X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,77d21e4dba1104af X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-05 05:59:39 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: james.foster@uk.wmmercer.com (James) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Dilbert once again Date: 5 Oct 2001 05:59:39 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4e690438.0110050459.7a1bbf42@posting.google.com> References: <3bb4caa0.5517704@localhost> <61gertc53scp5u69bgjdfqau1279rlqaia@4ax.com> <9pbovm.3vv84kj.1@MK.kasperhausen.de> <1ablrtsevmvjukh5g47i95a6esc5oae3e3@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 193.129.100.146 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1002286779 8249 127.0.0.1 (5 Oct 2001 12:59:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 Oct 2001 12:59:39 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:8361 "lastfuture (Peter Marquardt)" wrote in message news:... > On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 13:42:54 +0100, drsquare > wrote: > > >On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 08:34:16 +0200, in alt.ascii-art, > > (Philip Newton ) wrote: > > > >>On Tue, 02 Oct 2001 15:06:01 +0100, drsquare > >>wrote: > >> > >>> That looks stupid. Draw him a mouth and some eyes > >> > >>But then he's not Dilbert any more. > > > >He will be, only he'll be able to see and speak etc. > > > >>Same with "draw him with proper hair" or "draw him with the tie lying > >>flat against his chest". That would result in the picture not being a > >>picture of Dilbert any more. > > > >Of course it will, he'll just look more believable. > > have you ever heard of the word abstraction? ... probably not Dilbert was created by Scott Adams, and therefore his idea of how Dilbert should look (ie no pupils, mouth, curled tie etc) is the correct idea. If you wish to add anything you may as well change the name of the character, because it wil NOT be dilbert in any shape or form.