Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 14 Jun 1994.
Elephants on Stage
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 14 Jun 1994
mik...@plexus.demon.co.uk (Mike Wilson) wrote: > Here in the UK, we have a kids' TV programme called "Blue Peter". > It's been around for AGES -- must be getting on for 30 years. When > I was a kid (I'm 37 now), they had a baby elephant on (it was, and > still is, a live programme). The elephant did his business right > there in the studio. He must have done a couple of gallons! John > Noakes, one of the presenters, slipped on the lake of pee. Then > handler tried to restrain the elephant who was having none of that > and marched across the studio with the handler in tow, barging > folk all over the place. It was one of the best bits of TV I've > ever seen. It gets repeated from time-to-time. > [Sorry -- this isn't ASCII art - but I though elephant fans might > enjoy it] I thought your elephant story deserved an illustration so I diddled a picture: " It never rains unless it pours ! " ___ .-~ ~- "~-. _,. ~ ~ - _ / /_ )--"~ ~-.. / ;~ | `. |-@- | / \ _O_/ \ .-, l / / \ | | |Q/ \_/ | __|_ | | | \ | \ / | | \ / } \ _ _ _ _\ -cfbd- | |_ | / _ - ~ ^ - - - \\. \__() | | | | \\ ~ ~ / [____| ~ [____| \\ ~ / ~ ~~~\\~~~~~~ ~ / ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ / ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ / ~ ~~~~~~~ ~ / ~ ~ / ~ ~ ~ / |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | | __ ~~ ^ ^ |_______________________________ / \ / ~ )###) _______ \ / < ] (~~\ / ||= > / ~~~|| / \ /====\ /~ ~\ ~~~~~~\ /~~~~~~~~\ /~~~~~~~~\ /~~~~~~~~\ /~~~~~~~~\ /~~~~~~~~\ | | | | | | -Steve Shannon- Bye,
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