshing to have an intelligent adversary I can respect at the same
>time.

I'm pleased and relieved to see that Joris has not intimidated you
with his excellent reputation and status as a leading, talented
and much admired Ascii Artist.  :-)

Meanwhile, keep up the good anti-Casso work!

Cheers,


Colin Douthwaite wrote:

> On Wed, 07 Oct 1998 10:39:34 GMT, Twe...@the.speaker (Tweeter) wrote:
>
> >On or about Wed, 07 Oct 1998 10:46:17 +0200, joris bellenger
> ><svz...@xs4all.nl> said somethin' like
>
>
> >>>                    where are Tweeter's draaaaaawings...
> >>>                              \          dunno, just can't see any...
> >>>                                  ____       ____  /
> >>>                        <----    = =\\\     o o\\\
> >>>                                /<   c     /<   c
> >>>                    ___ _______/__D_/'_   /__,_/\___
> >>>                   /(- /(\_\________   \     '\_/   \
> >>>                   \ ) \ )_      \o     \   |  o     \
> >>>                   /|\ /|\       |'     |   | |'  |  |
> >>>                                 |     _\   | |   |  \
> >>>                                 //\____|   | //\_|  |
> >>>                                /-,---/     |/-,--|__|
> >>>                               / /   _)     / /   /(
> >>>                              / /    /     / /    \ )_
> >>>                             ( (    <     ( (    < \\
> >>>                              \ \    \     \ \    \
> >>>                               \ \    |     \ \    |
> >>>                                \_\____\     \_\____\
> >>>                               ___\_\_\     ___\_\_\
> >>>                              ((((,,,,o)   ((((,,,,o) . ..  b'ger
>
> >Now that's cute!  I mean it sincerely.  Any moron can swear and scream
> >and threaten, but for your flame pointing out my lack of contribution
> >here you chose an on-topic gentle nudge.  I respect that.  Was it
> >drawn for this occasion?  Please listen:  This is not sarcasm.
>
> I also think that picture is brilliant and I have to confess that I have
> used it many times in the past and changed the wording to suit the
 occasion.


> The latest Stein Wars have however made me realise one thing...diddling
> other people's pictures in any way at all has the potential to provoke
> flames.


> It doesn't bother me. Diddling is fun. Diddling must stay!

The diddling which was encouraged in the early days was mainly to 
give encouragement for newbies to make a start on picture making
by some simple changes to a previous small picture of say a cat, dog, 
rabbit et al, before going on to doing whole pictures of their own.


Nowadays diddles have to be assessed for the motive, content and 
overall purpose of any changes made.  Modern diddles have purposes 
other than helping newbies get a start. They can range from intended
enhancements and corrections to malicious and denigratory changes to 
make a point or express an opinion.

So...nowadays...there are diddles and diddles...and some diddles are
no longer readly acceptable.

I have used your wonderful "nosee" drawing many times to make a 
point to someone who did not seem to be seeing things correctly.

In hindsight I think I was not justified in diddling that picture's
content and/or text to make those points. OK you do not and did not
object but you could have objected and could quite rightly have done so.

Actually that is what Casso does...he objects to anything he does 
not like being done to, or said about, his Steins which he has 
claimed are copyright and, anything else which appears that look 
even remotely like his Steins, including diddles, he claims become 
his copyright too.  

Later,

On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, joris bellenger wrote:

> 
> You have to look at Pete's asciigangstein as something like
> the -Diddlers of the Round Table-
> Of course there's more people around the table these days
> and I bet there's even enough room for you, if you like.
> Our main occupation is: searching for the Holly Ascii.

              ________________________________
             ( Ifound the Holly ASCII!!!      )
             /\_ Is this what it's for?    _./ 
>           |   """"""""""""""""""""""".**    OOOOWWWW!
>        ,       )     _/\_     __/\__(  o) / 
>       /.\     (_)    )   (_  _) .' ( " "
>      /___\,  __4_    `) ' ( ) ,'  (`
>         //  ( ___\    `-._ ()/__(~`      
>        //   |:  \\        ()()         
>       //  ___)..:/_I__,  / |`\  jgs 
>     (X|) (|x(____)x\ _)  ) : (
>      7|_\/>> x x x << \ (/)_/`   
        |:\/|x x x x| \_\< /  
>     ___\./__II[X]II__(o_)_
>    b'ger   _________     
>           /:::::::::|    
> 

Phil

Disclaimer:

Any frog like creature in the above picture is a corruption of a 'stein
created by Pete Casso.

Apology: 

Sorry about using frogstein but it seemed appropriate.  I hope you don't
take this as a malicious use of your ASCII's.  I am not trying to annoy
anyone. 

Hope Joan and Joris don't mind me using their pics.

