Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: amykate@nospammail.com (Amykate) Subject: [PIC] Mae West X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.01 Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:41:36 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: xcom-79-78.mdc.net Message-ID: <37b84aff@news.mdc.net> X-Trace: 16 Aug 1999 13:31:43 -0500, xcom-79-78.mdc.net Lines: 50 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!news0.de.colt.net!blackbush.xlink.net!newsfeed.tli.de!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feeder.qis.net!dca1-hub1.news.digex.net!dca1-feed3.news.digex.net!intermedia!news.mdc.net!dawn I was looking at all the sigs for the contest and decided to try to give my Mae West a body. I went brain dead trying to make one so I looked around for a good example. Joan had a woman with a great body but too small for my head. I tried diddling it into a Mae West but I wasn't happy, so I used it as a guide to make a slightly larger version. When I finished, it still had so much Joan in it, I gave her credit. ____ ____ sSSSSSs ( \ /(( )) SS;; SSSS > ( ) ( )6 6( ) S< ?SSS ( ? ) (_) l (_) S> SSS > (_) \ <> ) ___)(____ ___)(____ _____)(_____ ( \/ ) ( \/ ) ( \____/ ) \||, )( ( / ( \||, )( / / ( ) ( )( ) ( \\/ /\ / \ \ \\/ /\ \ / \ \ / / \ / \ \ \./ )==( / / \./ )==( / / / / \ / \ \ / \//' / \//' \ \ )==( / / ( '|\` ( '|\` \ \ / \ / / \ / \ / '\\/ \//' \ / \ / '|\` '|\` ) ( ) ( \ / / \ / \ \ / jgs / \ jgs/ / \ ) ( / \ akg / \ jgs/akg / \ `-........-' / \ / \ / ) / ) / \ / \ /_/|/_/| `-..........-' / \ / \ / \ `-...., ,..-' `-..-' ###### Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: amykate@nospammail.com (Amykate) Subject: Re: [PIC] Mae West References: <37b84aff@news.mdc.net> X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.01 Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:50:36 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: xcom-79-78.mdc.net Message-ID: <37b84d1b@news.mdc.net> X-Trace: 16 Aug 1999 13:40:43 -0500, xcom-79-78.mdc.net Lines: 79 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.abs.net!dca1-hub1.news.digex.net!dca1-feed3.news.digex.net!intermedia!news.mdc.net!dawn In article <37b84aff@news.mdc.net>, amykate@nospammail.com (Amykate) wrote: >I was looking at all the sigs for the contest and decided to try to >give my Mae West a body. I went brain dead trying to make one so I >looked around for a good example. Joan had a woman with a great body >but too small for my head. I tried diddling it into a Mae West but I >wasn't happy, so I used it as a guide to make a slightly larger >version. When I finished, it still had so much Joan in it, I gave her >credit. > > ____ ____ > sSSSSSs ( \ /(( )) > SS;; SSSS > ( ) ( )6 6( ) > S< ?SSS ( ? ) (_) l (_) > S> SSS > (_) \ <> ) > ___)(____ ___)(____ _____)(_____ > ( \/ ) ( \/ ) ( \____/ ) >\||, )( ( / ( \||, )( / / ( ) ( )( ) ( > \\/ /\ / \ \ \\/ /\ \ / \ \ / / \ / \ \ > \./ )==( / / \./ )==( / / / / \ / \ \ > / \//' / \//' \ \ )==( / / > ( '|\` ( '|\` \ \ / \ / / > \ / \ / '\\/ \//' > \ / \ / '|\` '|\` > ) ( ) ( \ / > / \ / \ \ / > jgs / \ jgs/ / \ ) ( > / \ akg / \ jgs/akg / \ > `-........-' / \ / \ > / ) / ) / \ / \ > /_/|/_/| `-..........-' / \ > / \ > / \ > `-...., ,..-' > `-..-' > Her neck was too skinny, it bothered me: ____ /(( )) ( )6 6( ) (_) l (_) \ <> ) ____) (_____ ( \____/ ) ) ( )( ) ( / / \ / \ \ / / \ / \ \ \ \ )==( / / \ \ / \ / / '\\/ \//' '|\` '|\` \ / \ / ) ( jgs/akg / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ `-...., ,..-' `-..