X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,796c2672b73aa59f,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-30 18:19:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213.242.128.42!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim Almgren Gandara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Nerd Boy, episodes 113-120 Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 03:17:58 +0100 Lines: 303 Message-ID: <9u9enq$779fq$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1007173179 7579130 213.242.128.42 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:11990 Another week, another batch of strips. --- Hello. Yep. Wanna Painting? __ , see? `~.. | | OO >> ||||-||.-. |\ /\ dd`-' __________________ | _____ || | / \ || | ( :-) )|| | \_____/ || | o || | _ _ || | || | | || | _ || | / \ || | || |_________________|| _______________________________________________________________________ | | _____ _____ | / \ / \ That's Oh, it's just | ( :-P ) ( :-D ) very a doodle. I call | \_____/ \_____/ nice. __ , it "Sympathy | o __ o `~.. | | OO fishing". | ~.. | | OO .>>. ||||-||.-. | .>>. ||||-||.-. || /\ dd`-' |jg || /\ dd`-' --- Yes, this is a weird one. Got the idea from my sig. --- | Look! Linda's Oh no, let's __ | here too! , leave. __ ___ ..# | `..~ OO | | | .|(. | -<<. || |o | | ___ || _________|___________ || ___ dd _______|__| |____ Let's go __ say hello! ..# `..~ OO .|(. .<<-(( || /| bb Hello. I'm Nerd Boy's friend. Remember him? He dumped you a while ago? Remember? __ , #.. ..~ OO .)|. .<<. || || || dd Yes, how could Just checking whether you forgot I forget the most since we last met. Half an hour is a painful moment in __ , long time, after all... my entire life? `#-- ..~ OO .)|. .<<. )) jg || || dd --- This one just kind of wrote itself (which doesn't necessarily mean I like it). I had no idea what I was doing when I drew the first frame, just a vague idea that Mandy is evil, but we all knew that already. I mean, duh. --- So, you're heartbroken Yes... because Nerd Boy broke __ , up with you? `~.. ..# OO .>>. .|(. || || || dd And you think about it Y-yes... every day? Cwying in youw __ , widdle pillow... `~.. ..# OO .>>. .|(. || || || dd Well, it was never Nerd Boy, I love you! meant to be anyw- Please forgive me! OK! ` ` __ , ~-- #.. OO .>>. -)|- -||- || || dd ?! __ ~oo #.. OO .>>. .)|-||. jg || || dd --- This sucks. I couldn't quite get the joke across (I think), they're kind of out of character and everything just feels wrong. --- Where's Linda? I just Oh, your ex- got some punch for her, girlfriend? and now I can't find her. , ____ `OO ..~ _vvv__\~~/___ .||-v .<<. | | bb || "Ex"? No, Mandy, we Nerd Boy, Nerd Boy... Hate to break just got together again. , it to you, but she was just toying ____ `OO ..~ with your feelings. She left. _vvv__\~~/___ .||-v .<<. | | bb || MUCH LATER... Face it, Nerd Boy. She's not coming *sniff* ____ back. Let's go. `~.. OO ______\__/___ .>>-(( | | |\ b b MUCH MUCH LATER, IN LAS VEGAS... Church of Appliantology. This is /|\ | | it, but where's Nerd Boy? I'm sure |_|_| | .---. | __ , this is the address Mandy gave me! |_|_| | | | | | ..# | | o|o | | .|(. | | | | | jg || --- Although I personally liked this one, llizard thought Linda's out of character. Yes, maybe. --- Ultraman \ _____ speaking. / Nerd Boy! Listen to |PHONE| , \ me very carefully. `|] __[| [OO / |]#..[| `|| __A__ \ |].)|[| _____________ bb |___|________ / ______________________|]_||[|___ \ / Linda?! Why did you abandon me \ _____ at the party? Where are you? / Listen! I'm sorry I |PHONE| I thought we had something! \ left; I fell for the `|] __[| `[OO / oldest trick in the |][..[| `|| __A__ \ frickin' book... |]`|([| _____________ bb |___|________ / ______________________|]_||[|___ \ / What do you mean "trick"? \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ Someone tricked you? Who? Hello? Linda?! `[OO `|| __A__ _____________ bb |___|________ Linda called and the line went dead. Think it might be those ferrets you saw earlier, Mandy? *whistle* `OO _ ''~ || _'A`_ << jg_____________ bb |___|_____________ /| _________ --- This is probably the best story arc conclusion I've ever made. It more or less accidentally put Linda back in character AND kind of redeemed her behaviour in the previous strip AND it's kind of funny. --- I thought you I don't. It's didn't smoke. ) , chocolate. `~.. (_OO >> || ___ |\ ________ dd _____ Uh, but... It is?! Oh crap I- It's lit. , Wait a minute. `~.. (_ OO .>>. `|| _____ || ______ dd _____ *inhale* ~.. _OO .>>. || _____ || ______ dd _____ WOOHOO! THIS IS ) , THE GOOD STUFF! ~-- (_ @@ .>>. `|| jg_____ || ______ dd _____ --- I think my random joke generator kicked in. Sometimes it works pretty well. --- ' / . ` ' \ ` /__________________________________________________\ ` | ` | Can you Maybe. |' ` . | ___ ' ______ | believe it?! ` , _____ | ' ' | | | | | |' | | `~.. OO | | | ` . | | o| . |_||||_| | . | o| >> (( |_____| |_ ` ___|_|___|____________|____|___|__ |\ _ b b ________|_`._ ' ---------------------------------------------------------- ________ \ ` . _________\ ' | That's not It is if you're _____ | an answer. , a skepticist. | | | ` `~.. OO |_____| | . ' >> (( ________|________________ |\ _ b b ___________ Hold on. I believe a certain amount "Skepticist"? , of skepticism is healthy. `~.. OO .>>. (( ________ || __ b b _________ Really? Maybe. ` , ~.. OO .>>. .||. jg________ || ___ dd _________ --- Springing from my own views and a recent conversation with llizard about episode 116. I am actually such a skepticist that I'm not even sure I believe in skepticism. --- You know, I've ______________ been thinking. Congratulations. | / , ' \ | , , | /` . \ | OO .~ |-(___||||___)-| (( |_ ______ <_| |__\ /__| b b | | | | /| | ______________Maths should be real Don't you mean | / ' . \ | easy for Greeks. , geeks? | / . ` \ | `O .~ |-(___||||___)-| |_( ______ <_| |__\ /__| | |b | | /| | ______________ Greeks KNOW the No! Really?! | / , '\ | Greek alphabet! , | / ' `\ | `O .~ |-(___||||___)-| |_( ______ <_| |__\ /__| | |b | | /| | ______________ And the REST Did you say | / . ` \ | is EASY! , "thinking"? | /, ` ' \ | `OO -~ |-(___||||___)-| _ -||- ______ <_| jg|__\ /__| __|_ bb | | /| | --- I thought about using the term "easy peasy", but I decided against it. This is based on a real-life conversation. Yes, I have these NerdBoyish "insights" from time to time. Actually very often. Actually, I make this strip called Nerd Boy, in which I.. Oh, you've heard of it? -- http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ Seriously, \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [.[.]-\\ , Greek is \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ like.. /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {-} |= hard and \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\ stuff.