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//////////////////////////////boba_gagme_wwa_com /////////////////////////////
/////////////////////////Version 1.0 - April 18, 1994 ////////////////////////
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   This file is a collection of some of the best ASCII art from The
Scarecrow's ASCII Art Archive 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0.  Here are some of the finest
examples of ASCII art that has been posted or emailed to me.

   I've included 'From:' lines to tell who emailed or posted the piece(s).
In many cases, the person who sends or posts the art is not the creator.
Unfortunately that information is sometimes lost.

   The sender's comments are in quotes.  My comments appear in brackets.
Anything else came as part of the art.  The various postings and archives have
been gathered and edited by The Scarecrow.

   Thanks to all of you who have emailed me with art to include.  Because
there are practical size limits for a file like this, there isn't room for
everything.  So I put in samplings from as many as possible.  Thanks again.

   Send comments, suggestions and ascii art to: boba_gagme_wwa_com
        ^^^^^^^^  ""''"""""""     ~~~~~~~~~
   Enjoy!

Scarecrow


______________________________________________________________________________


____
From: nmurray_mobius04_math_uwaterloo_ca (Dr.Seuss)
"A friend sent this to me a while back..."
[Cat In The Hat]

                               __________
                    __________/VVVVVVVVVV\
                   /VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV|
                 /VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV/
               /VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV/
              |VVVV^^^^^^^^^^^^         |
             |                    vvvvvv\
             |     vvvvvvvVVVVVVVVVVVVVV/
             |/VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV|
             |VVVVVVV^^^^^^^^^^         |
              |V/                        \
              |             vvvvvvvvvvvvv|
               \  /VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV\
                \/VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV\____
                 |VVVVVVVV^^^^^^^^^^___________)
             |\__|/ _____ //--------   \\xx/
             | xx\ /%%%%///   __     __  \\ \
             \_xxx %%%%  /   /  \   /  \    |
             / \x%%%%       ((0) ) ((0) )   |
            / #/|%%%%        \__/   \__/     \__  ______-------
            \#/ |%%%%             @@            \/
              _/%%%%                             |_____
     ________/|%%%%                              |    -----___
-----         |%%%%     \___                  __/
           ___/\%%%%    /  --________________//
     __----     \%%%%                     ___/
    /             \%%%%                   _/
                     \%%%%              _/
                       \%%%%           /
                          \%%         |
                           |%%        |


____
From: jorn_Notwerk_mcs_com (Jorn Barger)


-_                 _-_                 _-_      .
   \             /     \             /     \    .
    \           /       \           /       \   .
_ _ _\ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ \ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ \ _.
      \       /           \       /           \ .
       \     /             \     /             \.
         -_-                 -_-                .


[I believe this next one is a diamond.]
    _________
   /|\     /|\
  / |  \ /  | \
 /__|__/ \__|__\
|\  |  | |  |  /|
| \ |----|--| / |
| /\-\---|---/\ |
|/_____|\|_____\|
 \  |  \ /  |  /
  \ |  / \  | /
   \|/     \|/
    --------


[Cool.]
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$""$o$o$o$o$o$oo$$""$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$$$$""o$$$$$$$$$$"$"$$$$$$$o$"$$$$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$$$"$o$$$$""$oo $ ""      """$$$oo"$$$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$"o$$$$"   ""o  $oo o o       ""$$$o"$$$$$$$
$$$$$"o$$$"       oo$$$$$$$$$$o        "$$$o"$$$$$
$$$$"o$$$  $  o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"$$oo       "$$$ $$$$
$$$"$$$"   "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o$o$$$"        $$$o$$$
$$ $$$    o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o o   o  "$$o"$
$"$$$"    o$$$$$$$$$"$$$$$$"" "$$$$$$"$$$$$  $$$"$
$o$$"    o$$$$$$$$$$o""$$$""""ooo"$$$$$$$$"   $$$"
$o$$"    o$$$$$$$$$$            ""oo"$"$o""   $$$o
o$$$     o$$$$$$$$$$                """""$    o$$o
o$$$    o$$$$$$$$$$$$o                   "o "oo$$o
o$$$  oo$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ooooooo$$$$$oo    $"$ "$$o
o$$$"  ""  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o    " $$$
$ $$$       "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o    o$$"$
$$"$$o       "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o   $$$o$
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$$$o"$$o    "$""  "$""$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$oo$$$"$$$
$$$$o"$$$o        "     $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o$$"o$$$$
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o$o$"$"$"$"$oo$o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


____
From: dcberner_host0_colby_edu (David Berner)
"I've had this one for a long time.  I've forgotten where i got it."

  *********    *****    **
 *************************.*
****** *********** ** *******o
******* ********* **** ****`-
******* ********* *****
 ****** ********** ****
## *****  ***** ##  ****
### *****      ###   ****
#,,, ***,,,    ##,,,  **,,,


____
From: Purdie_zeus_usq_edu_au (Red Phoenix)
"Note.. most of these aint mine.. just collected from all over the place ;)"
[That's true for most of us some of the time.]

[The following fractal is nice.]
FRACTALFRACTALFRACTALFRACTALFRACTALFRACTCARFLATCARFLATCARFLATCARFLATCARFLATCARF
FRACTAL                        _       _                                LATCARF
FRACTAL                       |_|_    |_|_                              LATCARF
FRACTAL                    _   _|_|_   _|_|                             LATCARF
FRACTAL                   |_|_| |_| |_|_|_                              LATCARF
FRACTAL                    _|        _|_|_|    _                        LATCARF
FRACTAL                   |_        |_| |_    |_|_                      LATCARF
FRACTAL                     |_|          _|_   _|_|                     LATCARF
FRACTAL                                _|_|_|_|_|_                      LATCARF
FRACTAL                              _|_|_|_|_| |_|                     LATCARF
FRACTAL                             |_| |_|_|_                          LATCARF
FRACTAL                                  _| |_|                         LATCARF
FRACTAL                        _   _   _|_                              LATCARF
FRACTAL                      _|_|_|_|_|_|_|    _                        LATCARF
FRACTAL                     |_| |_|_|_|_|_    |_|_                      LATCARF
FRACTAL                          _|_|_|_|_|_   _|_|                     LATCARF
FRACTAL                _   _   _|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_                      LATCARF
FRACTAL              _|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |_|                     LATCARF
FRACTAL             |_| |_|_|_    |_|_    |_|_                          LATCARF
FRACTAL                  _| |_|     |_|     |_|                         LATCARF
FRACTAL                _|_                                              LATCARF
FRACTAL              _|_|_|                                             LATCARF
FRACTAL             |_| |_     _                                        LATCARF
FRACTAL                  _|_   _|                                       LATCARF
FRACTAL                 |_| |_|                                         LATCARF
FRACTAL                                                                 LATCARF
FRACTALFRACTALFRACTALFRACTALFRACTALFRACTCARFLATCARFLATCARFLATCARFLATCARFLATCARF


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              /=\\
             /===\ \
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       /===============\   ''  \
      /=================\' ' ' ' \
     /===================\' ' '  ' \
    /=====================\' '   ' ' \
   /=======================\  '   ' /
  /=========================\   ' /
 /===========================\'  /
/=============================\/


            #####
        ######
     ########
   ########             *
  ########
 #########
 #########     *
#########
#########
#########                  *
 ########
  #########      *
   ########
    ########
      ########          *
         ######
             #####


 /\/\/\                            /  \
| \  / |                         /      \
|  \/  |                       /          \
|  /\  |----------------------|     /\     |
| /  \ |                      |    /  \    |
|/    \|                      |   /    \   |
|\    /|                      |  | (  ) |  |
| \  / |                      |  | (  ) |  |
|  \/  |                 /\   |  |      |  |   /\
|  /\  |                /  \  |  |      |  |  /  \
| /  \ |               |----| |  |      |  | |----|
|/    \|---------------|    | | /|   .  |\ | |    |
|\    /|               |    | /  |   .  |  \ |    |
| \  / |               |    /    |   .  |    \    |
|  \/  |               |  /      |   .  |      \  |
|  /\  |---------------|/        |   .  |        \|
| /  \ |              /   NASA   |   .  |  NASA    \
|/    \|              (          |      |           )
|/\/\/\|               |    | |--|      |--| |    |
------------------------/  \-----/  \/  \-----/  \--------
                        \\//     \\//\\//     \\//
                         \/       \/  \/       \/


[These next one is nice.]