-' ____ _ _ _ /(( )) /_\ _ __ _ _ | |__ __ _ | |_ ___ ( )6 6( ) / _ \ | ' \| || || / // _` || _|/ -_) (_) l (_) /_/ \_\|_|_|_|\_, ||_\_\\__,_| \__|\___| \ <> ) |__/ __) (__ akg amykate@mail.com Mae West - I've been things and done places. ###### Message-ID: <37BC5134.9C8@iNOdirect.ca> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:47:16 -0400 From: llizard Reply-To: cq547@freent.toronto.on.ca Organization: Canada; zone 6A (or is it 5b?) X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [PIC] Mae West References: <37b84aff@news.mdc.net> <37b84d1b@news.mdc.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: ts6-16t-16.idirect.com X-Trace: 19 Aug 1999 14:47:18 -0400, ts6-16t-16.idirect.com Lines: 131 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!news.datacomm.ch!newscore.gigabell.net!newscore.ipf.de!newsfeed.tli.de!newsfeed.direct.ca!brick.direct.ca!nemo.idirect.com!ts6-16t-16.idirect.com In article <37b84d1b@news.mdc.net>, amykate@nospammail.com (Amykate) wrote: > > In article <37b84aff@news.mdc.net>, amykate@nospammail.com (Amykate) wrote: > >I was looking at all the sigs for the contest and decided to try to > >give my Mae West a body. I went brain dead trying to make one so I > >looked around for a good example. Joan had a woman with a great body > >but too small for my head. I tried diddling it into a Mae West but I > >wasn't happy, so I used it as a guide to make a slightly larger > >version. When I finished, it still had so much Joan in it, I gave her > >credit. > > [snip of first versions] > > Her neck was too skinny, it bothered me: > > ____ > /(( )) > ( )6 6( ) > (_) l (_) > \ <> ) > ____) (_____ > ( \____/ ) > ) ( )( ) ( > / / \ / \ \ > / / \ / \ \ > \ \ )==( / / > \ \ / \ / / > '\\/ \//' > '|\` '|\` > \ / > \ / > ) ( > jgs/akg / \ > / \ > / \ > / \ > / \ > / \ > `-...., ,..-' > `-..-' > > ____ _ _ _ > /(( )) /_\ _ __ _ _ | |__ __ _ | |_ ___ > ( )6 6( ) / _ \ | ' \| || || / // _` || _|/ -_) > (_) l (_) /_/ \_\|_|_|_|\_, ||_\_\\__,_| \__|\___| > \ <> ) |__/ > __) (__ akg amykate@mail.com > Mae West - I've been things and done places. I always think of Mae West's figure as being much more exaggerated. I hope you don't mind this alteration: ____ /(( )) ( )6 6( ) (_) l (_) \ <> ) _____) (_____ ( \ / ) ) , \_/ ` ( / /( Y )\ \ / / ` , \ \ \ \ )==( / / \ \ , ` / / '\\/ \//' '|\` '|\` \ / \ / ) ( jgs/akg / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ `-...., ,..-' `-..-' I seem to recall that I revised a picture posted by the late Colin Douthwaite to look like Mae West but DejaNews has ruined the ascii-art archives. Does anyone know if there is a URL to go to to see alt.ascii-art archived correctly? This is the one I just used. http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/home_ps.shtml Below is as close as I can figure out from the mangled post. (I was letting DejaNews file ascii-art for me.) (((()) ((())))) | ^ ^ | ( )`'( ) "One figure can sometimes add up to a lot." (` o ') ' ... . ...` - Mae West (1892-1980) '. .. . . . . .` ( . . . . . ... . )____ / ( . . . . . . . __|) / / `-- . .. . . --' \ / / ____)))[](((_____ | ( / ' ` | | ( ) | | \ / | _|_ \ -_______- / ( |/ \| \ / \ --- \ | / \ __/- \____|_____/ \_(..) \ | / \/ /| (/\|/\) mh | | The little dog still looks quite mangled. ___ _/ | |_____| ,^> Dejanews USED to be so handy! --- == ---% / > [_____] / /__>,^ ejm | | //| | NOTE: I rarely pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ___ ha llizard aka ejm _/ | ,^%--- ha I'm ba-a-a-ck! |_____| __<_ \ ha ...did anyone notice I left? --- == >/ [_____] __>,^ cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca ejm| | //| | http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/ ###### From: Veronica Karlsson Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [PIC] Mae West Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 21:56:52 +0200 Organization: University of Lulea, Sweden Lines: 43 Message-ID: <37BC6184.34B@earthling.net> References: <37b84aff@news.mdc.net> <37b84d1b@news.mdc.net> <37BC5134.9C8@iNOdirect.