--
Philip Powell          |)| '|'
ccx...@coventry.ac.uk  | |)||||)      ||    PjP   Joan had it at her
Computing Services            |()(,)(>||     <  / excellent web site BTW. 
Coventry University                  ~
                                     

sandra van zanten <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 9 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Phil wrote:

> On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, joris bellenger wrote:
>
> >
> > You have to look at Pete's asciigangstein as something like
> > the -Diddlers of the Round Table-
> > Of course there's more people around the table these days
> > and I bet there's even enough room for you, if you like.
> > Our main occupation is: searching for the Holly Ascii.
>
>               ________________________________
>              ( Ifound the Holly ASCII!!!      )
>              /\_ Is this what it's for?    _./
> >           |   """"""""""""""""""""""".**    OOOOWWWW!
> >        ,       )     _/\_     __/\__(  o) /
> >       /.\     (_)    )   (_  _) .' ( " "
> >      /___\,  __4_    `) ' ( ) ,'  (`
> >         //  ( ___\    `-._ ()/__(~`
> >        //   |:  \\        ()()
> >       //  ___)..:/_I__,  / |`\  jgs
> >     (X|) (|x(____)x\ _)  ) : (
> >      7|_\/>> x x x << \ (/)_/`
>         |:\/|x x x x| \_\< /
> >     ___\./__II[X]II__(o_)_
> >    b'ger   _________
> >           /:::::::::|
> >
>
> Phil
>
> Disclaimer:
>
> Any frog like creature in the above picture is a corruption of a 'stein
> created by Pete Casso.
>
> Apology:
>
> Sorry about using frogstein but it seemed appropriate.  I hope you don't
> take this as a malicious use of your ASCII's.  I am not trying to annoy
> anyone.
>
> Hope Joan and Joris don't mind me using their pics.
>

I don't mind at all.
You 'Holly Ascii' made me laugh   :D
--

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

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 9 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
On Thu, 08 Oct 1998 13:15:23 +0200, joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl>
wrote:

>
>
>Colin Douthwaite wrote:
>[snip]
>
>>
>>
>> > <applause>bis, bis, hurray!</applause>
>>
>> Indeed...YAAY!
>>

>Yaaay? isn't that Frogstein's favorite line?

Oh damn it all...have I broken yet another Casso Copyright?

Oh please say Naaay or NAAAY!  Is it the word itself that is
copyrighted or its presentation ie correct spelling, upper or lower
case etc. ?

Has anyone copyrighted the punctuation marks on computer keyboards yet?

May I please copyright the hyphen?  ( - )  Please, Please?  Oh
please say "yea" not "nay" it is SO very useful in Ascii artwork and
I do not own any copyrights...not even an incy, wincy one!


                     CopyRighter at work...

                          _________
                         |\       /|
                         | \     / |
                         ||\\   //||
                         ||__\ /__||
                 _______/|   _|_   |\_______
                /       \|  / | \  |/       \
               (         \\/  |  \//         )
                |         \\  |  //       _______________
                |          \_ | _/       |\             /|
                |            \|/         | \           / |
                /                        |  -----------  |
                | ^^^^                ^^^|  |         |  |
                 \||||\              /||||  |    o o  |  |
                 ------------------------|  -----------  |
                 \---------------------------------------
                                -Mike Hertz-


Bye,

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 9 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Hayley Jane Wakenshaw <flu...@quadrant.xs4all.nl.spambgone> wrote:

>Ok - I can take it - you can all yell at me now 
>for daring to say something nice to a flamer. :-)

>*duck*


Nope...Turkey!  HeHeHe


 ___//            ________
/@_ \            / / / _/ \
~ O\ \_         | /_/_/ _//\
  o \  \________/// / //__/'''
     |  \           ___/
      \_ \___________/
        \___    __/
            \  /
            || |
            || |      -unknown-
          _/_/|\_


Pip Pip,

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 9 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote:


>Colin Douthwaite wrote:
>[snip]


>               COME HERE PETE! YOU CLAMBRAIN...
>                    YOU GROBBER...YOU GROCKLE...
>                  YOU DIMBO... YOU QUOD...
>                     YOU DIRTY DINGLEBERRY....
>              (hey I've got the hang of it now)
>                  YOU GINK... YOU GWEEBO...
>                YOU WANKER... YOU TWAT...
>             YOU DIMSTICK... I AM GOING TO
>                   KICK YOUR SILLY ASS!
>                            \
>                             \

>                               ,_/|/   _  .
>                              /-__/ ( ((_, )
>                              \/\   =/ = /_/
>                              /  \,_\_)___(_
>                              \  /          \_
>                               \___\|\_,      \
>                                    \__-\__    \
>                                      /\// '    \
>                                     (  /_      /
>                                      \_,\______|
>                                       __#######]
>                                    __/._  .  . )
>                                  _/ .\  .   . <
>                                 \.    .   . _/
>                                 /\__.  _.__/  \
>                                (    \_/ (   /_|
>                                 )/_     /'-`_) \
>                                  |     /  (___'_)
>                                  '/. __)
>                              ..   \_/ |          . b'ger
>                                    _\ (    . ..
>                                 (____`_)


>How am I doing now Colin?

Dunno, we will have to see how effective you are on your new 
tack...time will tell.


> Damn! you're right again: this is not just mockery!