                          \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||    \\
                         ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||   ////
                        (    )      (    )      (    )      (    )
   The 1992 Usenet       \  /        \  /        \  /        \  /
   W I N T E R      \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||
   Olympics        ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||
                  (    )      (    )      (    )      (    )
                   \  /        \  /        \  /        \  /
              \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||
             ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||
            (    )      (    )      (    )      (    )
             \  /        \  /        \  /        \  /
        \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||
       ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||
      (    )      (    )      (    )      (    )
       \  /        \  /        \  /        \  /
  \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||
 ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||
(    )      (    )      (    )      (    )        Brought to you by
 \  /        \  /        \  /        \  /     the Betty Ford clinic
  ||          ||          ||          ||    for chronic net.abusers
  ||          ||          ||          ||


____
From: ferch_ucs_ubc_ca (Les Ferch)
[Probably the best unicorn I've seen so far.]

                              /
                   __       //
                   -\= \=\ //
                 --=_\=---//=--
               -_==/  \/ //\/--
                ==/   /O   O\==--
   _ _ _ _     /_/    \  ]  /--
  /\ ( (- \    /       ] ] ]==-
 (\ _\_\_\-\__/     \  (,_,)--
(\_/                 \     \-
\/      /       (   ( \  ] /)
/      (         \   \_ \./ )
(       \         \      )  \
(       /\_ _ _ _ /---/ /\_  \
 \     / \     / ____/ /   \  \
  (   /   )   / /  /__ )   (  )
  (  )   / __/ '---`       / /
  \  /   \ \             _/ /
  ] ]     )_\_         /__\/
  /_\     ]___\
 (___)


____
From: STEVEN_SULLIVAN_OFFICE_WANG_COM ("Steven M Sullivan")

[This next one is from Steve's castle collection.]
    |>>>                                                      |>>>
    |                     |>>>          |>>>                  |
    *                     |             |                     *
   / \                    *             *                    / \
  /___\                 _/ \           / \_                 /___\
  [   ]                |/   \_________/   \|                [   ]
  [ I ]                /     \       /     \                [ I ]
  [   ]_ _ _          /       \     /       \          _ _ _[   ]
  [   ] U U |        {#########}   {#########}        | U U [   ]
  [   ]====/          \=======/     \=======/          \====[   ]
  [   ]    |           |   I |_ _ _ _| I   |           |    [   ]
  [___]    |_ _ _ _ _ _|     | U U U |     |_ _ _ _ _ _|    [___]
  \===/  I | U U U U U |     |=======|     | U U U U U | I  \===/
   \=/     |===========| I   | + W + |   I |===========|     \=/
    |  I   |           |     |_______|     |           |   I  |
    |      |           |     |||||||||     |           |      |
    |      |           |   I ||vvvvv|| I   |           |      |
_-_-|______|-----------|_____||     ||_____|-----------|______|-_-_
   /________\         /______||     ||______\         /________\
  |__________|-------|________\_____/________|-------|__________|
       Jeffrey T. Crites


     ________________________
    |                        |
    |                        |
    | __----__      __----__ |
    |/      * \    /      * \|
    |          |  |          |
  --|\        /    \        /|--
 /  | --____--      --____-- |  \
| (-|                        |-) |
 \  |.                      .|  /
  --/                        \--
   /                          \
    `--______________________--'
      \_|__|__|__|__|__|_|_/
        `---__      __---'
              )    (
[Even Bart likes the font, and he considers most of 'em to be BUAFs.]


        /\
       /  \
       \/\/
        ~|
       !~~-!
       |` ,!
       |'` |
       |   |
       |   |
       |   |
       |   |
       |   |
_______|___|_______
\                 /
 \_______________/
   Clinton James


____
From: greening_kenyon_edu
"This is my finger.plan file."

              ____                  ____   __   ___  _  _   ___ _   _
            /      \               |    \ /  \ |   \ |  |  |    |   |
         /  (O)  (O)  \            |  __/ |__| |___/ |\ |  |__   \ /
        |              |           |    \ |  | |   | | \|  |      |
       |    \      /    |          |____/ |  | |   | |  |  |___   |
        \    |\__/|    /                __      __              __
 ____    \ \  \__/  / /    ____       /    \  /    \     |   | |  | |  | |
/---\\__  / \ ____ / \  __//---\     /      \/      \    |   | |  | |  | |
     \ \|  /      \  |/ /           |                |   |   | |  | |  | |
      \ \_|        |_/ /            \                /    \ /  |  | |  | |
      | \_|        |_/ |             \              /      |   |  | |  | |
     |    |        |    |              \          /        |   |  | |  | |
    |     |        |     |                \    /           |   |  | |  | _
    |      \      /      |                  \/             |   |__| |__|(_)


____
From: Judy Anderson <yduj_harlequin_com>
[Here's a sampling big bunch of ascii art Judy sent over.  Thanks Judy.]
"I don't *think* there's anything in here that will embarrass me!!!"
{Don't worry, I edited out all those nude ascii-gifs of you :-)]


[Nice turtle.]
                             ___-------___
                         _-~~             ~~-_
                      _-~                    /~-_
   /^\__/^\         /~  \                   /    \
 /|  O|| O|        /      \_______________/        \
| |___||__|      /       /                \          \
|          \    /      /                    \          \
|   (_______) /______/                        \_________ \
|         / /         \                      /            \
 \         \^\\         \                  /               \     /
   \         ||           \______________/      _-_       //\__//
     \       ||------_-~~-_ ------------- \ --/~   ~\    || __/
       ~-----||====/~     |==================|       |/~~~~~
        (_(__/  ./     /                    \_\      \.
               (_(___/                         \_____)_)


[Hey, look at the little man on the mechanical pencil. :-)]
    /\  ____
    <> ( oo )
    <>_| ^^ |_
    <>   @    \
   /~~\ . . _ |
  /~~~~\    | |
 /~~~~~~\/ _| |
 |[][][]/ / [m]
 |[][][[m]
 |[][][]|
 |[][][]|
 |[][][]|
 |[][][]|
 |[][][]|
 |[][][]|
 |[][][]|
 |[][][]|
 |[|--|]|
 |[|  |]|
 ========
==========
|[[    ]]|
==========
[By the Cyberfox.]


"Whatever this is, it's a good rendering of it..."
[OK, Judy, I'll do the jokes around here. :-)]
                 _______
                / _____ \
          _____/ /     \ \_____
         / _____/  311  \_____ \
   _____/ /     \       /     \ \_____
  / _____/  221  \_____/  412  \_____ \
 / /     \       /     \       /     \ \
/ /  131  \_____/  322  \_____/  513  \ \
\ \       /     \       /     \       / /
 \ \_____/  232  \_____/  423  \_____/ /
 / /     \       /     \       /     \ \
/ /  142  \_____/  333  \_____/  524  \ \
\ \       /     \       /     \       / /
 \ \_____/  243  \_____/  434  \_____/ /
 / /     \       /     \       /     \ \
/ /  153  \_____/  344  \_____/  535  \ \
\ \       /     \       /     \       / /
 \ \_____/  254  \_____/  445  \_____/ /
  \_____ \       /     \       / _____/
        \ \_____/  355  \_____/ /
         \_____ \       / _____/
               \ \_____/ /
                \_______/



     \
     - \
     |   \
     |---- \
     |  KKB  \
     |---------\
      \          \
        \--------O-\
          \----^-|-^-\
            \___/_\____\
            __/_____\____\___/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"The most beautiful shapes on earth were created by the wind."


