X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,3a5e52bb9505654d X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-15 06:57:16 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: llizard Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episode 249 Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 09:55:22 -0400 Organization: via Internetdirect, Canada; zone 6A (or is it 5b?) Message-ID: Reply-To: llizard@idirct.ca References: <3hjtiu8ph48o173d6rokvlpcnqcb2s311f@4ax.com> <7bt2jucu28r2rec1fal75ngv375bfs7au7@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 40 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:18248 In article , "Joaquim G�ndara" wrote: >"llizard" skrev i meddelandet >news:7bt2jucu28r2rec1fal75ngv375bfs7au7@4ax.com [snip] >> Action... that's what I like to see. That's why 250 works so well. >> It's why 241 was good too. 249 just ends. > >NB241 was good? ...but was it funny? And isn't NB250 basically "stand >and deliver", albeit in the ceiling? > > ,^%--- /_> \ Nope, because of the knowledge that gravity and/or battery \/> failure will cause NB to fall at any second. (and don't _> forget Mandy's and Fanboy's eye movements) / /^^ ________________________ / | | | | 241 was good because it left the reader asking questions - what will happen? Will the monster pounce on NB? Will the monster continue to defy gravity for the rest of time, allowing NB to walk away unscathed? will NB turn suddenly and vanquish the monster? Was it funny? Mildly.... Of course, it started to wear after a while before it became clear that NB was on hiatus. -- llizard aka ejm >%^7^^^7^^ llizard@idirec+.ca ASCII-art & ASCII-animation www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/ascii-art/ If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "idirct";