Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 3 Nov 1994.
REQUEST: Hippos urgently needed
alt.ascii-art
· 5 messages · 3 Nov 1994 - 8 Nov 1994
Help! A friend of mine needs ascii hippos of _any_ sort to avoid
immediate slaughter by g'friend, please help save his life by mailing
any you have to
en4...@bs41.staffs.ac.uk
as he doesn't have current access to this list. Many thanks to you all.
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Once upon a time, Chris <mpu...@central.sussex.ac.uk> sig'd: > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > _______ _ _ mpu...@central.susx.ac.uk >(_______) | (_) mpu...@cogs.susx.ac.uk > _ | |__ ____ _ ______ _ >| | | _ \ / ___) |/ _____) | | >| |_____| | | | | | ( (____ _____ _____ ____| | _____ > \______)_| |_|_| |_|\____ \| ___ (____ |/ ___) || ___ | > _____) ) ____/ ___ | | | || ____| > (______/|_____)_____|_| \_)_____) I was looking at this sig and thought I would diddle it a bit. So I made it all caps, slanted, and wider: _______ __ __ _____ __ ________ /______//_/ /_//____ \ / // ______/ __ _______ _____/ // // / / / / __ // _ __// // / / /____ / / / // / \ \ / / \ \ _______ _______ _____ __ _______ \_____//_/ /_//_/ /_//_/ \ \ /______//______//____ \ / / /______/ \ \ _____ _______ _____/ // / _____ / // ___/ / ___ // _ __// / / ___/ ______/ // /____ / / / // / \ \ / /____ / /____ /_______//______//_/ /_//_/ /_//______//______/ I would suggest adding a star field. I would have done that but time wouldn't allow. A star field will bring it all together. Try and cluster the stars perhaps even more than in the sig below. Stars look better when clustered. -- . + ' . * . . ' ) . + . . ____ _____ ___ . _____ . _____ ' .+ . * '. * /___/ /____/ /__ \ ' /___ \ '/____/ . * ' . + . '+ ' . __ + __' . __| |.* ____/ / ____' ' + . .' .' \ \' / / . ,/,/| | ./ _ _/. / __/ ' . ' . + : ' . * '____) )/ /__ ,/ /__| | / / \ \ / /__' _____ _____ _______' __ __ __ /_____//____//________|/_/ /_/'/____/ /____/ /___ \ '/ ___ /./ /'/ /./ / ' .+ . * ' . : __ . + ____/ /. / /. / / / / / / / /. . ' * . + ' . */ /. '/ _ _/ / /'*/ /'/ /./ /*/ /. ' . ' ( . ' : + / /__ / / \ \'./ /__/ / / /_/ /_/ / + ' '. .+ .' * ' ./____/ /_/ /_/ /______/+/_________/ .' . * ' . ' . '+ . ' * . ' ( + '. :
Heard in the jungle, Chris <mpu...@central.sussex.ac.uk> wrote: > >Help! A friend of mine needs ascii hippos of _any_ sort to avoid >immediate slaughter by g'friend, please help save his life by mailing >any you have to: en4...@bs41.staffs.ac.uk >as he doesn't have current access to this list. Many thanks to you all. > ______00 *** `OO___/| **** | **** U U || *** | | | | | *** || []**| | | | | | | | |**[] || []* | | | | | | | | | *[] || ****^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^****\ || **** __|__ * HIPPO * **** \ ||__*** \___/ *** M ~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* * ############# * ***************** H H H H Maybe this will be good enough to avoid immediate slaughter. If you hold it at an angle just right, and in the proper light (like total darkness) it could pass. Well, hopefully a single life can be saved by this picture... Daniel P.S. Yes, I know, he said mail a response. Now you know why I didn't ;) -- @@@@@@@ @@@@@@ @@@@@@ @@@ @@@ ^ Daniel C. Au @!@ !@! !!@ @!@ !@@ @!! !@@ | dca...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu !!! !!! !!! !!!!!!!! !!! !!! ._|_. Northwestern Univeristy !:: :!! :!: ::! :!: :!: :!: = Medical School, Chicago IL .: . : . : :. : .: : :: . = Ace Ascii Detective Extraordinaire _ __________=__ _ ___ _ ___ _==\/==_ \\@([____]_____() BANG! |_| |___) (_| |___) /________\ _/\|-[____] _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ / 0 \ o b /____ /(( ) (_| |___) (_| |___) (_| |___) \___/' | \___|'----' H\__/' == Member of the ADA: Art Detective Agency == H
Daniel Au (dca...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu) wrote:
: Heard in the jungle, Chris <mpu...@central.sussex.ac.uk> wrote:
: >
: >Help! A friend of mine needs ascii hippos of _any_ sort to avoid
: >immediate slaughter by g'friend, please help save his life by mailing
: >any you have to: en4...@bs41.staffs.ac.uk
: >as he doesn't have current access to this list. Many thanks to you all.
: >
: ______00 ***
: `OO___/| **** | ****
: U U || *** | | | | | ***
: || []**| | | | | | | | |**[]
: || []* | | | | | | | | | *[]
: || ****^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^****\
: || **** __|__ * HIPPO * **** \
: ||__*** \___/ *** M
: ~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
: * ############# *
: *****************
: H H H H
: Maybe this will be good enough to avoid immediate slaughter. If you hold it
: at an angle just right, and in the proper light (like total darkness) it could
: pass. Well, hopefully a single life can be saved by this picture...
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May your liver never be mangled by a wild hippopotamus.
-unknown-
= = A little like this you mean? = = = ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ = + _______ __* __'_____ __ ________ ' . mpu...@central.susx.ac.uk = * /______//_/ /_//____ \ / // ______/ . * mpu...@cogs.susx.ac.uk = '__. ' _______ _____/ // // /' ' + . .' ' ) + = ./ / . / __ // _ __// // / ' . . ' . + : ' . *. + . = / /____ / / / // / \ \ / / \ \ * _______ _______ _____ __ _______ = \_____//_/ /_//_/ /_//_/ \ \ ' /______//______//____ \ / / * /______/ = ' .+ * . * ' \ \ _____ _______ _____/ // / ' _____ = . ' * . + ' ./ // ___/. / ___ // _ __// / . / ___/ ' = . ' ( . ' ______/ // /____ / / / // / \ \ / /____ / /____ * = .' * ' . * /_______//______//_/ /_//_/ /_//______//______/ = . * ' . ' . '+ . ' * . ' ( + '. : Now it looks better :)
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