     .    _    +     .  ______   .          .
  (      /|\      .    |      \      .   +
      . |||||     _    | |   | | ||         .
 .      |||||    | |  _| | | | |_||    .
    /\  ||||| .  | | |   | |      |       .
 __||||_|||||____| |_|_____________\__________
 . |||| |||||  /\   _____      _____  .   .
   |||| ||||| ||||   .   .  .         ________
  . \|`-'|||| ||||    __________       .    .
     \__ |||| ||||      .          .     .
  __    ||||`-'|||  .       .    __________
 .    . |||| ___/  ___________             .
    . _ ||||| . _               .   _________
 _   ___|||||__  _ \\--//    .          _
      _ `---'    .)=\oo|=(.   _   .   .    .
 _  ^      .  -    . \.|


                                                _
                  ___                          (_)
                _/XXX\
 _             /XXXXXX\_                                    __
 X\__    __   /X XXXX XX\                          _       /XX\__      ___
     \__/  \_/__       \ \                       _/X\__   /XX XXX\____/XXX\
   \  ___   \/  \_      \ \               __   _/      \_/  _/  -   __  -  \__/
  ___/   \__/   \ \__     \\__           /  \_//  _ _ \  \     __  /  \____//
 /  __    \  /     \ \_   _//_\___     _/    //           \___/  \/     __/
 __/_______\________\__\_/________\_ _/_____/_____________/_______\____/_______
                                   /|\
                                  / | \
                                 /  |  \
                                /   |   \
                               /    |    \
                              /     |     \
                             /      |      \
                            /       |       \
                           /        |        \
                          /         |         \


[Nice varianion on the castle theme.]
                  ^
                 / \
            ^   _|.|_   ^
          _|I|  |I .|  |.|_
          \II||~~| |~~||  /
           ~\~|~~~~~~~|~/~
             \|II I ..|/
        /\    |II.    |    /\
       /  \  _|III .  |_  /  \
       |-~| /(|I.I I  |)\ |~-|
     _/(I | +-----------+ |. )\_
     \~-----/____-~-____\-----~/
      |I.III|  /(===)\  |  .. |
      /~~~-----_________---~~~\
     `##########!\-#####%!!!!!| |\
    _/###########!!\~~-_##%!!!\_/|
    \##############!!!!!/~~-_%!!!!\
     ~)#################!!!!!/~~--\_
  __ /#####################%%!!!!/ /
  \,~\-_____##############%%%!!!!\/
  /!!!!\ \ \~-_###########%%%!!!!\
 /#####!!!!!!!\~-_#######%%%!!!!!!\_
/#############!!!\#########%%%!!!!!!\


____
From: emcecabe_iastate_edu (Bryan L Mccabe)
[Here are a few cows.]


         o  o
         |__|
         (oo)
  /-------\/
 / |     ||
*  ||----||
   ~~    ~~
   Bill Bixby
male relative cow


         (__)
         (oo)
  /-------vv
 / |     ||
*  ||----||
   ~~    ~~
Bela Lugosi cow


         (__)
        =(oo)=
  /-------\/
 / |     ||
*  ||----||
   ~~    ~~
Boris Karloff cow


       oo




Claude Rains cow


     \^^^^^^^^\   (__)
      \^^^^^^^^\\ (oo)
   *-----\_______\/\/
 ^_______/   ---  \______^
^--------\   \S/  /\_____^
          \______/

It's a bird...
 It's a plane...


  (___)
  (o o)
   \ /
 \--O--/
// -----\
\\/_^{} /==V===[]
  \_____\\//
   \__/
   //\\
   //  \\
   //   //
  ^^    ^^
    The Boss
(Bruce Holstien)


                     (__)
                     (oo)
  /-------------------\/
 / |                 ||
*  ||----------------||
   ^^                ^^
Stretch Cow


____
From: hphan_beach_csulb_edu (HM)
[I believe this one might have been a composite.  I don't know.  Notice the
butterflies in the border corners.  Nice touch.]

(\o/)___________________________________________________________(\o/)
(/|\)                                                           (/|\)
  |                                          .-~~~-.              |
  |                                        /        }             |
  |                                       /      .-~              |
  |                             \        |        }               |
  |             __   __       ___\.~~-.-~|     . -~_              |
  |            / \./  \/\_       { O |  ` .-~.    ;  ~-.__        |
  |        __{^\_ _}_   )  }/^\   ~--~/-|_\|   :   : .-~          |
  |       /  /\_/^\._}_/  //  /     /   |  \~ - - ~               |
  |      (  (__{(@)}\__}.//_/__A__/_A___|__A_\___A______A_____A   |
  |       \__/{/(_)\_}  )\\ \\---v-----V----v----v-----V-----v--- |
  |         (   (__)_)_/  )\ \>                                   |
  |          \__/     \__/\/\/                                    |
  |             \__,--'                                           |
  |                                                               |
(\o/)___________________________________________________________(\o/)
(/|\)                                                           (/|\)


____
From Ric_Hotchkiss_sdrc_com
[The Hobbes pic isn't bad considering it isn't anti-aliased.]

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                          ___________________
                         /      CLING        \
          ___________   /   TENACIOUSLY TO    \
       (_(  ___ ___  )  \    MY BUTTOCKS!     /
       /_/-( c) (c )< \  \   ________________/
       | |    <_      |   | /
       |_| `  ()  '   | ___/
      __\_  ( __ )  _/__
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From: vlinders_rcl_wau_nl (Meindert de Jong <^_^>)
[I forgot to put this next one in 1.0.  It was from when the group was
first started.  It may be the best ASCII art butterfly.]
  _--_                                     _--_
/#()# #\         0             0         /# #()#\
|()##  \#\_       \           /       _/#/  ##()|
|#()##-=###\_      \         /      _/###=-##()#|
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  |#()##--=#    #\_   \!!!/   _/#    #=--##()#|
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    |#()#____==#####\ / Y \ /#####==____#()#|
     \###______######|\/#\/|######______###/
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      ()#O#(   #  ###_(_|_)_###  #   )#O#()
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        |/_####_/    ( /X\ )    \_####_\|
       /X/ \__/       \___/       \__/ \X\
      (#/                               \#)


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From: pirillc2770_cobra_uni_edu

                    |>>>                        |>>>
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                 |.    | .    |+++++++| .    |   . |              ~-_
              __ |   . |   ,  |+++++++|.  . _|__   |                 ~-_
     ____--`~    '--~~__ .    |++++ __|----~    ~`---,              ___^~-__
-~--~                   ~---__|,--~'                  ~~----_____-~'   `~----~
ART BY T.L.G.


____
From: bertrand_scws8_harvard_edu (Charles Bertrand)
{That's a pretty skinny whale. :-)  Nice.]
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From: Ric_Hotchkiss_sdrc_com

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            / ^^ \     /=========================/ ^^ \===|
           /  []  \   /=========================/  []  \==|
          /________\ /=========================/________\=|
       *  |        |/==========================|        |=|
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"Working late?"
[Cool.]
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From Ric_Hotchkiss_sdrc_com


                                   /\
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                       /\    //\\///\\\        /\
                      //\\  ///\////\\\\  /\  //\\
         /\          /  ^ \/^ ^/^  ^  ^ \/^ \/  ^ \
        / ^\    /\  / ^   /  ^/ ^ ^ ^   ^\ ^/  ^^  \
       /^   \  / ^\/ ^ ^   ^ / ^  ^    ^  \/ ^   ^  \       *
      /  ^ ^ \/^  ^\ ^ ^ ^   ^  ^   ^   ____  ^   ^  \     /|\
     / ^ ^  ^ \ ^  _\___________________|  |_____^ ^  \   /||o\
    / ^^  ^ ^ ^\  /______________________________\ ^ ^ \ /|o|||\
   /  ^  ^^ ^ ^  /________________________________\  ^  /|||||o|\
  /^ ^  ^ ^^  ^    ||___|___||||||||||||___|__|||      /||o||||||\
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/ ^ ^ ^  ^  ^  ^   ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||oooooooooo| |ooooooo
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


____
From: jsbell_acs_ucalgary_ca (Joshua Bell)

          .--------._
         (`--'       `-.
          `.______      `.
       ___________`__     \
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From: bale%sunset_cs_utah_edu_cs_utah_edu (bryan bale)
"This is my first attempt at making an ascii-pic. Does anyone have
any suggestions on how to improve it? It's for a project that I'm
working on. Thanks."