Hey, hey, hey, don't go and overdo it now that you are being cooperative and 
seeing it my way. It is very hard work always being right you know!  *8-) 

                                       _____
                        ,             /@@@@@=-
                        \\            @@@@@@@@@@=-
                        \\          _\@/\@@@@@=-
            Journey to...\\        /_ +\ \@@@@@=-
                   ,      \\      (_/   )  \@@@@=-
                   \\      \\     (_____)    \@@=-
                   _\\_/\_ _\\__  /     \     ~~
             ____,/+-  `/\\  { \_|___(__ )
            >             \\  )_|/  ___  \
            \_/--\___/     \\.` / <-q-p-> \
               _//   )      \(\/\ <-d-b-> /___
            _____  /         \/ \  \|/  //   \__
            /     \/          /   \_____//     \_\
            | /\_  |         (_  /______\\     |||
            | \_ | |         | \|   <    \\    /||
            \_\_\ \/     ____\  |____\    \)  / ||     -unknown-
                  /    _/  <____)\    (      / //\\
                 /   _/           \    \    (  \\//
                (   /              )  / \    \  \/
                /  /              /  /   \    )
            ---/  / The Realm ---/  /-----)  /-----
             _/__/ of Chaos!   _/__/     /  /
            /__/ Again & Again/__/     _/__/
                                      /__/


Later,

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 9 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>Colin Douthwaite wrote:
>> Nowadays diddles have to be assessed for the motive, content and
>> overall purpose of any changes made.  Modern diddles have purposes
>> other than helping newbies get a start. They can range from intended
>> enhancements and corrections to malicious and denigratory changes to
>> make a point or express an opinion.

>Rather than spending energy on 40+ flame postings, why don't you propose
>guidelines on diddles? That would be constructive!

Only because you continue to expend your own energies on spurious and
undesirable activities in this newsgroup, Mr. Casso, which somebody
has to address and correct.

In any event you seem to have a great liking for long essays and 
there has been more than enough of that sort of Verbal Diarrhoea 
from you recently which has led to a certain amount of contagious infection.  


    ________________________________
   /                               /\
  |                               |_/
  |         MY LATEST ESSAY       |
   \                               \
    \             by                \
     |                               |
     |         P. Casso              |
     |                               |
    /                               /
   |    In a yet to be determined  |
   |    endless number of never    |
    \   ending parts or until the   \
     |  last Pulp Mill closes down.  |
     |                               |
     |  Whichever is the sooner.     |
     /                               |
  __/___________________________    /
 /                             /   /
 \                             \__/    -unknown-
  `-----------------------------'


Treelessly,

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 9 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> (BTW, the suffix 'stein is not meant to denote an opponent, I call
> all my beloved cartoon characters 'steins)


Really?
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|/|/ |  / |__/||__       |__/|       | |__/ |    | \  |__   \_/
                                                             /


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   '          `|>   `||   `< `|    ` |       '     ||' ..||'   .,,.
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                        """       \    (  \    /
                                   `.   \  `.  \
-Allen Mullen-                       .   `.  >  `.
                                    ,' _._ `.'  _ `-._
                                   /_/~   `-.\.' `--._`



" Love my beloved turkey, love me" ?

Incredibly,

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 9 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Well, another testimony on who the true troll is!


Yessir indeed...the one and only PC himself...


             / ^ \
           /       \
          /___(#)___\
         '===========`
        :=.' -   - '.=:
        '=(\ 9   9 /)='
           (  (_)  )
           /`-vvv-'\                    _______
          /         \                  |.-----.|
         / /|,,,,,|\ \                 ||     ||
        /_//  /^\  \\_\                ||_____||
 cfbd   WW(  (   )  )WW._ _ _          `--)-(--`
After    __\,,\ /,,/__       )  __o   __[=== o]__
 jgs    (______Y______)     (__(__`> |:::::::::::|
                                " "  `-=========-`
       PC TROLL on Patrol             `O + + + O'


Ploddingly,

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 9 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
On Thu, 08 Oct 1998 13:50:09 +1300, Matthew Thomas <mpt...@spamfree.land>
wrote:

>Colin Douthwaite wrote:
>> 
>> joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> >
>> > Tweeter, If you plan to make a meaningfull contribution to this
>> > group, please do. If you plan continuing insulting people you never
>> > met or even had a word with, your future is at alt.moron.
>>...
>> [ If your Message Header didn't look so authentic I would have thought
>>   it to be a forgery. ]
>> 
>> Leave Tweeter alone...you horrid Cassophile...you!  Tweeter's doing
>> a most unpleasant and dirty job here which much needed to be done
>> and few, if any, seem to have the courage, the stamina or the
>> endurance to do the job.

>BOLLOCKS!!!

>I am staying out of this as much as possible, Colin, because I really
>can't be bothered arguing with everyone.

Gidday there, Matthew,

You didn't make a very good job of staying out it did you though? Eh?


[...lotsa yadda yadda yadda yadda snipped...]


> Anyway, I think a lot of this flaming would decrease if everyone was
> required to post a (different) obligatory ASCII pic in each message --
> at the very least, it would slow the flames down.

> So, to start the trend, here's my ObAscii: the Statue of Liberty.

