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Sharky wrote:
> 
> Faux_Pseudo wrote:
> 
> >_.-In alt.ascii-art, Sharky wrote the following -._
> >> The ASCII-art is in the "Headers" of the post and not in the body of
> >> the post.  It is almost a certainty that the poster Ubiquitous
> >><weberm@polaris.net> is not the creator of the ASCII-art and has
> >> removed the signature of the artist who did create it. ASCII-art
> >> thieves are scumbags.
> >
> >I am not sure that work ever had a signature in it.  It has been
> >burried in headers for at least 10 years and I think it might be at
> >least 20 years old from what I have found in looking it up in the
> >past.   I don't think they are a thief.  Just someone who saw someone
> >else do it and decided to copy it line for line.
> 
> Yeah, you're probably right. I did a google on it and it looks like
> someone claimed it was more than 18 years old in 2001.  I couldn't
> find any record of the original creator of the art.  I still believe
> the ASCII-art thieves are scumbags, though. <weberm@polaris.net> may
> not be a thief, but I highly doubt they created the original work.

That's "Meriday in the Morning" by Mike Jittlov. She keeps popping up
everywhere (which is why I set my chat posting limits after her).


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