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\___________\_-


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From Ric_Hotchkiss_sdrc_com

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From: u7814040_cc_nctu_edu_tw (Ming-Chih Hsieh)
[I believe it's called 'Scouts Honor'.]

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____
From: cyberfox_netcom_com (Keely M. Swenson)


  .--/|
o~ "   `.. - - - - .
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     `.   }    {    /\|
       \  |~- -~\   |
       || |     >> /
\\|/   ||_|    //_/        \|/
                     \|//


____
From: cjackson_csugrad_cs_vt_edu (King of FIRE Jackson)
[Nice bowling ball.]

                                 _ooooo_
         _/Q@Q@Q@Q@Q@\_
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(Q@( )@Q|         @@@                 )
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         -__                                                                 _-
                                 --_____--


____
From: rps92_ecs_soton_ac_uk (Richard Swann)
[Here a sampling from a 500+ line file.  If you email Richard, maybe he can s...
to you.]
"The Cunning Pikes.....Any new pikes send to mjg2_soton_ac_uk
Designed by mjg2 & pikes while waiting for his washing
(4 all at 86)"


  |
-O_O-  Cunning Pike


  W
-O_O-  King Cunning Pike


  +
-O_O-  Queen Cunning Pike


  |
-O_--  Cunning Pike Winking


   |
- -_- -  Cunning Pike Sleeping


 (  )
--OO-- Cow Trying To Be A Cunning Pike


} { }
{{ }_O- Cunning Pike Hiding Behind Weeds
 }{
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  |
-O O-  Shocked Cunning Pike
  o


  |
-O_O-     Cunning Pike With Necklace
 \o/


   |
--(O)--    Cunning Cyclops Pike ( Or Nuclear Sub MK2 )


  |
-@_@-     Cunning Pike Having Seen Nuclear Sub


  |
-X X-     Cunning Pike Having Taken Something Illegal
  ~


  |  |   |   |  |
-( -(  -O_O-  )- )- Vibrating Cunning Pike


      |
    -O_O-
  |       |
-O_O-   -O_O-  Synchronised Swimming Pikes
      |
    -O_O-


  |
-O_q-      Cunning Pike With Monacle


 --      |
  --   -O_O-       Cunning Pike On Skateboard
--   ==========
      O      O


____|____
| -O_O- |    Limbo Dancing Cunning Pike


__________________
|     |    |     |
|     |    |     |
|  |  |    |     |
|-O_O-|    |     |
           |     |
           |  |  |
           |-O_O-|   Acrobatic Cunning Pikes


  |
-O_O-
 | |
 | |
 | |
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 ^ ^                Cunning Pike On Stilts


       --------------|
    |   |            |
                     |
    |   |            |
      |              |
    -O_O-            |
                     |
                     |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--- Cunning Pike Doing The High Dive


     ____     ___________
      |  *   |  Pikes R  |
    -O_O---  | Cunning ! |
             |___________|
             |___________|
   |     |     |
 -(|)- -(|)- -(|)-       A School Of Cunning Pikes


  _   _   _   _
-O_O-O_O-O_O-O_O-
-O_O-O_O-O_O-O_O-
-O_O-O_O-O_O-O_O-        Cunning Pike Wallpaper


  |
-0_0-7               James Pond (The Pike Who Loved Me)


         /|
  |     | |
-O_O-|  | |
     |  | |
     |  | |
     |  | |_______________
     |  |_/_____________/ |
     |  |_______________|/  Cunning Pike Pole Vaulting


  |
  |
  |
  |
\ | /
-O_O-
/ | \                        Cunning Pike Disguised As Spider


____
From: marizac_u_washington_edu (Mariza Cabral)

          "",_o\
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____
From: cyberfox_netcom_com (Keely M. Swenson)

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                        cyberfox_netcom_com
                            ---->o<----
     I wish there was some way to turn down the stupidity on tv.
     There's a knob called 'brightness,' but that doesn't work.


____
From: crettig_uceng_uc_edu (Craig Rettig)
"Somebody on a MUD a year or two ago made this:"
[Here are a few samples from The Smiley Dictionary.  Maybe if you email Craig,
he will send you the whole file.]

  :-)      basic smiley

  ,-)      winking happy smiley

  ;-(      crying smiley

  O:-)     angel smiley

  :-?      smiley smokes a pipe

  :-}X     bow tie-wearing smiley

  :-{      mustache

  :=)      orangutan smiley

  @:-}     smiley just back from the hairdresser

  C=:-)    chef smiley

  X:-)     little kid with a propeller beanie

  [:-)     smiley wearing a walkman

  8(:-)    Mickey Mouse

  :----}   you lie like pinnochio


____
From: alyosha_u_washington_edu (Nina Butorac)
[It'd be great for an SF BBS (if it isn't already).]

         @\_______/@
        @|XXXXXXXX |
       @ |X||    X |
      @  |X||    X |
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____
From: Purdie_zeus_usq_edu_au (Red Phoenix)

