Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 27 Dec 1997.
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· 28 messages · 27 Dec 1997 - 5 Jan 1998
Nana wrote in message <68274d$t6...@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca>... >x-no-archive: yes Pssst.. I don't think that's gonna work.. Or do I know anything??? > > o*o > {(_)} > `~' >Does this look like anything recognizable to other than me? It looks like an engagement ring or something (You shouldn't have! LOL) >>BKNambo -- http://wwp.mirabilis.com/1936556 http://come.to/brocks.place World Domination Through Trivia!
Well, yes it does seem to awake memories. It seems to be Cinderella's coach after a bit of an upset. jerry ;) sorry, I could not resist. > x-no-archive: yes > > o*o > {(_)} > `~' > > I've been playing around trying to do the little tiny ascii art pics... > Does this look like anything recognizable to other than me? > > -Nana > > > >
Nana wrote: > > o*o > {(_)} > `~' > > I've been playing around trying to do the little tiny ascii art pics... > Does this look like anything recognizable to other than me? > > -Nana It looks like a person to me. Eyes on top, big nose in the middle. I'll put it on a body to show what I see. o*o {(_)} `~' ,--' `--. / \ / /|. .|\ \ / / \ / \ \ \ \ | | / / Ok, so the body is huge, but you get my point. -- _,-,._,.--., ,-''-' `'-''\ _/ / ,-_-. ,-_-. \ | ,.,-`-` \ / . (_) ; : (_) ; | / ,/\ | ``| `._ _,' `._ _.' |-' ,/' \( , | ` ' | / \ ` / \ ` ' / /`._\ | , \ --''``-- / / ` | / _/`--,-,,,,,,-'' / \ `\___ |`-._ /``-. .`\-------, _____ _ _ _____ |_,-' ( `-\\\`-----, / | ___| | | | | / ___| | \ _, / / | |_ | | | | | (___ | ,-`''-_//,' / / | _| | | | | \___ \ \ ,-/ ,/' '// /_____ | |___ | \_/ | ___) | `\` / / _,._/'/________; |_____| \_____/ |_____/ \/ /'\ http://www.geocities.com/athens/parthenon/9573 `\ <_,.,-,-,-',--,-'-,-,--'--,--._ `\ | | | | | `\ \,_ | | | | | | `-. / / / / / | `, / / / / / / `-_/,__/,__,_/___,_/___,_/_,__,_/
On 27-Des-97 07:26:18 $s, wrote: >x-no-archive: yes > > o*o > {(_)} > `~' >I've been playing around trying to do the little tiny ascii art pics... >Does this look like anything recognizable to other than me? > -Nana it looks like a cute mouse to me.. <tsb> __ ____ __________ ____\/____ ___/___/_ ____ __/_ _/___\ \/ / \______ \ / / t! / __/_\ / / / / / / /_____/ _/ /__\___\ -\______/____ /------\______/--------- (______\
Nana (tss...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca) wrote on 26 Dec 97: > o*o > {(_)} > `~' > I've been playing around trying to do the little tiny ascii art pics... > Does this look like anything recognizable to other than me? To me, it looks like one of the Sesame Babies (sp?), but I can't remember the name... Gizmo? -- homepage: http://www.home.pages.de/~moeffju
Nana (tss...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca) wrote:
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: I've been playing around trying to do the little tiny ascii art pics...
: Does this look like anything recognizable to other than me?
Well, the mouth parts are great, but I thought mantis eyes were larger.
Perhaps using O or 0 instead of o would help.. Or am I misidentifying
the species? It's rather difficult with just a head, adding a body might
make it easier to those like me who haven't studied the field..
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In article <34A...@umit.maine.edu>, Zeus Simeoni <zeu...@umit.maine.edu> writes >Nana wrote: >> >> o*o >> {(_)} >> `~' >> >> I've been playing around trying to do the little tiny ascii art pics... >> Does this look like anything recognizable to other than me? >> >> -Nana > >It looks like a person to me. Eyes on top, big nose in the middle. >I'll put it on a body to show what I see. > > o*o > {(_)} > `~' > ,--' `--. > / \ > / /|. .|\ \ >/ / \ / \ \ >\ \ | | / / > >Ok, so the body is huge, but you get my point. -Whats that thing on the bottom of the page?- David Thomas
In article <XZE...@cymru1.demon.co.uk>, David Thomas <Dav...@cymru1.demon.co.uk> wrote: >=}}}}:> In article <34A...@umit.maine.edu>, Zeus Simeoni >=}}}}:> <zeu...@umit.maine.edu> writes >=}}}}:> >Nana wrote: >=}}}}:> >> >=}}}}:> >> o*o >=}}}}:> >> {(_)} >=}}}}:> >> `~' >=}}}}:> >> >=}}}}:> >> I've been playing around trying to do the little tiny ascii art pics... Not plane, nor bird, nor even dog, it's . . . A FROG! -- Please remove DIESPAM to reply.
