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From: nveilleu@emr1.emr.ca (Normand Veilleux)
Subject: Talk: The Original Ascii Guy
Date: 1995/03/30
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>From: mo@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu (F.L. Catalyst)
>
>Hmm.  Well, I originally only posted my guy to the alt group because 
>that was where all the complaints about the lack of male nudes were, 
>but since Megalion posted his/her "Jordan" diddle here, I suppose I 
>ought to send along my original artwork.  

>I didn't give my guy a name because:
>1) he doesn't exist beyond my imagination, so he didn't already have one
>2) I'm horrible with names 
>3) names on ascii art tend to get lost anyway
>4) I kind of felt obliged to name him something that started with an 'N' 
>   but the name that kept popping into my head was that of a puppet show 
>   character I used to perform: "Ned Nerdly"!  (If I'd done him in 'Z' 
>   he'd probably be "Super Zoodle"...)

Why not simply call him Johnny Day.  Then you could call this ASCII
picture "Johnny Day in the Morning"  :-)