     ~~~             |
~~~~     ~~~~      -----                    |
     ~~~           )___(                  -----
                     |                    )___(
                 ---------                  |
                /         \              -------
               /___________\            /       \
                     |                 /_________\
              ---------------               |
             /               \        -------------
            /                 \      /             \
           /___________________\    /_______________\
         ____________|______________________|__________
          \_                                        _/
            \______________________________________/
     ~~..             ...~~~.           ....~~~...     ..~


                                |
                                |
                               _|_
                              /___\
                             /_____\
\___________________________\       /___________________________/
  -----------|------|--------\_____/--------|------|-----------'
            ( )    ( )     O|OOo|oOO|O     ( )    ( )


                  _____  _____
                  \\\\\\/ ___/___________________
                   \\\\/ /                 _____/__________________________
________________    \\/ /              _____/.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'_'_'_/
\_____        \__    / /           _____/.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'_'_/
    \__________\__  / /        _____/_'_'_'_'_'_'_'_'_'_'_'_'_'_'_/
                \_ / /__________/
                 \/____/\\\\\\
                      \\\\\\
                       ------


[This next one is the best ascii can opener I've ever seen :-)]
    __-,                               ___ _________
 __(__)|___                    _______/   |________|
`----------|_______________---/       `----_____|___
 (      ___+-----------------<---------_____________-----_
  `-----                      `-----------'      |  +---_/
                                            ____/__/___/_____
                                           |   ======        ||
                                           |_________________||


____
From: fontana_cis_ohio-state_edu (Mark Fontana)
[Little Mermaid.]
                              ____---------____
                           _--                 -- ---__
                          |                      -_    -
                         |                              |
What would I give        |      _---___         .        |
to live where you are?    |    |   /.- "--____/           |
What would I pay           \__  -_|/       \. |           |
to stay here beside you?      --__|            |          |
What would I do to see you         | -.  .-.    |/        |
smiling at me?                     ||O|  |O_|  |/_|        |_
Where would we walk?              |    /         |           \__
Where would we run?               |   `         /               \___
If we could stay           __----- \ `=='      |                    \__
all day in the sun?      -           \.__      |                       |
Just you and me       -                  |     |                        |
And I could be      /            _---___|      |---__                    |
Part of your       |            -                    \                    |
world...          |            |                      |                   |
                 |            |                        |                 |
                 |            |              _---_    /\.                |
                  |          |           |  /     \. /   \              |
                   |         |          |  |        \     |            |


____
From: cat_wixer_bga_com (Dr. Cat)

+-------------------------------------+
|                 ___                 |
|    __.--/)  .-~~   ~~>>>>>>>>   .-. |
|   (._\~  \ (        ~~>>>>>>>>.~.-' |
|     -~}   \_~-,    )~~>>>>>>>' /    |
|       {     ~/    /~~~~~~. _.-~     |
|        ~.(   `--~~/      /~ ~.      |
|   .--~~~~_\  \--~(   -.-~~-.  \     |
|   ```-'~~ /  /    ~-.  \ .--~ /     |
|        (((_.'    (((__.' ```-'      |
+-------------------------------------+


____
From: jsv_math_canterbury_ac_nz (Julian Visch)

     / \
    / _ \
   | / \ |
   ||   || _______
   ||   || |\     \
   ||   || ||\     \
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   ||   || ||  \__/
   ||   || ||   ||
    \\_/ \_/ \_//
   /   _     _   \
  /               \
  |    O     O    |
  |   \  ___  /   |
 /     \ \_/ /     \
/  -----  |  -----  \
|     \__/|\__/     |
\       |_|_|       /
 \_____       _____/
       \     /
       |     |


____
From: Knight_info_polymtl_ca (Chevalier)

                              ___,--------,____
                      __--~~~~                 ~~---,_
                   ,-'                  __,--,_       `\,___,-,__
                ,-'                 __/'/-~~~\  `  ` . '    , |  `~~\
             _/`      _/~~      '~~   \,_\_ o /        '  '~_/'      `\
           /'        '                   =-'~~  _  /  ~   /'          `\
        _/'  /~                            ,--,____,-----|,_,-,_       `\
    _,/'    '              ,-'      _      `~'------'~~~~~--    `~~~~\  |
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~              .'             '         ,   '      /~`                |/
                                  /' ,/'       _/~'
                   ,       /    /`          _/~
        /~        /      /`               /'
      .'                                /'
                       /'      .      /'
                      `       /'     |   -Chev
                                    '


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 | `~`, ',,\`-~~--_____    ---  - /, ,--/ '/'
  `\_|\ _\`    ______,---~~~\  ,_   '\_/' /'
    \,_|   , '~,/'~   /~\ ,_  `\_\ \_  \_\'
    ,/   /' ,/' _,-'~~  `\  ~~\_ ,_  `\  `\
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@@@ \  | | \ \O_`\ |        / / O_/' | \  \  @@@
@@@ |  | `| '   ~ / ,          ~     /  |    @@@
`@@ |   \ `\     ` |         | |  _/'  /'  | @@'
 @@ |    ~\ /--'~  |       , |  \__   |    | |@@
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  @@@,    \    ~~\ `\/~---'~/' _ /'~~~~~~~~--,_
   `@@@_,---::::::=  `-,| ,~  _=:::::''''''    `
   ,/~~_---'_,-___     _-__  ' -~~~\_```---
     ~`   ~~_/'// _,--~\_/ '~--, |\_
          /' /'| `@@@@@,,,,,@@@@  | \      -Chev
               `     `@@@@@@'


                   ,               ,
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           ._ |   `\   |'|/'//'  |     | ,
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            /`\_`-,_|_-'_,-'/|     `\,/'/'
           |/~~~~~~\ /'~  /' `\___-~/_,'
                    Y     `~`~\_Y ~~~
                     `\/        |_
        _______       -`,/    \/'
     _/~~    \ ~\       |    /'
   /' ~/~~~~~\|  `~\  _.' _/'\
 /'_/~|    /'~`\   |\  |_ |
|/~_/~~~\/'     `\ | `\| /'\
|/'     `\   /~~~~`\____\'
          `~'\___ _/__,-|
                 ~~'   -|_  -Chev
                        |


____
From: cthorpe_husc7_harvard_edu (Christopher Thorpe)

  /\_/\
 / o O \_____-------------_________
(   ~   )                    ____  \
 \`---'/                    /    )  )
  \___/             /      /    /  /
     \      ________\     /    /__/
       \   /         /   /
       /  /         /   /
     _/  /       __/   /
    (___/       (_____/

"I "drew" this for my .sig file; enjoy!
Favorite variations include modifying the eyes..."


____
From: emc_m-net_arbornet_org (Evan M Corcoran)
"Here is my variation on the temple, including some statuary of gods
in the frieze (or whatever the hell that triangular part is called.)

Based on the work of:
jmarttila_abo_fi (Jouni Marttila)
+
nveilleu_emr1_emr_ca (Normand Veilleux)"

[It came through a little messed up, so I put the pieces back together.]

                                   ___---___
                             ___---___---___---___
                       ___---___---    *    ---___---___
                 ___---___---    o/ 0_/  @  o ^   ---___---___
           ___---___--- @  i_e J-U /|  -+D O|-| (o) /   ---___---___
     ___---___---    __/|  //\  /|  |\  /\  |\|  |_  __--oj   ---___---___
__---___---_________________________________________________________---___---__
===============================================================================
 ||||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   |||   ||||
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |___-----___-----___-----___-----___-----___-----___-----___-----___-----___|
 / _ ----- _ \   / _ ----- _ \   / _ ----- _ \   / _ ----- _ \   / _ ----- _ \
( (o\_____/o) ) ( (o\_____/o) ) ( (o\_____/o) ) ( (o\_____/o) ) ( (o\_____/o) )
 \__/|||||\__/   \__/=====\__/   \__/=====\__/   \__/=====\__/   \__/=====\__/
    |||||||         |||||||         |||||||         |||||||         |||||||
    |||||||         |||||||         |||||||         |||||||         |||||||
    |||||||         |||||||         |||||||         |||||||         |||||||
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    |||||||         |||||||         |||||||         |||||||         |||||||
    |||||||         |||||||         |||||||         |||||||         |||||||
    |||||||         |||||||         |||||||         |||||||         |||||||
    |||||||         |||||||         |||||||         |||||||         |||||||
   (OOOOOOO)       (OOOOOOO)       (OOOOOOO)       (OOOOOOO)       (OOOOOOO)
   )%%%%%%%(       )%%%%%%%(       )%%%%%%%(       )%%%%%%%(       )%%%%%%%(
  (ZZZZZZZZZ)     (ZZZZZZZZZ)     (ZZZZZZZZZ)     (ZZZZZZZZZ)     (ZZZZZZZZZ)

  ===========================================================================
__|_________________________________________________________________________|__
_|___________________________________________________________________________|_
|_____________________________________________________________________________|
_______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________


____
From: moustier_salambo_enserb_u-bordeaux_fr (Moustov)
[And now, a police lineup...]

                (#######)
 _____         (#########)
/     \       (#########)    |\/\/\/|     /\ /\  /\               /\
\/     |      (#########)    |      |     | V  \/  \---.    .----/  \----.
| (o)(o)       (o)(o)(##)    |      |      \_        /       \          /
|   .---_)    ,_C     (##)    | (o)(o)       (o)(o)  <__.   .--\ (o)(o) /__.
| |.___|    /____,   (##)    C      _)     _C         /     \     ()     /
|  \__/       \     (#)       | ,___|     /____,   )  \      >   (C_)   <
/_____\        |    |         |   /         \     /----'    /___\____/___\
_____/ \       OOOOOO        /____\          ooooo             /|    |\
        \     /      \      /      \        /     \           /        \

 Homer         Marge          Bart           Lisa              Maggie


____
From: gripe_cs4sun_cs_ttu_edu (Unix GRIPE Services)
[Here's more from Abdul's big collection.]

       !
       !
       ^
      / \
     /___\
    |=   =|
    |     |
    |     |
    |     |
    |     |
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  / |##!##| \
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|  / ^ | ^ \  |
| /  ( | )  \ |
|/   ( | )   \|
    ((   ))