         ^
       ,' \
       L""/
       ` |
       J |
       J L
       | | .  ,
       | | `v_L.'
      // ,>'--\'_
      \`' \ - /-.
      /   /`""|
       ),'    `-
      (    ,-'  \
       ) ,' ,'   h
      / /  /     `)--..
      \/  /       \  <)
       <        ,  L<'
       F/     _/  ,'
       L   ,-'     \
       |         ___L
      /         (  F
     J      ___,'  L
     |    ,'       |
     F  ,'         |
    (_,--..__  mt-2|_
   ,'        `"`--.._\
 ,' /                 \
/                     (_


Not a bad pic...and I think the lady has exactly the right gesture 
aimed at you Matthew..."The Big Finger"...and so it gives me great 
pleasure in joining her in saying..."BOLLOCKS to you too, Matthew, 
with knobs on!" 


> But you more than anyone else (even PC) are really starting to get
> on my nerve, if only because of your sheer number of pictureless,
> flameful postings.

Hmm...in September I made 30 daily 5th Anniversary postings most of
them entirely of pictures.

And what exactly did _you_ post Matthew?  Nada?


But...continuing your pictorial trend, here's my ObAscii:  
   Tranquilizer Tablets...just for you Matthew...  


                                 ______________
                                [______________]
                                 {============}
                               .-'  ,.--.     '-.
                              / --. /8888\ ,.--. \
                             / 8888\\8888///8888\ \
                             |--------------------|
                             |   -------------    |
                             |   TRANQUILIZERS    |
                             |   -------------    |
                             |                    |
                             |  Take one tablet   |
                             |   as required.     |
   -cfbd-   ,.--.   ,.--.    |____________________|
   After   //8888\ //8888\   |  \\8888/ \\8888/   |
    jgs    \\8888/ \\8888/   |   `'--'   `'--'    |
            `'--'   `'--'    '--------------------'


   Or...take TWO tablets if necessary after reading this particular
   posting of mine.


> ttfn

Catch you later,

Colin Douthwaite <cfb...@southern.co.nz> ASCII art 9 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
On Thu, 08 Oct 1998 01:08:26 GMT, Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>Well said, Joris! That also shows who the true trolls are!

You would be eminently qualified by personal experience to know true
trolls Mr. Casso:


             / ^ \
           /       \
          /___(#)___\
         '===========`
        :=.' -   - '.=:
        '=(\ 9   9 /)='
           (  (_)  )
           /`-vvv-'\
          /         \
         / /|,,,,,|\ \
        /_//  /^\  \\_\
-cfbd-  WW(  (   )  )WW
After    __\,,\ /,,/__
 jgs    (______Y______)

           PC TROLL


Bye,

On Thu, 08 Oct 1998 01:12:20 GMT, Pete Casso <pet...@sympatico.ca> wrote:

>Look, look, look, even Tweeterphile Colinstein is saying that Tweeter is >doing a dirty job!

Look, look, look...it is indeed a very dirty job dealing with you 
and your undesirable activities here in this newsgroup Mr. Casso. 

It's like shoving manure uphill.  Tweeter has arrived to help us. Yaay.

Bye,

On Thu, 08 Oct 1998 05:21:01 +0200, joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl>
wrote:


> No I'm not. I'm just trying to cool Colin off and to keep you out of 
> this shit. I'm not very successful, I give you that. 

> But at least I tried...

Then try a different tack and try a little harder.


> I can understand that Colin developed such a hate toward Mr Casso 
> through the years but I found your (early) post absolutly misplaced.  

Hate?  I don't have hates.  I have a strong aversion to those who 
seem to be misusing this newsgroup which has given me much enjoyment
over 5 years here.


I just think that this time Mr. Casso has gone too far in his 
undesirable activities and it would be good for everyone if these 
matters could be settled once and for all instead of the neverending 
repeated eruptions of these Stein Wars. 

I think the crux of the matter is really Mr. Casso's copyrighted material.  

Prior to the Steins, copyright was never much of an issue here 
in alt.ascii-art, which after all is an unmoderated newsgroup.

In the moderated newsgroup, rec.arts.ascii, posters could request 
the moderator not to allow reposting of a contributor's material
and the moderator's decision on such a request would be final.
If the moderator decided to _allow_ reposting then the contributor
would have to accept reposts or not post to that moderated newsgroup.

Bye,

On Thu, 08 Oct 1998 05:59:43 +0200, joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl>
wrote:

>
>
>Colin Douthwaite wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 07 Oct 1998 10:46:17 +0200, joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl>
>> wrote:
>>
>
>[snip]
>
>> >
>> >That's right *before you ever got here*. So you don't have a clue
>> >about what's going on here and why things are the way they are between
>> >Pete and his 'asciigangStein'. Please mind your own business.

>> Now that is false. Tweeter in an opening post to this newsgroup
>> mentioned having spent a considerable numbers of hours reading all the
>> posts available.

> As I told Tweeter, she just can't understand the Pete Casso 
> business by reading the post of this NG for 'almost one month'.  

Bzzzt wrong!  That month of postings was probably the best period of 
the Stein Wars to really understand what Mr. Casso is really doing 
here in alt.ascii-art because this time his excesses and behaviour
particularly with regard to deliberately changing/munging author
attributes and posting rewritten distortion of the FAQs have gone 
far beyond anything he did in previous Stein War episodes.

