X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10fb99,cb85f5b2a15e77c6,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10fb99,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,cb85f5b2a15e77c6,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-15 18:47:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!wild.things.ORG!not-for-mail From: Jym Dyer Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons,alt.ascii-art Subject: That Famous _Simpsons_ ASCII Picture Date: 15 Dec 2001 18:46:00 -0800 Organization: The Group W Bench Lines: 33 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: wild.things.org (216.240.39.163) X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1008470835 15805909 216.240.39.163 (16 [73414]) Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.tv.simpsons:58906 alt.ascii-art:12311 =v= There's a _Simpsons_ ASCII picture that's been around for a long time, but it seems that everyone forgot who created it. For a while it just had "rec.music.gdead" listed, but not the actual creator: (####) (#######) (#########) (#########) (#########) (#########) __&__ (#########) / \ (#########) |\/\/\/| /\ /\ /\ /\ | | (#########) | | | V \/ \---. .----/ \----. | (o)(o) (o)(o)(##) | | \_ / \ / C .---_) ,_C (##) | (o)(o) (o)(o) <__. .--\ (o)(o) /__. | |.___| /____, (##) C _) _C / \ () / | \__/ \ (#) | ,___| /____, ) \ > (C_) < /_____\ | | | / \ /----' /___\____/___\ /_____/ \ OOOOOO /____\ ooooo /| |\ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ =v= Thanks to the Google Groups archive, I was able to find its creator: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1990Apr15.021842.1991%40uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU&output=gplain It's a fellow named John Schulien. .-. .-. <_Jym_> / / / / |\/\/\/| / / / / ::| |:: Jym Dyer http://www.things.org/~jym/ ::/ / / /:: ::| (o)(o):::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::(o)(o) /::: ::C _)::: Annoying Republicans since 1960 ::::O___ /:::: :::| `-__|::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::UUUo (:::::