X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,9f7b90963d1f2766 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-23 13:15:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!typhoon.neo.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jill S" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: Subject: Re: Has anyone got a kiwi?? Lines: 73 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 Message-ID: <_ljx8.12141$Ez5.3896858@typhoon.neo.rr.com> Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:20:10 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.27.223.76 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.neo.rr.com 1019593210 65.27.223.76 (Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:20:10 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 16:20:10 EDT Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online -- Northeast Ohio Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:16969 I have something that might distantly resemble a Moa. Might. I used a cartoonistic rendering of one of the birds... on top of that it's one of my very first ASCIIs and all that. So, apologies ahead of time ;) Anyways: _ ,' `-.,_ /'."',-' |\/|()/-\ | '/ ." ( \ '\ _,,--''''`--._ \ ;\ ,'/':- '" :' `. ,: \ ,' : ; , : , - :'v "| /,.` ; . ; " /- ' \ - " | .', |` , - ,. "; . . . |: ` " - ' : /' " '- : ' ,' |/ ; ` ' " - : , ',.--' || / ' " : " , , ,.--' ). '. , . , ,.--' ,.,.,.,.,.--'\ ` |, \ [JS] ( ) / / /,._ _ /___,._>_> He definately needs some tweaking - legs, and the beak/head I just couldn't get right. The neck looks a little funny too. Sorry, as I said, this is one of my first. Oh, and hi everyone, I'm new to the group :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Taylor" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 12:52 AM Subject: Has anyone got a kiwi?? > The bird, that is, not the fruit. Any pix? > > And a moa as well, would be even better! > > BTW, for any non-kiwis here, you may like to know there were two basic > genera of moas - the bush moas and the lawn moas... > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Bill Taylor W.Taylor@math.canterbury.ac.nz > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > I entered our newspaper's pun contest, hoping one of my ten entries > would win a prize. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > > P.S. A kiwi does NOT look very much like this: > > ,--._ > .'o `-.__ > | (~' ~~--.__ > ),-.' `. '' ,, ~`-. > // \ ( ,, ,, '' `) > // `. `. ,, ,,'' .' > // ~. `._,, ,' > ' `-.___.,-~' > \ \ > _/_/ -Jill S.