[...snip...]

> I regret Pete messed with the initials but it's his right to make 
> amockery of my drawings, I tease him myself every now and then.  :) 

Oh come on now Joris, Casso did not just mess with your initials on 
your FAQ, he totally distorted its title and contents so that 
newcomers and inexperienced group users would get the entirely 
opposite impression of the FAQ's intention.  

Joan Stark corrected Casso's first distortion which still carried
your own initials/name.

When Casso then followed Joan's correction with several repeat 
postings with my initials on them instead of your name I realised 
that I needed to issue corrections because you were obviously going 
to do Sweet Fanny Adams about it...just regard it as a tease, joke 
and mockery by Casso and nothing more...or so it would seem from 
this latest posting of yours.  

Casso's mockery of the FAQ and constant reposting of it had far more 
serious implications than a mere joke or mockery.  We regularly 
point inexperienced people to the FAQs and do not want deliberate
falsifications lying around in Usenet archives.

This has happened in other newsgroups where people have written 
false FAQs and later those false FAQs have been taken for real by
inexperienced newcomers.

There is a big difference between teasing and jokes about your 
drawings and rewriting FAQs or messages with malicious intent.

Bye,

On Thu, 08 Oct 1998 06:13:53 +0200, joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl>
wrote:
>
>Colin Douthwaite wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 07 Oct 1998 10:39:34 GMT, Twe...@the.speaker (Tweeter) wrote:
>>
>> >On or about Wed, 07 Oct 1998 10:46:17 +0200, joris bellenger
>> ><svz...@xs4all.nl> said somethin' like
>>
>>
>> >>>                    where are Tweeter's draaaaaawings...
>> >>>                              \          dunno, just can't see any...
>> >>>                                  ____       ____  /
>> >>>                        <----    = =\\\     o o\\\
>> >>>                                /<   c     /<   c
>> >>>                    ___ _______/__D_/'_   /__,_/\___
>> >>>                   /(- /(\_\________   \     '\_/   \
>> >>>                   \ ) \ )_      \o     \   |  o     \
>> >>>                   /|\ /|\       |'     |   | |'  |  |
>> >>>                                 |     _\   | |   |  \
>> >>>                                 //\____|   | //\_|  |
>> >>>                                /-,---/     |/-,--|__|
>> >>>                               / /   _)     / /   /(
>> >>>                              / /    /     / /    \ )_
>> >>>                             ( (    <     ( (    < \\
>> >>>                              \ \    \     \ \    \
>> >>>                               \ \    |     \ \    |
>> >>>                                \_\____\     \_\____\
>> >>>                               ___\_\_\     ___\_\_\
>> >>>                              ((((,,,,o)   ((((,,,,o) . ..  b'ger

>> I also think that picture is brilliant and I have to confess that I have
>> used it many times in the past and changed the wording to suit the
>> occasion.

>> The latest Stein Wars have however made me realise one thing...diddling
>> other people's pictures in any way at all has the potential to provoke
>> flames.
>>
>
>It doesn't bother me. Diddling is fun. Diddling must stay!

On Thu, 08 Oct 1998 13:25:11 +0200, joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl>
wrote:

>Colin Douthwaite wrote:

>> Then try a different tack and try a little harder.
>>

[...snip...]

>> I think the crux of the matter is really Mr. Casso's copyrighted material.

>I think you're right.

>> Prior to the Steins, copyright was never much of an issue here
>> in alt.ascii-art, which after all is an unmoderated newsgroup.

>I think you're right again.

Ah, now, at long last you are on the right tack...you think I'm right! :-)

I always like people who think that...because I am _never_ wrong although
far too many people seem to fail to recognize it...I can't think why.

  " What never?  No never!  
    What never?  Well...hardly ever!

    If that is so sing Derry Down Derry
    It's evident very our tastes are one.
    So let us go and merrily marry, 
    Nor tardily tarry till day is done."

                  -- from "The Mikado" by Gilbert & Sullivan

Toodles,

joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 9 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Colin Douthwaite wrote:
[snip]

> your FAQ, he totally distorted its title and contents so that
> newcomers and inexperienced group users would get the entirely
> opposite impression of the FAQ's intention.
>
> Joan Stark corrected Casso's first distortion which still carried
> your own initials/name.
>
> When Casso then followed Joan's correction with several repeat
> postings with my initials on them instead of your name I realised
> that I needed to issue corrections because you were obviously going
> to do Sweet Fanny Adams about it...just regard it as a tease, joke
> and mockery by Casso and nothing more...or so it would seem from
> this latest posting of yours.
>

[snip]

> There is a big difference between teasing and jokes about your
> drawings and rewriting FAQs or messages with malicious intent.
>
> Bye,

 Damn! you're right again: this is not just mockery!