Zeus Simeoni wrote: [snip] > It looks like a person to me. Eyes on top, big nose in the middle. > I'll put it on a body to show what I see. > > o*o > {(_)} > `~' > ,--' `--. > / \ > / /|. .|\ \ > / / \ / \ \ > \ \ | | / / > > Ok, so the body is huge, but you get my point. Why do you hide his lower half? o*o {(_)} `~' ,--' `--. / \ / /|. .|\ \ / / \ / \ \ \ \ | . | / / \ `=.____-' / `\\\ | | ///' / \_W_/ \ ( / \ ` |. ( ) .| | | | | | ( ) | .-/ |---| \-. .' oooO Oooo `. .---------------------. | | | Mr. Underwear 97 | | | `---------------------' :) ( Andreas ( ) .___. ,-. __) NC + a:f \|/ //===\\ ,-' o `-!| .'+^+`. //=|_|=\\ ,-'---------`-. .'///|\\\`. //=======\\ | [+] [+] | .-------------. //////|\\\\\\ //|||'"`|||\\ | ___ | < huff, puff > /((|||^..|||))\ |||||.^ ||||| | | | // `--v----------' ((|||(oo)|||) |||||o) ||||| | |' | |..~~~O { ~vv' ASCII Dictionary : | - http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise >O< Alt.Ascii-Art FAQ : - http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise/ascii/faq.html
Nana wrote: > > x-no-archive: yes > > o*o > {(_)} > `~' > > I've been playing around trying to do the little tiny ascii art pics... > Does this look like anything recognizable to other than me? > > -Nana A sad little man with a fat nose and a cross in his forehead? (my mother's guess) A very fat donkey, seen from the front? (my guess) -- _ _ __ ___.--'_`. __ __ _ .'_`--.___ __ ( _`.'. - 'o` ) \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ ( 'o` - .`.'_ ) _\.'_' _.-' \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | `-._ `_`./_ ( \`. ) //\` \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| '/\\ ( .'/ ) \_`-'`---'\\__, ,__//`---'`-'_/ \` `-\ uggc://jjj.yhqq.yhgu.fr/hfref/ix/ /-' '/ ` _____________________ r93...@fz.yhgu.fr ____________________ ' LIKE MY SIG? GO HERE: http://www.surfplaza.com/figlet/
>Nana wrote in message <68274d$t6...@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca>... >> o*o >> {(_)} >> `~' >>Does this look like anything recognizable to other than me? It's Elmo! .... right?? -joan -- _ _ hehehehe (.)(.) \ / () \ _ \ '--' / _ joan stark spu...@juno.com { '-`""""`-' } `"/ \"` \ / ascii art gallery: _/ /\ \_ http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/ jgs { / \ } `"` `"`
Grover from Sesame Street? -- Nighthawk
>Nana (tss...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca) wrote on 26 Dec 97: >> o*o >> {(_)} >> `~' >> I've been playing around trying to do the little tiny ascii art pics... >> Does this look like anything recognizable to other than me? An owl! -- | J. Grady Lacy | jla...@nyx.net | | Valdosta State University | http://www.valdosta.edu/~glacy/ | | Valdosta, GA 31698-0045 | |
> Nana (tss...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca) wrote: > : > : o*o > : {(_)} > : `~' > : I've been playing around trying to do the little tiny ascii art pics... > : Does this look like anything recognizable to other than me? A parrot? -- SPAMMERS: get info in here ... uc...@ftc.gov (Unsolicited Comercial Email investigation) Anti-spam measure: remove the ** to reply by email -- _____ _____ ______ __ -/\ __\---/\ __\---/\ __ \---/\ \---------------------------------------- -\ \ \_/_--\ \ \_/---\ \ \_\ \--\ \ \-------------- Armando Frazao --------- --\ \___ \--\ \ _\---\ \ __ \--\ \ \----- http://alfa.ist.utl.pt/~l33812 - ---\/ __\ \--\ \ \/__--\ \ \/\ \--\ \ \____--- L33812 @ alfa.ist.utl.pt ---- -----/\____\--\ \____\--\ \_\ \_\--\ \_____\-------------------------------- -----\/____/---\/____/---\/_/\/_/---\/_____/-------------------- 1995 IST --
