X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,6a02530e3f68dedd,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-11 13:15:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news-lei1.dfn.de!news-ber1.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 209-216 Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:15:07 +0100 Lines: 300 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1015881332 15339883 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:15511 A bit late again... Sorry. --- No friends to talk to, no computer, no TV. No nothing with nothing on the side... `OO ___((_ ___| bb|______ Wait, I know! A joke'll cheer me up! `OO ____.||' ___| bb _____ So anyway, this guy walks into a bar and sees this blonde... `OO ______ .||> ___| |_ dd _ Nah, I've heard it. `OO ___((_ jg___| bb|______ --- At the risk of sounding silly, I really like this one. It's funny. It's a last minute thing, but I like it. --- ,,, _ '.. OO / `~` _._ || ____.))| .~_`-`. |\ |__|_|d|| /-`.-'_,\ What the heck Computer broke down. are you doing? I'm coding on paper. `,,, , '.. OO _._ .||. ____.))| .~_`-`. || |__|_|d|| /-`.-'_,\ Pointless exercise. I wrote a compiler in the machine You won't be able to language of a chip I designed. I check for syntax errors used it to convert my program to or anything. Give it up. machine language, and I ran that `,,, through my chip architecture... '.. `OO _._ .||. ____ _| //. ~_`-`. || |__|_|||| bb/-`.-'_,\ "Hello Beautiful, World"? isn't it? `,,, , '.. OO _._ .||/ .||. ____ _| .~_`-`. jg || dd |__|_|||| /-`.-'_,\ --- This is truly the essence of Nerd Boy. This is just the sort of thing that he does. I've managed to capture everything that Nerd Boy is in a single strip. Aren't I great? Just a little bit great? Not even a wee bit? OK, fine! Whatever! --- Cold outside. ____ Huh. ` ,,, | | , |_ ..' | | OO | (: ) | o| .||. _|_ d d |____| dd That's weird. You treat your ____ clothes like a stack; you always | | ,,, , put them on in a certain |. | | '.. OO order and then take them || | o| || .||. off in the reverse order. _|_dd |____| |\ dd That's Well, yeah. I bet you even do ____ weird? that with your underwear; put | | `,,, , it on first and take it |. | | '.. OO off last. Well do ya? || | o| .||. .||. _|_dd |____| || dd Well, of Pfft. Well, ____ course! -I- don't. | | `,,, ` |. | | '.. OO || | o| .||. (( _|_dd jg|____| || b b --- This is based on a real story, and believe it or not, Nerd Boy's lines are not based on what I said IRL, Fan Boy's lines are. Nerd Boy's lines were inspired by someone else, someone as nerdy, if not nerdier, than me... OooOOooOoh... Skeh-ri stoh-ri. --- Well, I went and saw Lord of the Rings for the 42nd time None. now. How many times have `,,, _ , you seen it, Nerd Boy? '.. (_| O || [__]_.)_| ______ |\ ______ | |d| | ____ What?! Well.. Eh. I haven't read BUT WHY?! the books anyway, so... `,,, _ , 'oo (_| O .||. [__]_.)_| ___ || ___ | |d| | _ WHAT?! It's as if I don't You got it backwards. It's even -know- you anymore! as if you suddenly got to `,,, _ , know the real me. 'oo (_| O -||- [__]_.)_| ___ || ___ | |d| | _ Nah. I liked mine better. Drama queen. `,,, _ , '.. (_| O -||- [__]_.)_| jg___ || ___ | |d| | _ --- And no, I haven't read Lord of the Rings. The first book kind of bored me. It's not the actual length of it, I've read longer books or series of books, I think it just didn't grip me. I didn't find it interesting enough. Don't get me wrong though, I did think it was good, just not very immersive. --- Nerd Boy, I think That's what you said yesterday, and a UFO landed right it was just a cyberbeing from another outside our door. `,,, _ , dimension, remember? Anyway, '.. (_| O I'll go check... || [__]_.)