               COME HERE PETE! YOU CLAMBRAIN...
                    YOU GROBBER...YOU GROCKLE...
                  YOU DIMBO... YOU QUOD...
                     YOU DIRTY DINGLEBERRY....
              (hey I've got the hang of it now)
                  YOU GINK... YOU GWEEBO...
                YOU WANKER... YOU TWAT...
             YOU DIMSTICK... I AM GOING TO
                   KICK YOUR SILLY ASS!
                            \
                             \

                               ,_/|/   _  .
                              /-__/ ( ((_, )
                              \/\   =/ = /_/
                              /  \,_\_)___(_
                              \  /          \_
                               \___\|\_,      \
                                    \__-\__    \
                                      /\// '    \
                                     (  /_      /
                                      \_,\______|
                                       __#######]
                                    __/._  .  . )
                                  _/ .\  .   . <
                                 \.    .   . _/
                                 /\__.  _.__/  \
                                (    \_/ (   /_|
                                 )/_     /'-`_) \
                                  |     /  (___'_)
                                  '/. __)
                              ..   \_/ |          . b'ger
                                    _\ (    . ..
                                 (____`_)


How am I doing now Colin?
--

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

Colin Douthwaite wrote:
> Nowadays diddles have to be assessed for the motive, content and
> overall purpose of any changes made.  Modern diddles have purposes
> other than helping newbies get a start. They can range from intended
> enhancements and corrections to malicious and denigratory changes to
> make a point or express an opinion.

Rather than spending energy on 40+ flame postings, why don't you propose
guidelines on diddles? That would be constructive!

=========================================================
[]   .oo     Visit the Gallery of the 'steins!         []
[]  (  -)   http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/        []
[]   " "   Frogstein, who has a point behind his eyes  []
=========================================================

Wow! This is brilliant! I think I better let Shanakastein's sumowrestler in
the ring! Sorry, I don't have the pic!

(BTW, the suffix 'stein is not meant to denote an opponent, I call all my
beloved cartoon characters 'steins)

=========================================================
[]   .oo     Visit the Gallery of the 'steins!         []
[]  (  -)   http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/        []
[]   " "   Frogstein, who has a point behind his eyes  []
=========================================================

>                COME HERE PETE! YOU CLAMBRAIN...
>                     YOU GROBBER...YOU GROCKLE...
>                   YOU DIMBO... YOU QUOD...
>                      YOU DIRTY DINGLEBERRY....
>               (hey I've got the hang of it now)
>                   YOU GINK... YOU GWEEBO...
>                 YOU WANKER... YOU TWAT...
>              YOU DIMSTICK... I AM GOING TO
>                    KICK YOUR SILLY ASS!
>                             \
>                              \
> 
>                                ,_/|/   _  .
>                               /-__/ ( ((_, )
>                               \/\   =/ = /_/
>                               /  \,_\_)___(_
>                               \  /          \_
>                                \___\|\_,      \
>                                     \__-\__    \
>                                       /\// '    \
>                                      (  /_      /
>                                       \_,\______|
>                                        __#######]
>                                     __/._  .  . )
>                                   _/ .\  .   . <
>                                  \.    .   . _/
>                                  /\__.  _.__/  \
>                                 (    \_/ (   /_|
>                                  )/_     /'-`_) \
>                                   |     /  (___'_)
>                                   '/. __)
>                               ..   \_/ |          . b'ger
>                                     _\ (    . ..
>                                  (____`_)

Matthew Thomas wrote:
> BOLLOCKS!!!
> 3. In my a.a-a feed at the moment, I count 45 messages by you, 41 of
>    which are part of the flame war. In fact, from here you seem to be
>    the most prolific contributor to the flame war so far.

Well, another testimony on who the true troll is!

=========================================================
[]   .oo     Visit the Gallery of the 'steins!         []
[]  (  -)   http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/        []
[]   " "   Frogstein, who has a point behind his eyes  []
=========================================================

Shanaka Dias <sdi...@netlane.com> ASCII art 9 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote:


>
>               COME HERE PETE! YOU CLAMBRAIN...
>                    YOU GROBBER...YOU GROCKLE...
>                  YOU DIMBO... YOU QUOD...
>                     YOU DIRTY DINGLEBERRY....
>              (hey I've got the hang of it now)
>                  YOU GINK... YOU GWEEBO...
>                YOU WANKER... YOU TWAT...
>             YOU DIMSTICK... I AM GOING TO
>                   KICK YOUR SILLY ASS!
>                            \
>                             \
>
>                               ,_/|/   _  .
>                              /-__/ ( ((_, )
>                              \/\   =/ = /_/
>                              /  \,_\_)___(_
>                              \  /          \_
>                               \___\|\_,      \
>                                    \__-\__    \
>                                      /\// '    \
>                                     (  /_      /
>                                      \_,\______|
>                                       __#######]
>                                    __/._  .  . )
>                                  _/ .\  .   . <
>                                 \.    .   . _/
>                                 /\__.  _.__/  \
>                                (    \_/ (   /_|
>                                 )/_     /'-`_) \
>                                  |     /  (___'_)
>                                  '/. __)
>                              ..   \_/ |          . b'ger
>                                    _\ (    . ..
>                                 (____`_)
>

Hmm, nice grasp of English Joris :)
and very nice karate guy!

Apart from the occasional comment, I don't have the time or energy to
engage in this Stein War. But here is my Sumo wrestler.

