X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,ec5f70baf5352dca X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-06-04 17:50:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!syros.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!transit.news.xs4all.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!xs4all!not-for-mail From: sandra van zanten Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: ASCII ART IS SAD Message-ID: <1103_1054774198@news.xs4all.nl> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2003 00:49:58 GMT References: <3ebabd78@post.newsfeed.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" User-Agent: Opera/6.01 (Windows XP; U) [en] Lines: 40 NNTP-Posting-Date: 05 Jun 2003 02:49:24 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.126.2.157 X-Trace: 1054774164 news.xs4all.nl 49104 80.126.2.157:3985 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:23500 On Fri, 09 May 2003 06:32:26 GMT, ABCGi wrote: > "Digger Blue" wrote in news:3ebabd78 > @post.newsfeed.com: > > > \,=======\ _ > > ( ) ) _____|_|_____ > > `.___,'__,' | | > > | |/ / | Gold Coast | > > | | /' | 100 meters | > > __ (_ \' |_____________| > > \ \ /' /\ `, | | > > \ ' / `\`\ | | > > `-' __/`/' """ > > `---' ua > > > > For authenticities sake: That would be "metres" over here - ye olde > original english spelling - since we are a colony. > The confusion is excusable since -metre- is anything but an original English word. Furthurmore I sincerly doubt England already used the metric system when you guys were colonized. \,=======\ _ ( ) ) _____|_|_____ `.___,'__,' | | | |/ / | Gold Coast | | | /' | 109 yards | __ (_ \' |_____________| \ \ /' /\ `, | | \ ' / `\`\ | | `-' __/`/' """ `---' ua :) joris