X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,e3a757c0315f0e19,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: rak@canon.co.uk (Richard Kirk) Subject: Re: Art (diddled) Date: 1996/06/25 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 162054424 sender: news@canon.co.uk (USENET News) x-nntp-posting-host: mehitabel organization: Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd newsgroups: alt.ascii-art I had heard from my co-worker about a big problem today. It seems my kid and your kid, all of our kids have to worry about ascii art newsgroups posting mail with little pictures made out of letters and numbers. This is a serious threat that must not be taken lightly. They look innocent, but these pictures start working away in your head and soon even ordinary text seems full of little creatures. A lower case 'h' now is a far away giraffe. 'HR is an elephant and ><) is a fish. If you thought LSD gave you enchanced perception argh the electricity has got snakes in it I can hear them I can hear them hissing together, well you will dig this. No uncontrolled laughter, drop in body temperature, dizziness or disorientation, severely dilated pupils, and severe vomiting. And no snakes in the 'lectric either, honest. Okay your brain may wrinkle up to a walnut if you try making any of the stuff. The good bits take very few characters. Just blatting text into a diamond like this is easy. If you feel your cerebellum on the shrink just put on a few more tattoos & mellow out. After all if you swallowed the stuff in the last message & have read this too, then mister brain is probably not much to write home about. How about another shape huh ? adBBba. Ba. A ~VgooodB ,B B. B b ,B" _ S"b B.Bb .dBb .B dBBB. B.aP" _"B. JB.aPb BaP" .B B .JB? B B. B.BBV B B BK. B BP'BCaP' B `YaaP' VBP B B? VB?' B `bd' B "YaaBP B B "Vbaa -- Richard Kirk 01483-448869 (phone) 01483-448845 (fax) Canon Research Europe Ltd, rak@cre.canon.co.uk