As to which side he would be on, well..........
                                __
                            ,;.'--'.
                             /"/=,=(
                             \(  __/
                          ___/    (____
                        .'     -  -    '.
                       /         v       \
                    __/    ,     |    \   '-/'_
                   {z, ,__/__,__/\__,_ )__(   z}
                    \>'   (            \_ `--c/
                       _.-'\_      ,   / \_
                      (      `.______.'    '.
                       \   ,   \    ( __,    )
                        \   )-'-\__/-'  |   /
               snd       |  |          /  .'
                        /  ,)         (   \_
                       oooO'           '--Ooo

                                                ,  ,
                                               / \/ \
                                              (/ //_ \_
     .-._                                      \||  .  \
      \  '-._                            _,:__.-"/---\_ \
 ______/___  '.    .--------------------'~-'--.)__( , )\ \ 
`'--.___  _\  /    |         Shanaka Dias    ,'    \)|\ `\|
     /_.-' _\ \ _:,_       Western Australia       " ||   (
   .'__ _.' \'-/,`-~`      sdi...@netlane.com         |/
       '. ___.> /=,|                                 |
        / .-'/_ )  '---------------------------------'
   snd  )'  ( /(/  
             \\ "  
              '==' http://www.ece.curtin.edu.au/~shanaka

> I'm English and even I'm impressed - I can't come up with
> anything as good as that without making a couple of drafts
> first. :)

She has surely used and reused those phrases many times over in her past ...

=========================================================
[]   .oo     Visit the Gallery of the 'steins!         []
[]  (  -)   http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/        []
[]   " "   Frogstein, who has a point behind his eyes  []
=========================================================

> >               ________________________________
> >              ( Ifound the Holly ASCII!!!      )
> >              /\_ Is this what it's for?    _./
> > >           |   """"""""""""""""""""""".**    OOOOWWWW!
> > >        ,       )     _/\_     __/\__(  o) /
> > >       /.\     (_)    )   (_  _) .' ( " "
> > >      /___\,  __4_    `) ' ( ) ,'  (`
> > >         //  ( ___\    `-._ ()/__(~`
> > >        //   |:  \\        ()()
> > >       //  ___)..:/_I__,  / |`\  jgs
> > >     (X|) (|x(____)x\ _)  ) : (
> > >      7|_\/>> x x x << \ (/)_/`
> >         |:\/|x x x x| \_\< /
> > >     ___\./__II[X]II__(o_)_
> > >    b'ger   _________
> > >           /:::::::::|
> > >
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > Disclaimer:
> >
> > Any frog like creature in the above picture is a corruption of a 'stein
> > created by Pete Casso.
> >
> > Apology:
> >
> > Sorry about using frogstein but it seemed appropriate.  I hope you don't
> > take this as a malicious use of your ASCII's.  I am not trying to annoy
> > anyone.
> >
> > Hope Joan and Joris don't mind me using their pics.
> >
> 
> I don't mind at all.
> You 'Holly Ascii' made me laugh   :D

Yes, I wish that I could award a 'stein award, but there is too much other
stuff in the composite pic!

=========================================================
[]   .oo     Visit the Gallery of the 'steins!         []
[]  (  -)   http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/        []
[]   " "   Frogstein, who has a point behind his eyes  []
=========================================================

Spunk1111 <spu...@aol.com> ASCII art 10 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
>Message-id: <361...@xs4all.nl>

>> > Our main occupation is: searching for the Holly Ascii.
>>
>>               ________________________________
>>              ( Ifound the Holly ASCII!!!      )
>>              /\_ Is this what it's for?    _./
>> >           |   """"""""""""""""""""""".**    OOOOWWWW!
>> >        ,       )     _/\_     __/\__(  o) /
>> >       /.\     (_)    )   (_  _) .' ( " "
>> >      /___\,  __4_    `) ' ( ) ,'  (`
>> >         //  ( ___\    `-._ ()/__(~`
>> >        //   |:  \\        ()()
>> >       //  ___)..:/_I__,  / |`\  jgs
>> >     (X|) (|x(____)x\ _)  ) : (
>> >      7|_\/>> x x x << \ (/)_/`
>>         |:\/|x x x x| \_\< /
>> >     ___\./__II[X]II__(o_)_
>> >    b'ger   _________
>> >           /:::::::::|
>> >

>> Hope Joan and Joris don't mind me using their pics.

>I don't mind at all.
>You 'Holly Ascii' made me laugh   :D


ME TOO!

-joan
--
           ,   _        {`--.
          { \/`o;====- {:}'-.}>,         joan stark
     .----'-/`-/        {.--'  )) _      mailto:spu...@juno.com
      `'-..-| /          __   // /_/
           /\/\          \_\_((_/___     ASCII ART GALLERY:
   jgs     `--`               ))  \_\    http://www.ascii-art.com

> I always like people who think that...because I am _never_ wrong although
> far too many people seem to fail to recognize it...I can't think why.

You're starting to sound just like my dad often does...<shudder> Not that I
am disagreeing with you, it's just spooky.
    -Sarah

> The latest Stein Wars have however made me realize one thing...diddling
> other people's pictures in any way at all has the potential to provoke
> flames.

