X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,c96b654a007d6b01,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,c96b654a007d6b01,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: sz9njm@sun126.hqs.mid.gmeds.com (Eric T. Simon) Subject: Request-line: sig-sized bears Date: 1995/11/05 Message-ID: <47k1tn$kkm@miso.wwa.com> X-Deja-AN: 118723256 approved: boba@wwa.com sender: boba@sashimi.wwa.com organization: sadly lacking in newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art Calling all sig-sized bears! Time to show yourselves. The following bears have already made themselves known: c. "It can be hard to bear to be a bear." o.-.o (_" "To be a bear or not to be a bear" ((^)) |\_> "Bee bear ba loo la, she's my bearby." 0}._.{0 \___> -This message originated at Rockbear's terminal... 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Lake Shore Drive #1438 $$DcaU$$$$$$$$$$ > ,---. Chicago, Illinois 60611 "Y$$$"*"$$$Y" aka > :---; URL: http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~dcau "$b.$$" Panda >From: ian@cs.mcgill.ca (Ian Frederic STEWART) [Bear derived from above wolf.] __ __/~~\-''- _ | __- - { \ / \ / ;o o } | ; ' \_ (..) ''-_ _ _ / / / ( )_____( ) / O O \ | (@) | \ ~ / Rick \ <}*{> / Cox ___/ ___ \___ ()___ / \ ___() ( \___/ ) /_ / \ _\ (__) (__) >From: zombie@camelot.bradley.edu (Dustin Slater) *----------------*------------------* : __ __ "==========> : : ` '---` ' " Love > : : ` * * ' " from > : * ` (^) ' " Fresno! > : : \ u / "==========> : : / \-----((>=<))------"\ : : \ '____ / \ ____`"/ : : : ( + ) : " : * / /-\ \ : : --\^ / \ ^/--, : : `___' `___/ : *----------------*------------------* Whenever possible, I have retained the original artist and/or sig. I am particulary interested in variations on the standard ascii-art bear: >From dcau@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Daniel Au) > Here's a one which is seen everywhere, and I wouldn't be surprised if > you've seen it before. > ___ | > (~._.~) | However, I've found that you really want to impress your > ( Y ) ./_____| girlfriend, try your own hand at making ascii teddy bears. > ()~*~() ` You can personalize and best of all, say "I made this > (_)-(_) bear just for you." I guarantee you'll get better results > and that she'll be even more impressed with you. While > sending random bears may be a nice gesture, I think that she'll appreciate > your effort that you put into it, even if your bear doesn't quite look like a > bear. At best, it's an incentive to wake up latent art skills that you never > knew you had. Your girlfriend will definitely remember your own ascii bear > which was made especially for her much longer than the other bears that she > gets. This is verified by my own research in the matter. > Besides, then you can post new your new bears instead of always seeing the > same one. That way there'll be new things for all to see instead of the > things we've seen before (which isn't bad but new things are always nice :) > Later, > Daniel --- Eric T. Simon #1 Paige O'Hara/Belle fan E.Simon@hqs.mid.gmeds.com ()_() Judy Kuhn/Poca fan FDC Captain of Monorail Black ( ) Jodi Benson/Ariel fan ---- Views expressed are my own and not those of my employer. ----