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In article <6891ja$80...@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca>, Nana <tss...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca> wrote: > Y'all remember this? > > o*o > {(_)} > `~' > > People were quite imaginative in their guesses... [snip] > I'm almost ashamed to admit though that nobody guessed it to be what I had > intended... (Drum Roll).... A Christmas Wreath! > > Anyhow, thanks for playing :)... I've said it before and I'll say it > again... Small ascii's are hard. > > -Nana . ___ _/ | ha ha ha ha |_____| ---%^^> --- == /'\/ > [_____] ' __>,^ ejm97 | | '//| | I know that nobody will believe me, but I thought it looked like a Christmas wreath. However, I didn't send in my answer because from the subject heading, I was sure I was wrong and kept trying without success to see Homer Simpson's face in it. NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- _____ www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/ |)(\8 | cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca |\/8)(| ,^%--- llizard aka ejm |___\/| __>_ \ It's supposed --- == >/ to be holly... [_____] __>,^ like Nana said, ejm97 | | //| | small is hard
Grady Lacy (jla...@nyx.net) wrote on 29 Dec 97: > >> o*o > >> {(_)} > >> `~' > >> I've been playing around trying to do the little tiny ascii art pics... > >> Does this look like anything recognizable to other than me? > An owl! Now, as you say it... -- How many Microsoft employees does it take to change a lightbulb? 130. 18 programmers, 12 interface designers, and 100 beta testers. homepage: http://www.home.pages.de/~moeffju
Matthias Bauer wrote: > > Nana (tss...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca) wrote on 26 Dec 97: > > > o*o > > {(_)} > > `~' > > I've been playing around trying to do the little tiny ascii art pics... > > Does this look like anything recognizable to other than me? > > To me, it looks like one of the Sesame Babies (sp?), but I can't remember > the name... Gizmo? Gonzo, maybe.... or <shudder> Elmo....... ):-) Tom P
Looks like a darling little baby owl to me! Thanks, Jean Beckman lj...@efn.org @@@>--'-,-'- On 27 Dec 1997, Matthias Bauer wrote: > Nana (tss...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca) wrote on 26 Dec 97: > > > o*o > > {(_)} > > `~' > > I've been playing around trying to do the little tiny ascii art pics... > > Does this look like anything recognizable to other than me? > > To me, it looks like one of the Sesame Babies (sp?), but I can't remember > the name... Gizmo? > -- > homepage: http://www.home.pages.de/~moeffju > >
On 1 Jan 1998, Spunk1111 wrote: > >> >> o*o > >> >> {(_)} > >> >> `~' > Here's my attempt: > .==. > {{__}} > "/\" Uh-oh... Did I end up putting the Bow on the wrong end of it?... I haven't actually seen one in a while. Dang. -Nana
In article <Pin...@garcia.efn.org>, Jean Beckman <lj...@efn.org> wrote: > On 27 Dec 1997, Matthias Bauer wrote: > > > Nana (tss...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca) wrote on 26 Dec 97: > > > > > o*o > > > {(_)} > > > `~' Looks like something between a dingus, a gadget and a gizmo... , ,,/( ,,,,,,,,,,___,, )b ,,, `,__,, /( / `,, L/7_/\,,| / \ ,` `, \ ,| \ _____________ ___ _________.__, / /``````|| |\, \__,))) / _____/ | \/ _____/| | / / | \\ \ \,,,,,,/ \_____ \| | /\_____ \ | | | / | \\ >/ / \ | / / \| | \ <| > ,,// / Valkyrie /_______ /______/ /_______ /|___| `_)_/ ((___/"' \/ \/ """``````""`""```````"`" -- '' -'-' To email me, remove the ".moon" from my address.
