Art (diddled)

                                       I
                                      had
                                     heard
                                    from my
                                   co-worker
                                  about a big
                                 problem today.
                                It seems my kid
                               and your kid, all
                              of our kids have to
                             worry about ascii art
                            newsgroups posting mail
                           with little pictures made 
                          out of letters and numbers.
                         This is a serious threat that
                        must not be taken lightly. They
                       look innocent, but these pictures
                      start working away in your head and
                     soon even ordinary text seems full of
                    little creatures.  A lower case 'h' now
                   is a far away giraffe. 'HR is an elephant
                  and ><) is a fish.  If you thought LSD gave
                 you enchanced perception argh the electricity
                has got snakes in it I can hear them I can hear
               them hissing together, well you will dig this. No
                uncontrolled laughter, drop in body temperature,
                 dizziness or disorientation, severely dilated
                  pupils, and severe vomiting.  And no snakes
                   in the 'lectric either, honest. Okay your
                    brain may wrinkle up to a walnut if you
                     try making any of the stuff. The good
                      bits take very few characters. Just
                       blatting text into a diamond like
                        this is easy.  If you feel your
                         cerebellum on the shrink just
                          put on a few more tattoos & 
                           mellow out.  After all if
                            you swallowed the stuff
                             in the last message &
                              have read this too,
                               then mister brain
                                is probably not
                                 much to write
                                  home about.
                                   How about
                                    another
                                     shape
                                      huh                            
                                       ?


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-- 
Richard Kirk                      01483-448869 (phone)  01483-448845 (fax)
Canon Research Europe Ltd,                              ra...@cre.canon.co.uk

Richard Kirk (ra...@canon.co.uk) wrote:

(heavily snipped)

:                                    How about
:                                     another
:                                      shape
:                                       huh                            
:                                        ?

*applause*

---
			Doris Ostendorf
		     3do...@qlink.queensu.ca

"Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you."
                                                  C.G. Jung