X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,9a48e57b0ee6f2b6,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-01-28 06:02:21 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news-lei1.dfn.de!news-fra1.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213.242.128.42!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim G�ndara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Nerd Boy, episodes 172-177 Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:01:53 +0100 Lines: 216 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1012226538 39449515 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:14182 / Let's fire up the games! Nah. \ O\ I should be doing my homework. / .o __ OO |_)) |((o. [_|] ||bb `-'| || / I can do it later. I \ .o\ should clean my room. / OO |((_____ ||b|| || / Reasonably non-dusty. \ _ , ' .o\ I should get some sleep. / |_),` OO |_ _[__]>>-||. | | | | dd / Weird how time passes even though \ ___ _____ .o\ you're not really doing anything. / |\__\ |\_OO_\ \|__| \ \ \____\ jg | | --- I hate it when that happens. --- What're you Yep, found a cool doing? Reading? on-line manga. `,,, _ , '.. (_| O .||. [__]_.)_| || | |d| | *bloooop* __ What the.. ,,, _ .' \ , featuring '.. (_|__ ) O Unicorn Jelly .||. [__]_`.' /_| || __ | | ___ d| | ___________________________ _ _ ( ' ) \_/ I think it _ _ _ likes you! ( ) /| ( ' ) AAAUGH! `,,, _ \\ _.----./ | \_/ , '.. (_| *jiri* \`' \ \OO .||' [__]_ *jiri* / | | \ q//- jg_____ || __ | | _________ | | ________________ b ___ `--.______.--' --- Unicorn Jelly is way cool. Very weird too. (http://www.unicornjelly.com) --- What's this heap of stuff? You, my friend, are looking at my Your computer exploded again? newest invention. It's USB LEGO! `,,, , '.. OO || _.`, -||. __ |\ ______ .`'-;'`. __ dd ____ OK... What's Computer components from which you can that, exactly? build a computer as easily as putting `,,, , two blocks of LEGO together. Here, '.. OO let me show you what I mean... .||. _.`, .\\ ______ || __ .`'-;'`.dd ________ Here we go.. I'm connecting a processor, ,,, , a small screen, and this block that's '.. OO hardwired to print "Hello World" .||. _.`,o\\ on any available display... ______ || __ .`'-;'`dd __ OK, cool... But.. Aw crap. One of these must be one of It's not working. the regular LEGO blocks I added to make `,,, , the heap look more impressive. '.. OO .||. _.`,o|| jg______ || __ .`'-;'`dd __ --- I got the idea for this strip when I discovered that the plastic cover for the USB connector (metal thing at the end of the USB cable) of my rumble pad was more or less the size of a 1x2 LEGO brick. It fits perfectly on two "pegs" or whatever those things are called. Weird. --- I'm bored. Let's Like playing a do something. role-playing game? `,,, , '.. OO .||. .||. ___ || ___ dd ____ Live action? Eh, OK. I like LARP. Whatever. `,,, , '.. OO .||. .||. ___ || ___ dd ____ I have some cloaks and props and stuff. `,,, OO '.. .||. .||. __________ bb ____ |\ ___ Now what? -I- don't know! `__ __, (OO Y ..) /||-| ?||\ jg__ /_|b | ___ ||_\ __ --- I have played a LARP (live action role-playing game) actually. I had no idea what I should be doing, even though it was a very small LARP. --- Thou art presumptuous This is not a mere accusation, in thine accusations, arch-mage. Mother nature herself -druid-. `__ __, has spoken to me. (OO Y ..) /||-| ?||\ /_|b | ||_\ -Hast- spoken. No. That's -second- `__ __, person singular. (OO Y ..) /||-| ?||\ ________ /_|b | ___ ||_\ _________ Oh. `__ __ (OO Y ..) /||-| ?||\ /_|b | ||_\ Crap, now I'm totally As if you were ever out of character... -in- character... ` `,,, __OO y _'.. \/||./ \/|| jg _________ /_|b/ ______________ /_|\ _____________ --- I'm not entirely satisfied with this one. :\ --- Hmm.. Fan Boy, you know The It's "ExecuTOR". And Executive pretty well, right? fine, I'll call `,,, Could you get him for me, `OO him or whatever. '.. or is it too much trouble? .||. || ___ bb ______________________ |\ __ Enter... The Executor! `__ _______ __ Great, stay right oo|____ ---- __ there.. Wait... `OO -\/. --- __ -- -_ OH, FAN BOOOY! .||' <\ ________ -- jg__________________________ bb _____________________________ __ OO oo|___ .||. .\/. ___ bb ____ /\ ___ Hmm. -That's- funny... Now Oh ha ha, you figured out my -where- could -he- have __ , secret identity, yay you. gone to? Oh -deary-. `OO oo|___ Are you happy now? -||- .\/. ________ bb ____ /\ ________ I -so- don't know what you're __ talking about. Could you go `OO ___|-- *sigh* see what's keeping Fan Boy? .||. .\/. bb _________ |\ --- This is the first strip in which I've tried to make sarcasm come across by using emphasis on certain words. It's almost like acting or something. -jg