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: my21.sm.luth.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; SunOS 5.7 sun4u) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.algonet.se!algonet!feed2.news.luth.se!luth.se!news.luth.se!not-for-mail llizard wrote: > > I seem to recall that I revised a picture posted by the late Colin > Douthwaite to look like Mae West but DejaNews has ruined the ascii-art > archives. Does anyone know if there is a URL to go to to see > alt.ascii-art archived correctly? This is the one I just used. > > http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/home_ps.shtml > > Below is as close as I can figure out from the mangled post. (I was > letting DejaNews file ascii-art for me.) > > Dejanews USED to be so handy! Yeah! They fucked it up again a couple of days ago. I wrote and complained. I suggest you do the same. I mean, I didn't _mind_ the new look as long as I could get the old one anyway, but this... :-6 > > -- > ___ ha llizard aka ejm > _/ | ,^%--- ha I'm ba-a-a-ck! > |_____| __<_ \ ha ...did anyone notice I left? > --- == >/ > [_____] __>,^ cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca > ejm| | //| | http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/ Yes, the group was very empty, so empty I felt the need to invite some notorious trolls to brighten up the reading experience!!!1! -- (, http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/cgi/asciichat/ /|__--__ . __--__ |\ '__ /|\ _{ _ `.' / `.,_ _________ | _________ _,.' (/ `. / ||``._.' ASCII ART CHAT! `---'|:||,/ .' /| /|:| \ .' /\ \ __ __ _ `/|'\' ` `,/ /`,\ \ \ / /__ _ _ ___ _ _ (_)__ __ _ /,'\ \ .'.' /| \ V / -_) '_/ _ \ ' \| / _/ _` | |\ `.`. ,' / / | \_/\___|_| \___/_||_|_\__\__,_| | \ \ `, - `- -- `-'- -ejm-------------------------------------VK-- -`-' -- -' - ###### From: Andreas Freise Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [PIC] Mae West Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 10:14:32 +0200 Organization: Rechenzentrum der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Garching Lines: 96 Message-ID: <37BD0E68.6FAE@mpq.mpg.de> References: <37b84aff@news.mdc.net> <37b84d1b@news.mdc.net> <37BC5134.9C8@iNOdirect.ca> <37BC6184.34B@earthling.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: mpqgrav2.amp.uni-hannover.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4m) Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!colt.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.nacamar.de!chico.franken.de!news-nue1.dfn.de!news-mue1.dfn.de!rzg.mpg.de!not-for-mail Veronica Karlsson wrote: > llizard wrote: [...] > > archives. Does anyone know if there is a URL to go to to see > > alt.ascii-art archived correctly? This is the one I just used. > > > > http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/home_ps.shtml [...] > Yeah! They fucked it up again a couple of days ago. I wrote and > complained. I suggest you do the same. I mean, I didn't _mind_ the new > look as long as I could get the old one anyway, but this... :-6 If only someone would use my ascii search link to deja news ... Believe it or not but it still works. http://www.ascii-art.de/ascii/ocollections.html The last Mae West post by Colin Douthwait shows : I recall that llizard posted an hour-glass version of Mae West but I must have lost it in the last hard disk crash...please repost! :-) =========================================================================== The Uncanonical List of Mae West Quotes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (((()) ((())))) | ^ ^ | ( )`'( ) " One figure can sometimes add up to a lot." (` o ') ' ... . ...