>> >> o*o >> >> {(_)} >> >> `~' A three line wreath.... now *that* is a challenge... Here's my attempt: .==. {{__}} "/\" anyone else want to give it a try? Mine almost looks like an upside TV set... -joan -- _ (( )_, , joan stark .--. \ '/ /.\ <spu...@juno.com> ) / \= /O o\ _ ( / _/ /' o O| ,_( ))___ (` `-| )_ /o_O_'_( \' _ `\ ) jgs `""""` =`---<___/---' "` ASCII ART GALLERY: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/>
> -- > _ > (( )_, , joan stark > .--. \ '/ /.\ <spu...@juno.com> > ) / \= /O o\ _ > ( / _/ /' o O| ,_( ))___ (` > `-| )_ /o_O_'_( \' _ `\ ) > jgs `""""` =`---<___/---' Very cute and well done, Joan. > ASCII ART GALLERY: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/> This is the best ASCII page I have ever visited. Congrats!!! Alf -- ___ __ ______ / | / / / ____/ ALF'S HOME ON THE WEB / /| | / / / /_ / ___ |/ /___/ __/ mailto:al...@usa.net /_/ |_|_____/_/ http://www.angelfire.com/biz/etco
>From: Nana <tss...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca> >Date: Thu, Jan 1, 1998 16:10 EST >Message-id: <68h0qv$lf...@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca> > > > >On 1 Jan 1998, Spunk1111 wrote: > >> >> >> o*o >> >> >> {(_)} >> >> >> `~' > >> Here's my attempt: >> .==. >> {{__}} >> "/\" > >Uh-oh... Did I end up putting the Bow on the wrong end of it?... I >haven't actually seen one in a while. Dang. Nope, actually, I think you can put the bow wherever you want.. I've seen them on top, bottom, and on the side-- 1/2 way up and 1/2 down... -joan (seven lines) -- _...._ .::o:::::. spu...@juno.com .:::'''':o:. joan stark :o:_ _::: `:}_>()<_{:' ASCII Art Gallery: jgs `'//\\'` http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/ /' '\
it looks like a little mouse to me. it's my first time here, great group.
Tom Patierno wrote: > > Matthias Bauer wrote: > > > > Nana (tss...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca) wrote on 26 Dec 97: > > > > > o*o > > > {(_)} > > > `~' > > > I've been playing around trying to do the little tiny ascii art pics... > > > Does this look like anything recognizable to other than me? > > > > To me, it looks like one of the Sesame Babies (sp?), but I can't remember > > the name... Gizmo? > > Gonzo, maybe.... or <shudder> Elmo....... > No, you're all wrong. Close, but wrong :) It's obviously a Fraggle. Or possibly a... The name escapes me. One of those Fraggle-like critters from The Dark Crystal. -- -Mike Who knows far too much about Muppets for a boy of his age :) +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |(-o-) Isaiah 45:7 | | The Great Conjunction is the end of the world! Or the beginning. | | -Oghra | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | Visit my adequate website! | \||// | |http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2352/index.html | |O O| | |------------------------------------------------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo| | There are no rules here, We're | | | trying to accomplish something! | "Justify the Wookiee." | | -Thomas A. Edison | -Super Psycho Space Kid | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | WARNING: The above message may contain unusually high levels of | | sarcasm. Those with a low humor tolerance should consult their | | doctors before reading. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ - .... . -.-. --- -- .--. ..- - . .-. .. ... .- -- --- .-. --- -.
In article <199...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, spu...@aol.com (Spunk1111) wrote: > > >From: Nana <tss...@freenet.calgary.ab.ca> > >Date: Thu, Jan 1, 1998 16:10 EST > >Message-id: <68h0qv$lf...@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca> > > > >On 1 Jan 1998, Spunk1111 wrote: > > > >> >> >> o*o > >> >> >> {(_)} > >> >> >> `~' > > > >> Here's my attempt: > >> .==. > >> {{__}} > >> "/\" > > > >Uh-oh... Did I end up putting the Bow on the wrong end of it?... I > >haven't actually seen one in a while. Dang. > > Nope, actually, I think you can put the bow wherever > you want.. I've seen them on top, bottom, and on the > side-- 1/2 way up and 1/2 down... > > -joan > _...._ > .::o:::::. spu...@juno.com > .:::'''':o:. joan stark > :o:_ _::: > `:}_>()<_{:' ASCII Art Gallery: > jgs `'//\\'` http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/ > /' '\ Here it is, the 12th day of Christmas; so it's not too late for another try at the small wreathe, is it? .*"`. ': ;' `<x>' .*"`. '%<x>;' `*|\' .*"~`. ';(\/);' `%/\*' .*"~`. ';(\/);' `%,/\.* .=======. @ | | / \ | .*"`. | mmm |': ;'\,^^%--- | `<x>'\_\> \ |_| /\ |)|)\ / |\ | [ \ / \ /[ /\ |) | | ()| > | |/--\| | | | \| [ \^/ | [/--\|\ . | | >,^ | |/| |ejm98 |\ \ NOTE: If you hit the reply button, add an "e" to the "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- I * @ www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/9334/ I ) * / \ cq5...@freenet.toronto.on.ca | | 86 /\ Y mmm ha llizard aka ejm |_|_888/_o)_ \ ,^^x--- ha [____________] \_\> \ ha | | > Luckily for me, there is no more |ejm98 | //\>^^ Champagne after I finish this glass.
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