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From: adamj@iol.ie (amp)
Subject: Re: The 4th of July
Date: 1996/07/05
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It was 4 Jul 1996 01:50:57 GMT when Bill Wilkinson <70325.1137@CompuServe.COM> writed:

>Wow, 220 years.  Seems like only yesterday!

Well it is over here (The 4th July I mean..(har....))

>Oh.  Hi Amp, Kev, and all our other stupidian friends from dot you kay!

Hi Bill! (I might just point out that Ireland got it's independence 
from dot you kay a little later than you guys (1922)).  :)

We had a revolution sort of, but got bored and went to the pub.

>Nothing personal.  After all, that was a long time ago.
>
>So, it's firecrackers here in the United Snakes for the next 
>few days.

WEHAAAY!

>
>Rather than start the celebration off with the standard-issue
> \|/
>-POP-
> /|\,
>I thought I'd try:
>
>http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/W_Wilkinson1/kaboom.gif
>
>BTW, can someone render that into ascii for the web-impaired?

    :      :  ,,'''''',..:'''''...'....           .   .
     .    : .:.'....:' '.  . .::   :##########.    :   .
      :  : .;#;  ;'  '...:....~~  :##############:.  .   ..
       ;;####:'.:   :     ::##. ;####:::###:##### :  :    . 
       :#####:. '::''..:::#####:####'  ;####;##:::.:  .     .
      :.###:##;:: ;    .:::.''####*' '  :####:''' :#:  :     ;
     ::#########:::'..::###::###* '   ;' .  '#######    ..    :
    : :##### #######..:############ #::;##;:;   '::: ':   .    .
   :   ######  ###: '#'''''''*#####        ..:'''   ;      :    .
    :   ####### #:..   ...    '''#''...:'''...:#####        '    :
   :     '##########.'':::      '':;; :::.######    :        .    .
  :       .. '''''::::.:.           :::#:::##:       ;        ;    ;
   :    ......'        ':;::.          '.'.'|         :        '   :
   :      ;.             ::     POP!   ::..:|           :        '  :
   ;     :  :          :::           :::::..\            '        ': 
   :    :    :      :: ':.            |.:.:::\.__         '        :
  :     :     :     ''::..;:     ..      :'::'''''..    '.        :
 :     :       :  ...::''''    :##:....:::: ::''..  |      :     : :
:     :      ...::''''....      :#####::::'       :::\    :     :  '
:    :      '####     :####:    :######:    .. .#####:\  '      '   :
:   :   ...:::::::   :#####:    :#########:;##:##:#####:. :    :   :
:  ...#####:::::::   :#####:    ##'''''''#''::#########::...   :   :
..###########:........:######:##   #############################...: 
#############################################amp96###################:..

>
>--Bill (who would also like to see some sparklers and those round 
>thingies about the size of trix balls that you throw out into the street
>and pop when cars run over them.)

I'm pooped but here's a smaller version of above:

 _.=====._ 
(___POP!__)
    ( )
 __.{ }.__

amp: Irish, radioactive and proud of it!
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