` - Mae West (1892-1980) '. .. . . . . .` ( . . . . . ... . ____ / ( . . . . . . . __|) / ( . .. . . . ). \ / ( .`---'. .. .----'..) | ( /(____-------------____) | | ( ) | | \ / | _|_ \ -_______- / ( |/ \| \ / \ --- \ | / \ __/- \___|___/ \_(..) \ | / \/ /| (/\|/\) mh | | ==================================================== cfbd98/6 ============= And llizard's last Mae West post : That is a wonderful drawing of a large woman, but Mae West was known for her hour glass figure. Here is an alteration: ---------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6----- (((()) ((())))) | ^ ^ | ( )`'( ) " One figure can sometimes add up to a lot." (` o ') ' ... . ...` - Mae West (1892-1980) '. .. . . . . .` ( . . . . . ... . )____ / ( . . . . . . . __|) / / `-- . .. . . --' \ / / ____)))[](((_____ | ( / ' ` | | ( ) | | \ / | _|_ \ -_______- / ( |/ \| \ / \ --- \ | / \ __/- \___|___/ \_(..) \ | / \/ /| (/\|/\) mh | | :) Andreas .---...__ .. ____ '| ASCII `:;=-. http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise ___ || ART )| [) http://www.ascii-art.de __________ `==-...___''.-.| ______________________________________________ ((o)(o)'`-(o)'__________ """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""a:f ###### From: Geraldine Jones Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [PIC] Mae West Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 23:00:50 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Lines: 63 Message-ID: References: <37b84aff@news.mdc.net> <37b84d1b@news.mdc.net> <37BC5134.9C8@iNOdirect.ca> <37bde181.25826498@news.vossnet.net> X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com X-Sender: we993@vtn1 In-Reply-To: <37bde181.25826498@news.vossnet.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!bignews.mediaways.net!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.ntr.net!remarQ60!rQdQ!supernews.com!remarQ.com!corp.supernews.com!news.victoria.tc.ca!vtn1!we993 On Sat, 21 Aug 1999, Martin Atkins wrote: > .----- On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:47:16 -0400, llizard posted: > |In article <37b84d1b@news.mdc.net>, amykate@nospammail.com (Amykate) > |wrote: > |> > |> In article <37b84aff@news.mdc.net>, amykate@nospammail.com (Amykate) wrote: > |> >I was looking at all the sigs for the contest and decided to try to > |> >give my Mae West a body. I went brain dead trying to make one so I > |> >looked around for a good example. Joan had a woman with a great body > |> >but too small for my head. I tried diddling it into a Mae West but I > |> >wasn't happy, so I used it as a guide to make a slightly larger > |> >version. When I finished, it still had so much Joan in it, I gave her > |> >credit. > |> > > \ > > SNIP! Previous versions > / > | > |I always think of Mae West's figure as being much more exaggerated. I > |hope you don't mind this alteration: > | ____ > | /(( )) > | ( )6 6( ) > | (_) l (_) > | \ <> ) > | _____) (_____ > | ( \ / ) > | ) , \ | / ` ( > | / /( Y )\ \ > | / / ` ,' \ \ > | \ \ )===( / / > | \ \ , ` / / > | '\\/ \//' > | '|\` '|\` > | \ / > | \ / > | ) ( > | jgs/akg / \ > | / \ > | / \ > | / \ > | / \ > | / \ > | `-...., ,..-' > | `-..