_| ___________ |\ ___ | |d| |_________________________ __ _______________________________ / \ \ Hello. / _/ \ ` / o/ _________________________________\ > /\___ __ _____ _____ _____ | |/\ -\ _| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| | | \ -\ _| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| | HOLY ___\| -|\ | CRAP!!! />---'\ || __ _____ _____ _____ |___ , /| ///|> _| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| | |OO /|| |\ _| |_|_| |_|_| |_|_| | o|-\\- \|| |___|_ bb _ \\\ ________________________________| |___________________ /^|| _ __ / \ / _/ /o / OK, so you were > /\__ right -this- time. |/\ \ _ ,,, , /\| \ \ (_| 'oo OO /\\\| | [__]_ _| .||. )) //\`-' | jg| | | | || d d /^| \__/ --- How's that for a weird strip? Someone complained that the strips didn't have enough art. More specifically, the strips could be viewed in variable width font and the joke would still be apparent. So I started diddling, and it ended up looking like a b'ger alien. Who'da thunk it. --- __ / \ / _/ So... You're an Yep. /o / alien from outer ` > /\__ space, is that it? |/\ \ `,,, /\| \ \ OO '.. /\\\| | .||. .||. //\`-' | ____ bb ______ || _____________ /^| \__/ ____ __ / \ / _/ So, um... Did /o / you eat any | /\__ humans lately? |/\ \ `,,, /\| \ \ OO '.. /\\\| | .||. .||. //\`-' | _ bb ______ || _____________ /^| \__/ ____ __ / \ Hey, what kind of "It", huh? / _/ question is that? Well -thanks-. /- / Can't you see that ` > /\__ you're insulting it? |/\ \ ` ,,, /\| \ \ OO '.. /\\\| | .||. .||. //\`-' | jg______________________ bb ______ || _____________ /^| \__/ ____ --- Well, what would -you- call an alien? Gender-neutral "ve", "vim", "ver"? That might work. Wonder why Nerd Boy didn't think about that. :\ --- __ / \ / _/ So why are you here, To learn all our /o / Mr. Alien? To save ancient secrets | /\__ the universe, maybe? in a single day? |/\ \ `,,, , /\| \ \ '.. OO /\\\| | .||. .||. //\`-' | _______ || __ bb _____________ /^| \__/ ___ __ I kinda had a fight / \ with my girlfriend / _/ and she ran off. I'm /o / looking for her. ` > /\__ |/\ \ ,,, /\| \ \ '.. OO /\\\| | .||. .||. //\`-' | _______ || __ bb _____________ /^| \__/ ___ __ / \ / _/ /o / Ha, good luck | /\__ with -that-. Yeah. |/\ \ `,,, , /\| \ \ '.. OO /\\\| | .||. .||. //\`-' | jg_______ || __ bb _____________ /^| \__/ ___ --- Just establishing plot stuff. Not very funny. That tends to happen when you have plot. Damn that plot, always ruining my funny. My funny goes sour when plot passes by. Evil eye and all that. Stupid plot. --- I don't mean to be ___ rude, but do you / \ have anything to / _/ eat around here? / o/ ` |> /\_ Oh. Sorry, I'm not being |_/` \ a very good host, am I? /\| \ \ `OO /\\\| | .||. //\`-' | _______ bb ___________ /^| \__/ ___ You're always eating. It's not for me, ___ __ That's why you're fat. it's for the alien.| | | `~.. He's starved. ` | | | >> /|| | | _________ |\ _________________________________ b|___|__| __ What a lame excuse. Do __ , you expect me to | | o,OO ..~ buy that? Pfft. | | `v)) .<<. | | _ d d __________ || _______________________ |__| __ ___ __ OK, I'll | | | help. ` | | | >|| | | jg_______________ /||___|__| __ --- I like how the third panel came out. Nerd Boy is really stacked with stuff. Tried to draw the alien in 3/4 view. I'm not as pleased with that. -jg