X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,f754eed8570acb5d,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-06-14 13:41:25 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!waikato!comp.vuw.ac.nz!canterbury.ac.nz!equinox.gen.nz!equinox!Colin_Douthwaite Subject: Elephants on Stage Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL3] From: Colin_Douthwaite@equinox.gen.nz (Colin Douthwaite) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 15 Jun 94 07:21:09 +1200 Organization: Equinox Networks Lines: 61 mike@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,