   ((  :  ))
   ((  :  ))
    ((   ))
     (( ))
      ( )
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[Wow, it's a Star Trek ...  that thing they carry ... you know.]
 ________.--------------.________
|  ||__| [_]|                    |
|  |     [_]|                    |
|__|_____[_]|____________________|
| |PWR |  | F1 |-DATA  | I || E ||
| |STBY|  |_F2_| SENSE-|___||___||
|_|[__]|_________________________|
|           ___________________  |
| [ALPHA]  |                   | |
| [BETA ]  |                   | |
| [GAMMA]  |                   | |
| [DELTA]  |                   | |
|  _____   |                   | |
| |^ H B|  |___________________| |
| || H ||  .-DEVICE INPUT--.  _  |
| || H ||  |               | [_] |
| || H ||   GEO   MET   BIO  [_] |
| |A_H_v|  [___] [___] [___] [_] |
|________________________________|
|__[][][][]____________[][][][]__|
|  ____________________________  |
| |.-COM XMISSION---.   ______ | |
| | ________________  E|\ __ /|| |
| ||ACCEPT|INTERSHIP| M| |  | || |
| ||------+---------| R| |__| || |
| ||_POOL_|TRICORDER| G|/____\|| |
| |____________________________| |
|  ____________________________  |
| |.-IMAGE RECORD---..-LIB B--.| |
| | ________________  ___  ___ | |
| ||FORWARD |REVERSE|| I || E || |
| ||--------+-------||___||___|| |
| ||_INPUT__|_ERASE_|          | |
| |____________________________| |
|     ____    ______________     |
 \   |[]ID|  |TRICORDER  VII|   /
  \  |____|  |______________|  /
   `-.______________________.-'


  __________
 / ___  ___ \
/ / @ \/ @ \ \
\ \___/\___/ /\
 \____\/____/||
 /     /\\\\\//
|     |\\\\\\
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   \______/\\\\
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 ____________________________________                 ______________
|------|------|     __   __   __     |     ___________     |           () |
| 64X4 | 64X4 | || |  | |  | |  |    |    |           |    |           ___|
|------|------| || |  | |  | |  |    |____|           |____|         || D |
| 64X4 | 64X4 | || |__| |__| |__|                 ________________  ||| I |
|------|------|  |  ________   ______   ______   | ADV476KN50     | ||| P |
| 64X4 | 64X4 |    |TRIDENT | |______| |______|  | 1-54BV  8940   | ||| S |
|------|------| || |TVGA    | |______| |______|  |________________| |||___|
| 64X4 | 64X4 | || |8800CS  |          ________________                ___|
|------|------| || |11380029|    LOW->|  /\ SUPER VGA  | _________    |   |
| 64X4 | 64X4 |     --------    BIOS  | \/         (1) ||_________|   | 1 |
|------|------| ||  ______  J  ______ |________________| _________    | 5 |
| 64X4 | 64X4 | || |______| 2 |______| ________________ |_________|   |___|
|------|------| ||  ________   ______ |  /\ SUPER VGA  |               ___|
| 64X4 | 64X4 |    |________| |______|| \/         (2) |   _________  |   |
|------|------| ()              HIGH->|________________|  |_________| | 9 |
 | 64X4 | 64X4 |     ________   _________   _____________   _________  |   |
 |______|______|__  |________| |_________| |_____________| |_________| |___|
                 |               __    TVGA-1623D                    _ () |
                 |LLLLLLLLLLLLLL|  |LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL| |___|
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(from Paul Desjarlais <paul_desjarlais_pharlap_com>)

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              \\                    //
                   === _______ --==


                      /^--^\     /^--^\     /^--^\
                      \____/     \____/     \____/
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| | | | | | | | | | | | / / | | |\ \| | | | | |/ /| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | \/| | | | \/| | | | | |\/ | | | | | | | | | | | |
#########################################################################
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |


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.---------._____________ `-.__/ : /`      ./_-----/':
`---...--.              `-_|    `.`-._______-'  /  / ,-----.__----.
   ,----' ,__.  .          |   /  `\.________./  ====__....._____.'
   `-___--.-' ./. .-._-'----\.                  ./.---..____.--.
         :_.-' '-'            `..            .-'===.__________.'
                                 `--...__.--'


-TOP SECRET- photo of VMS operating system!   _o######ooooooo-_
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 #####~~~~~~                ~~~
[How do you protect yourself from outdated viruses?  Get a vaxination. :-)]


____
From: anthony_kurango_cit_gu_edu_au (Anthony Thyssen)
"here are a couple of faces"

                        ;;\\/;;;;;;;;
                   ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
                ;;;;;;;;;;;;     ;;;;;
               ;;;;;    ;;;         \;;
              ;;;;;      ;;          |;
             ;;;;         ;          |
             ;;;                     |
              ;;                     )
               \    ~~~~ ~~~~~~~    /
                \    ~~~~~~~  ~~   /
              |\ \                / /|
               \\| %%%%%    %%%%% |//
              [[====================]]
               | |  ^          ^  |
               | | :@: |/  \| :@: | |
                \______/\  /\______/
                 |     (@\/@)     |
                /                  \
               /  ;-----\  ______;  \
               \         \/         /
                )                  (
               /                    \
               \__                  /
                \_                _/
                 \______/\/\______/
                  _|    /--\    |_
                 /%%\  /"'"'\  /%%\
  ______________/%%%%\/\'"'"/\/%%%%\______________
 / :  :  :  /  .\%%%%%%%\"'/%%%%%%%/.  \  :  :  : \
)  :  :  :  \.  .\%%%%%%/'"\%%%%%%/.  ./  :  :  :  (


____
From: sayanna_lourie_und_ac_za (Alvin Sayanna)
"My second ;) ascii-art drawing.... Enjoy..."

   /\                                                        /\
  |  |                                                      |  |
 /----\                  Lord Dark's Keep                  /----\
[______]             Where Brave Knights Tremble          [______]
 |    |         _____                        _____         |    |
 |[]  |        [     ]                      [     ]        |  []|
 |    |       [_______][ ][ ][ ][][ ][ ][ ][_______]       |    |
 |    [ ][ ][ ]|     |  ,----------------,  |     |[ ][ ][ ]    |
 |             |     |/'    ____..____    '\|     |             |
  \  []        |     |    /'    ||    '\    |     |        []  /
   |      []   |     |   |o     ||     o|   |     |  []       |
   |           |  _  |   |     _||_     |   |  _  |           |
   |   []      | (_) |   |    (_||_)    |   | (_) |       []  |
   |           |     |   |     (||)     |   |     |           |
   |           |     |   |      ||      |   |     |           |
 /''           |     |   |o     ||     o|   |     |           ''\
[_____________[_______]--'------''------'--[_______]_____________]


____
From Ric_Hotchkiss_sdrc_com Fri Nov 19 23:38:47 CST 1993

[Another computer tool.]
 ____________________
/                    \
|     In case of     |
|     Frustration    |
\____________________/
         !  !
         !  !
         L_ !
        / _)!
       / /__L
 _____/ (____)
        (____)
 _____  (____)
      \_(____)
         !  !
         !  !
         \__/


    __
    ||
   ====
   |  |__
   |  |-.\
   |__|  \\
    ||   ||
  ======__|
 ________||__
/____________\


___________   _______________________________________^__
 ___   ___ |||  ___   ___   ___    ___ ___  |   __  ,----\
|   | |   |||| |   | |   | |   |  |   |   | |  |  | |_____\
|___| |___|||| |___| |___| |___|  | O | O | |  |  |        \
           |||                    |___|___| |  |__|         )
___________|||______________________________|______________/
           |||     I'd rather be at DisneyWorld...    /--------
-----------'''---------------------------------------'


[Is this Mr Yuck?]
                     _________
             __--~~~~         ~~~~--__
         _-~~                         ~~-_
      _-~      __                 __      ~-_
    o~         ~~~~~oo       oo~~~~~         ~o
  _~            __--__       __--__            ~_
 o~            ~                   ~            ~o
_~                                               ~_
#                                                 #
#                                                 #
~_              __oooo~~~#~~~oooo__              _~
 #           o#######    #    #######o           #
  ~_       _##~~~~~~#    ~    # ~~~~~##o       _~
   ~o     -~         #       #         ~~     o~
     ~-_              ~~---~~              _-~
        ~-_                             _-~
           ~~--__                 __--~~
                 ~~~~---------~~~~


____
From: dcberner_host0_colby_edu (David Berner)
[I believe someone sent in a half of a peace sign, to which Dave says...]
"um....   hm....   okay, here is a work in progress, it is a reworking
of one of the, um hands that someone sent me (thanks!  :] )  but i'm
not finished with it yet..."

         /"\
     /"\|\./|/"\
    |\./|   |\./|
    |   |   |   |
    |   |>~<|   |/"\
    |>~<|   |>~<|\./|
    |   |   |   |   |
/~T\|   |   =[@]=   |
|_/ |   |   |   |   |
|   | ~   ~   ~ |   |
|~< |             ~ |
|   '               |
\                   |
 \                 /
  \               /
   \.            /
     |          |
     |          |


____
From: mmc7_po_CWRU_Edu (Malinee M. Chuaprasert)
[cs_a264_king_ac_uk (Frederico Terenas) asked "has anyone got a simple, about
20/30 lines birthday card ?"  To which, Malinee replies...]

"How's this?
It might be a little big, but it's what I had on hand.  (Oh, and it is an
original.)"

                      /^\
           /         (/^\)     /
      \   ( \         \ /     ( \     /^\
     / )   \ |        _|_      \ |   |/^\|
    | /    _|_        | |      _|_    \ /
    _|_    | |        | |      | |    _|_
    | |    | |        | |      | |    | |
    | |    | |    ****| |******| |    | |
    | |****| |****    | |      | |****| |
   *| |    | |                 | |    | |*****
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*                                               *
| *            B  I  R  T  H  D  A  Y  !      * |
|  *****                                 *****  |
|@      **********             **********      @|
| @   @           *************           @   @ |
|  @@@ @    @                       @    @ @@@  |
|       @@@@ @      @       @      @ @@@@       |
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   *****                                 *****
        **********             **********
                  *************


____
From: devon_ai_mit_edu (Devon Sean McCullough)
[A few more cows.]

         O__O
         (oo)
  /-------\/
 / |     ||
*  ||----||
   ~~    ~~
Cow at Disneyland


         \_|_/
         (oo)
  /-------\/
 / |     ||
*  ||----||
   ~~    ~~
Cow visiting the Statue of Liberty


                        (__)
                ~~      (oo)
            ~~~~ /-------\/
         ~~~~~  / |     ||
       ~~~~~   *  ||----||
    ~~~~~~~~  ====~~====~~====
~~~~~~~~~/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   Cow Hanging Ten at Malibu