I think the only time that diddling should cause any problem at all is when
it is used in a mean way. Like, if you diddle to improve a picture or make
it look more real, it's okay, but when you diddle for the sole purpose of
insulting somebody...well, that's just, for want of a better phrase, not
nice.
    -Sarah

Sarah Day <med...@micron.net> ASCII art 10 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report
  _____________________________________________________________
(O)___________________________________________________________)
|                                                            |
| The 'stinks Gallery # 9:                                   |
|                                                            |
|       .())    Ratstink - Purveyor of Pellets!              |
|     ,(   ">   A flea-bitten slum-dwelling parasite; loots  |
|    (__ " "    from others; spreads disease & unhappiness.  |
|                                                            |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- |
|                                                            |
|       The 'stinks are copyrighted by me!  They're my       |
|     intellectual property!  Don't you dare steal them!     |
|    I'll hold my breath and throw a tantrum!  I mean it!    |
|____________________________________________________________|
(O)___________________________________________________________)

Oh, now that's just mean! I have two pet rats, and they are sweet, cute
little things! :^D
    -Sarah

Sarah Day wrote:
> 
> > The latest Stein Wars have however made me realize one thing...diddling
> > other people's pictures in any way at all has the potential to provoke
> > flames.
> 
> I think the only time that diddling should cause any problem at all is when
> it is used in a mean way. Like, if you diddle to improve a picture or make
> it look more real, it's okay, but when you diddle for the sole purpose of
> insulting somebody...well, that's just, for want of a better phrase, not
> nice.

Well said, Sarah!

=========================================================
[]   .oo     Visit the Gallery of the 'steins!         []
[]  (  -)   http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/        []
[]   " "   Frogstein, who has a point behind his eyes  []
=========================================================

Sarah Day wrote:
> 
> Oh, now that's just mean! I have two pet rats, and they are sweet, cute
> little things! :^D

Yes, that's mean indeed!

=========================================================
[]   .oo     Visit the Gallery of the 'steins!         []
[]  (  -)   http://www3.sympatico.ca/petecasso/        []
[]   " "   Frogstein, who has a point behind his eyes  []
=========================================================

sandra van zanten <svz...@xs4all.nl> ASCII art 12 Oct 1998 00:00 · permalink · report

Shanaka Dias wrote:

> joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> >
> >               COME HERE PETE! YOU CLAMBRAIN...
> >                    YOU GROBBER...YOU GROCKLE...
> >                  YOU DIMBO... YOU QUOD...
> >                     YOU DIRTY DINGLEBERRY....
> >              (hey I've got the hang of it now)
> >                  YOU GINK... YOU GWEEBO...
> >                YOU WANKER... YOU TWAT...
> >             YOU DIMSTICK... I AM GOING TO
> >                   KICK YOUR SILLY ASS!
> >                            \
> >                             \
> >
> >                               ,_/|/   _  .
> >                              /-__/ ( ((_, )
> >                              \/\   =/ = /_/
> >                              /  \,_\_)___(_
> >                              \  /          \_
> >                               \___\|\_,      \
> >                                    \__-\__    \
> >                                      /\// '    \
> >                                     (  /_      /
> >                                      \_,\______|
> >                                       __#######]
> >                                    __/._  .  . )
> >                                  _/ .\  .   . <
> >                                 \.    .   . _/
> >                                 /\__.  _.__/  \
> >                                (    \_/ (   /_|
> >                                 )/_     /'-`_) \
> >                                  |     /  (___'_)
> >                                  '/. __)
> >                              ..   \_/ |          . b'ger
> >                                    _\ (    . ..
> >                                 (____`_)
> >
>
> Hmm, nice grasp of English Joris :)
> and very nice karate guy!

Well (un)fortunately I don't know any of those juicy words (ok, justone
then) and I had to do a little research.
They all come from this hilarious book:
    Dictionary of Contemporary Slang
    (c) 1990, 1994, 1997 by Tony Thorne
    ISBN 07475 2856 X

Published by:
    Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
    38 Soho Square
    London W1V 5DF


>
>
> Apart from the occasional comment, I don't have the time or energy to
> engage in this Stein War. But here is my Sumo wrestler.
>
> As to which side he would be on, well..........
>                                 __
>                             ,;.'--'.
>                              /"/=,=(
>                              \(  __/
>                           ___/    (____
>                         .'     -  -    '.
>                        /         v       \
>                     __/    ,     |    \   '-/'_
>                    {z, ,__/__,__/\__,_ )__(   z}
>                     \>'   (            \_ `--c/
>                        _.-'\_      ,   / \_
>                       (      `.______.'    '.
>                        \   ,   \    ( __,    )
>                         \   )-'-\__/-'  |   /
>                snd       |  |          /  .'
>                         /  ,)         (   \_
>                        oooO'           '--Ooo
>
>


Great ascii.   :)
--

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       |/  ?
       | ~ )\
       /_ /\ \____  joris bellenger (b'ger)
       /   \_/    \ e-mail: svz...@xs4all.nl
http://www.xs4all.nl/~svzanten/joris/ascii/main.html
     / < ______ _> \
    /___/  ,___/____)
        |\/

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