stamp

     "~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~"
     "                 "         
     "   _     _ /\-,  "
     " ./_)_   \` - /  "
     "  \,)_)   ( c"\  "
     "  /_)  \  .`-'   "
     "      '-\ /      "	         
     "         <_      "   	
     "                 "     
     " 30C SINGAPORE   "    	        
     "~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~"   
  a stamp of orchid: yanda miss joaquim (i hope it's not too bad) :)

In article <5o294j$ph...@nuscc.nus.sg>, eng...@leonis.nus.sg (firefly) writes:
|> 
|>      "~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~"
|>      "                 "         
|>      "   _     _ /\-,  "
|>      " ./_)_   \` - /  "
|>      "  \,)_)   ( c"\  "
|>      "  /_)  \  .`-'   "
|>      "      '-\ /      "	         
|>      "         <_      "   	
|>      "                 "     
|>      " 30C SINGAPORE   "    	        
|>      "~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~'~"   
|>   a stamp of orchid: yanda miss joaquim (i hope it's not too bad) :)

Looks nice! Over here in the Netherlands stamps have these perforated
edges (hmm.. why is my English so bad all of a sudden), so here's my
tweak, although I'm sure somebody can do better than me:

       ,/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\,        
      <                  >
      <    _     _ /\-,  >
      <  ./_)_   \` - /  >
      <   \,)_)   ( c"\  >
      <   /_)  \  .`-'   >
      <       '-\ /      >
      <          <_      >
      <                  >
      <  30C SINGAPORE   >
       '\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/`

Now if it was a sheet of stamps, I could use o's and 8's:

      8                  8                  8
      8  30C SINGAPORE   8  30C SINGAPORE   8
    ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
      8                  8                  8
      8    _     _ /\-,  8    _     _ /\-,  8
      8  ./_)_   \` - /  8  ./_)_   \` - /  8
      8   \,)_)   ( c"\  8   \,)_)   ( c"\  8
      8   /_)  \  .`-'   8   /_)  \  .`-'   8
      8       '-\ /      8       '-\ /      8
      8          <_      8          <_      8
      8                  8                  8
      8  30C SINGAPORE   8  30C SINGAPORE   8
    ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
      8                  8                  8
      8    _     _ /\-,  8    _     _ /\-,  8

Certainly needs improvement..

And furthermore I opine that ASCII art should finally receive its
place in a series of stamps! After all, it *is* an art in its own
right. If Elvis can have a stamp, why not aaa? So.. which country
will be the first..? So much material to choose from...

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On 16 Jun 1997 18:19:16 GMT, ken...@cs.utwente.nl (Arjan Kenter) wrote:

>right. If Elvis can have a stamp, why not aaa? So.. which country

Yeah, but the cost of those velvet stamps is a killer.

Alan

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