       )\               (__)
      /  \              (oo)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   Cow swimming at Amityville
(Where Jaws was filmed, for those less educated)


*
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  \
  |\
\ | \ (__)
\\|| \(oo)
 \||\ \\/
  ~~ \||
   \\ ||
    \\||
     \||
      ~~
       \\_
        \_
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       \ (__)
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  /-----\\\/
 / |    (##)
*  ||----||"
   ~~    ~~
This cow plays bagpipes.


[Devon got the next three from eric_snark_UUCP (Eric S. Raymond)]
         (__)
         (\/)
  /-------\/
 / | 666 ||
*  ||----||
   ~~    ~~
Satanic cow


         (__)
         ($$)
  /-------\/
 / |=====||
*  ||----||
   ~~    ~~
This cow is a Yuppie


         (__)
         (**)
  /-------\/
 / |     ||
*  ||----||
   ~~    ~~
 Cow in love


[Devon got this one from ihnp4!decvax!savax!sii!siia!kgg (Kenneth G. Goutal)]
         ____
        (____)

         (__)
         (oo)
  /-------\/
 / |     ||
*  ||----||
   ~~    ~~
   holy cow


____
From: vlinders_rcl_wau_nl (Meindert de Jong)

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[Meindert asked if someone wanted to finish the drawing.  See the next item.]


____
From: ian_cs_mcgill_ca (Ian Frederic STEWART)
[Ian did, here it is.]

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[Nice job.]


____
From: boba_gagme_wwa_com
[I found this somewhere.  Is it a cat or an owl?  They say it's a cat.]

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____
From: Nveilleu_emr1_emr_ca (Normand Veilleux)

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It may have been done in the past but I have
never seen any posted."

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____
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____
From: s1171180_giaeb_cc_monash_edu_au (Rowan Crawford)
"...I do realize that a snowman is a completely inappropriate picture for
me to use (it'll be up around 32 degrees C here at Crissy), but I like
snowmen."

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____
From: boba_gagme_wwa_com
[The next one is not to be taken seriously.  It's just a joke.  I found it
floating around and touched it up a bit.]

                         PROBLEM SOLVING
                          P R O C E S S


            YES   =============================   NO
     +-----------|| Does the Darn Thing work? ||-----------+
     |            =============================            |
     V                                                     V
+----------+     +---------+                          +---------+
|   Don't  |  NO |   Does  |       +-------+     YES  | Did you |
|   mess   | +---|  anyone |<------|  YOU  |<---------|   mess  |
| with it! | |   |  know?  |       | MORON |          | with it |
+----------+ |   +---------+       +-------+          +---------+
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     |    +------+    +-----------+                        |
     |    | HIDE |                V                        V
     |    |  IT  |            +--------+             +-----------+
     |    +------+            |  YOU   |        YES  | WILL THEY |
     |       |       +------->|  POOR  |<------------| CATCH YOU?|
     |       |       |        |BASTARD!|             +-----------+
     |       |       |        |________|                   |  NO
     |       |       |             |                       |
     |       |       |             V                       V
     |       |       |      +---------------+        +-----------+
     |       |       |  NO  | CAN YOU BLAME |        |DESTROY THE|
     |       |       +------| SOMEONE ELSE? |        |  EVIDENCE |
     |       |              +---------------+        +-----------+
     |       |                     |  YES                  |
     |       |                     v                       |
     |       |      ============================           |
     |       +---->||           N O            ||<---------+
     +------------>||      P R O B L E M       ||
                    ============================


____
From: Patrick_Cain_comp_vuw_ac_nz (Pat Cain)

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____
From: Steven_Sullivan_Office_Wang_Com (Steven M Sullivan)

        __________
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____
From: renogaw_wpi_WPI_EDU (Michael John Wagoner)

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[Yet another candidate for a BBS screen, if it isn't from one.]
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[This next one's cool.]                             ,
                             |\_,
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                         ,__/______\ _____/ |
      ,___,            ,/__        \/      ,/
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                 _/ \_   \_\_    \//     I   ___/        \_
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___________________________________________________
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____
From: s1171180_giaeb_cc_monash_edu_au (Rowan Crawford)
"Here's yet another ascii pic, this time of a little kitten on
a hand. This was basically a "time test" to see how fast I could
do it:"
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          T."-._..---.._,-"/|
          l|"-.  _.v._   (" |
          [l /.'_ \; _~"-.`-t
          Y " _(o} _{o)._ ^.|
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          \  l ( /-^-\ ) !  !
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             ^r- .._ .- .-"  `- .  ~"--.
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              ]   ^.                     \
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(    ~"-._~"^._\   ^.    ^._      I     . l
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    "-._    '"~~~>-._~]>--^---./____,.^~        ^.^  !
        ~--._    '   Y---.                        \./
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                   ~-._~~~---._,____..---           \
                       ~----"~       \
                                      \

"Geez, I give myself a few minutes to "whip up" a pic, and I choose to
do a kitten on a hand. DOOOOOOH. The kitten actually looks REALLY cute
in the original photo, but unfortunately I could get the same appeal
in the ascii. Oh well."