-' I also changed "Mae" a bit...neck wider, much more cleavage. Mae always liked to show-off what she had ;-) *-----------------------------------* | {"} Geraldine Jones {"} | | \|/ we993@victoria.tc.ca \|/ | | http://www.victoria.tc.ca/~we993/ | *-----------------------------------* ###### From: zneg.ngxvaf@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin Atkins) Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [PIC] Mae West Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 02:21:31 GMT Organization: Cable Internet (post doesn't reflect views of Cable Internet) Message-ID: <37bde181.25826498@news.vossnet.net> References: <37b84aff@news.mdc.net> <37b84d1b@news.mdc.net> <37BC5134.9C8@iNOdirect.ca> Reply-To: zneg.ngxvaf@ovtsbbg.pbz NNTP-Posting-Host: serv1.vossnet.co.uk X-Trace: news1.cableinet.co.uk 935202469 12719 195.188.10.2 (21 Aug 1999 02:27:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@cableinet.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 21 Aug 1999 02:27:49 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Lines: 61 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!newshunter!cosy.sbg.ac.at!news-feed.inet.tele.dk!bofh.vszbr.cz!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!newsfeed.icl.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!news5.cableinet.net!cableinet-uk!news1.cableinet.co.uk!not-for-mail .----- On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:47:16 -0400, llizard posted: |In article <37b84d1b@news.mdc.net>, amykate@nospammail.com (Amykate) |wrote: |> |> In article <37b84aff@news.mdc.net>, amykate@nospammail.com (Amykate) wrote: |> >I was looking at all the sigs for the contest and decided to try to |> >give my Mae West a body. I went brain dead trying to make one so I |> >looked around for a good example. Joan had a woman with a great body |> >but too small for my head. I tried diddling it into a Mae West but I |> >wasn't happy, so I used it as a guide to make a slightly larger |> >version. When I finished, it still had so much Joan in it, I gave her |> >credit. |> > \ > SNIP! Previous versions / | |I always think of Mae West's figure as being much more exaggerated. I |hope you don't mind this alteration: | ____ | /(( )) | ( )6 6( ) | (_) l (_) | \ <> ) | _____) (_____ | ( \ / ) | ) , \_/ ` ( | / /( Y )\ \ | / / ` , \ \ | \ \ )==( / / | \ \ , ` / / | '\\/ \//' | '|\` '|\` | \ / | \ / | ) ( | jgs/akg / \ | / \ | / \ | / \ | / \ | / \ | `-...., ,..-' | `-..-' | \ > SNIP! all the Deja stuff / '-------------------------------------------- Hmm... Your usage of '`' as the opposite of ',' intriegues me - perhaps it's my font, but it makes her body look somewhat ... wonky... :o/ Still, I have no idea who Mae West is ... so she could be wonky for all I know! -Martin |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com ###### Message-ID: <37BEAECA.6574@iNOdirect.ca> From: llizard Reply-To: cq547@freent.toronto.on.ca Organization: Canada; zone 6A (or is it 5b?) X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [PIC] Mae West References: <37b84aff@news.mdc.net> <37b84d1b@news.mdc.net> <37BC5134.9C8@iNOdirect.ca> <37BC6184.34B@earthling.net> <37BD0E68.6FAE@mpq.mpg.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 78 Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 09:51:06 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.154.1.132 X-Complaints-To: abuse@idirect.com X-Trace: quark.idirect.com 935243467 216.154.1.132 (Sat, 21 Aug 1999 09:51:07 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 09:51:07 EDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!brick.direct.ca!quark.idirect.com.POSTED!not-for-mail In article <37BD0E68.6FAE@mpq.mpg.de>, Andreas Freise wrote: > > Veronica Karlsson wrote: > > llizard wrote: > [...] > > > archives. Does anyone know if there is a URL to go to to see > > > alt.ascii-art archived correctly? This is the one I just used. > > > > > > http://www.deja.com/=dnc/[ST_rn=ps]/home_ps.shtml [snip] > > I wrote and > > complained. I suggest you do the same. [snip] > > If only someone would use my ascii search link to deja news ... > Believe it or not but it still works. > > http://www.ascii-art.de/ascii/ocollections.html > [snip] .