"And while I'm at it, here's an elephant:"

         ___     _,.--.,_
      .-~   ~--"~-.   ._ "-.
     /      ./_    Y    "-. \
    Y       :~     !         Y
    lq p    |     /         .|
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()\___) |/   \_/";          !
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            Y_ Y_. "vr"~  T
            (  (    |L    j   -Row
            [nn[nn..][nn..]
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"His name is Bob."
[Bob?  I've never seen anybody name an ASCII animal pic before ... hmmm ...
and why Bob?]


     ___,A.A_  __
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      ~"T(  r r)
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   \ /   [\[][]/] j
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


[Let's check out this next one.  Hey Row, that's a pretty nice buzzard, but
you got its knee's backwards. :-)]
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Y /'~) }      _____
l/  / /    ,-~     ~~--.,_
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                ||     //
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                || ( c
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                ::
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Y    l          /    \  )    ~~~." / `/"~ / \.__/l_
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                        )  \
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                  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


____
From: purdie_zeus_usq_edu_au (Red Phoenix)

      _____________________________________________________________
     /          _____             __   __       ___  __       ___  \
    /          |  |  |      |\ | |  ` |  ` __ |   / |  | |  /   /   |
   /          |   |   |     | \| |    |       |  /  |  | | /   /    |
  /           |   |   |     `  ' `--' `--'    ' '   `--' '    '     |
 /     ==<===|====|====|========== U.S.S. ENTERPRISE =============  |
<_-----------|---------|--------------------------------------------|
  \__         \       /             \      \            /        /  |
     `------_  \_____/_______________\______\__________/________/__/__
           / ||  ===   ==<============ NCC-1701/7 ======--------  ===/
           \_||___________________________________________________==/
                -===-                                             -===-


[Where's the 3 1/2 inch disk?  Do I have to make it myself?]
               ___________
SAVE          |           |
THE           |           |
DISK!         |    (O)    |
              |    !|!    |
              |____!_!____|


[Don't ask me what 'hampster' means.]
                /\
                ||
               ====
               |  |
               |  |
               ====
               XXXX
               |\/|
               |/\|
               |\/|
               |/\|
               |\/|
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              /____\
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         |     ______   |
         |     |        |
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         |     |_____   |
         |     _____    |
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|   |    |      HH      |    |   |
|   |    |      HH      |    |   |
|   |    |______HH______|    |   |
--------/       HH       \--------


   .    _  .     _____________
   |\_|/__/|    /             \
  / / \/ \  \  / Happy! Happy! \
 /__|O||O|__ \ \   Joy! Joy!   /
|/_ \_/\_/ _\ | \  ___________/
| | (____) | ||  |/
\/\___/\__/  // _/
(_/         ||
 |          ||\
  \        //_/
   \______//
  __|| __||
 (____(____)  Stimpson J. Cat [Stimpy]


____
From: tayyabr_ifi_uio_no (Tayyab Riaz)

             OOOOOOOOOOO
         OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
      OOOOOO  OOOOOOOOO  OOOOOO
    OOOOOO      OOOOO      OOOOOO
  OOOOOOOO  #   OOOOO  #   OOOOOOOO
 OOOOOOOOOO    OOOOOOO    OOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOO  OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  OOOO
 OOOO  OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  OOOO
  OOOO   OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  OOOO
    OOOOO   OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO   OOOO
      OOOOOO   OOOOOOOOO   OOOOOO
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             OOOOOOOOOOOO


____
From: dcberner_host0_colby_edu (David Berner)

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         ||  ||
        "--'"--'


     !!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!   O_O
!!!  !!!!!!! /@ @\
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       !!!!|/  \__
        !!!\______\


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                          /     \
                         /       |
                        /   \  * |
          ________     /    /\__/
  _      /        \   /    /
 / \    /  ____    \_/    /
//\ \  /  /    \         /
V  \ \/  /      \       /
    \___/        \_____/


____
From: s1171180_giaeb_cc_monash_edu_au (Rowan Crawford)
[This next one might be a little hard to make out at first.  It a fellow
talking with St Peter and pointing to something on his computer screen.]

 ____________________          ____________________
|                    |   ____ |                    |
|  CAN  YOU GIVE ME  |  /    \I  -BUT I CAN ADD A  |
|  ONE GOOD  REASON  | (  NO     PITCHFORK  AND A  |  /\
|  WHY I SHOULD LET  |  \____/I  TAIL TO THAT "GO  | (  )
|  YOU IN?           |        |  TO HELL" ICON.    | _)(_     _
|_______________ .___|        |_____. _____________|~ __ ~-._ \"~-.
                \|                  |/    (_ /~,^ .r~T  T~i. ^.~\ _)
                 `                  '      \ \/ ,^|| |  | ||^. \/ /
              _____                ___ _    Y  /  || |[]| ||  \  Y
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  / __ \   / ) / -- )_ \           c|..^o   | |   || |[]| ||   | |
 / ( (\ \ /(   ) ,>.| ) \           |c_,|  <| |===||=|  |=||===| |>
  ( ( (\ Y  __ (/ o Y).--^-------.   )_/l  <| |===||=|[]|=||===| |>
   ( ( (\l)/  \    )I | [~~~~~~~\|   `--.\---x.   || |  | ||   | |
 (  ( ( (|Y    Y (  |\| | \ _____\__ _ _/r~)  )\_ ||_|[]|_||_ _| |  _.
   ( \ \ ||    |____>-| |  T   = |.__\\<\`^  ", \~|| |  | || ~ | |"~
  \   \ (\|  '~~ Y____|_I__l_n___|_  / `---c~~^. Y'~^|_.^"`|_.-^-|__,-~
 ( \ ( ( (|      | | |   [=o H .=.]_ `-I~T~Y     |-          __
    ( \ \ l      | | l___[___H____] ~"_| | |    ,t     __  "~  ~"
   \ ( \ \I\     | |[_________H____] / | l_j_.-T |--"~~  ~"-.__,.--"~
    \ \ \ ||`----^-' :\_______H__/   \/|       | |-.._
     (   \|;     :   | |.. .. H.|^,__.-|   :   : |_   _.--~~"--..
        \ |   _  l _ : ||| || H||   __ !   |   ' l "~"  -Row ._  _.-"
         _|,-' ~"-' ~-.L|^.||_H|^-"~  ~"-.    ._  \_.-"~-.__   "~
       "~     ._   __,--.__~~     ~-._     _.   "~~         ~~~"
                ~~"        ~~"        "~~~"


____
From: jorn_genesis_mcs_com (Jorn Barger)

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____
From: Ric_Hotchkiss_sdrc_com
[And here's Snoopy carrying his snow shoes. :-)]

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____
From: pirillc2770_cobra_uni_edu

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  |---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---|
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____
From: mhelms_TrentU_CA
"This is a twin dial Cosmograph..."
[I'll be darned if it don't look like a watch. :-)]

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    /  |  |-----|  |  \
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  /   ______---______   \/\
 /   /  11  1 2 / 1  \   \/
{   /10    ROLEX     2\   }
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|  {   `-'  /    `-'   }  |-'
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       `--'-----`--'


____
From: cyberfox_netcom_com (Keely)
"Here's a dog I drew....His name is Wayne, and he slobbers a lot."

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From: havenith_cs_utwente_nl (Margriet Verlinden)
"I'll tell a bit more of the 'comic-anti-hero' below. His Dutch name
is Guust Flater and he's drawed by a French or Belgium man (ohoh,
didn't do my homework very well...) called Franquin. His French name
is Gaston Gaffard (hope I got that right). I think Guust is slow, funny,
and sometimes very creative."
[The name is Gaston Lagaffe, and Franquin is from Belgium.  Thanks Frederic
Mora.]

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From: tjb3_namaste_cc_columbia_edu (Tornado of Soles)
"Hey, I was on irc last year and someone from U Arkansas flooded me
with their mascot, a razorback...."

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