---...__ .. > ____ '| ASCII `:;=-. > http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/~freise ___ || ART )| [) > http://www.ascii-art.de __________ `==-...___''.-.| > ______________________________________________ ((o)(o)'`-(o)'__________ > """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""a:f Thanks Andreas. It used to be that the page I had bookmarked took me to the same place as the search engine you set up. But because I have WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too much time on my hands, __________ /_________/`-_ _-' `-_ /| { } | | ____________ | | | | \/|| | | | | | /\|| | | | | | | | | | ||\/ |||| | | | ||/\ ,*. |||| | | | | ,' `. | | | | | \ /| `. | | | | |_____V_|____| | | | | : / | | | | | :/: | | | | | / : | | | | | /: @ | | | _|_ . | _|_ . | | | / : | | | | | /` |/ | | /` |/ | |( ) : | | | | | \, |\ | | \, |\ | | : | | | | | : | | | | | : | | | | | : | | | | | : | | | | | @ | | | | |____________| | | |______ejm_______|`', \_,^/^^%--- <' ' \ I wrote to DejaNews anyway. < ^^|\ / / NOTE: I rarely pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ___ ha cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca _/ | ,^%--- ha llizard aka ejm |_____| __<_ \ ha ...nice sneaky way to get --- == >/ hits on your page, Andreas. [_____] __>,^ ASCII-ar+ and ASCII-anima+ions ejm| | //| | http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/ ###### Message-ID: <37BEC91E.3A19@iNOdirect.ca> From: llizard Reply-To: cq547@freent.toronto.on.ca Organization: Canada; zone 6A (or is it 5b?) X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: [PIC] Mae West References: <37b84aff@news.mdc.net> <37b84d1b@news.mdc.net> <37BC5134.9C8@iNOdirect.ca> <37bde181.25826498@news.vossnet.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 94 Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 11:43:26 -0400 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.154.1.115 X-Complaints-To: abuse@idirect.com X-Trace: quark.idirect.com 935250207 216.154.1.115 (Sat, 21 Aug 1999 11:43:27 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 11:43:27 EDT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!newsfeed-zh.ip-plus.net!news.ip-plus.net!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!skynet.be!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!brick.direct.ca!quark.idirect.com.POSTED!not-for-mail In article <37bde181.25826498@news.vossnet.net>, zneg.ngxvaf@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin Atkins) wrote: > > .----- On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:47:16 -0400, llizard posted: > |In article <37b84d1b@news.mdc.net>, amykate@nospammail.com (Amykate) > |wrote: > |> > |> In article <37b84aff@news.mdc.net>, amykate@nospammail.com (Amykate) wrote: > |> >I was looking at all the sigs for the contest and decided to try to > |> >give my Mae West a body. I went brain dead trying to make one so I > |> >looked around for a good example. Joan had a woman with a great body > |> >but too small for my head. I tried diddling it into a Mae West but I > |> >wasn't happy, so I used it as a guide to make a slightly larger > |> >version. When I finished, it still had so much Joan in it, I gave her > |> >credit. > |> > > \ > > SNIP! Previous versions > / > | > |I always think of Mae West's figure as being much more exaggerated. I > |hope you don't mind this alteration: > | ____ > | /(( )) > | ( )6 6( ) > | (_) l (_) > | \ <> ) > | _____) (_____ > | ( \ / ) > | ) , \_/ ` ( > | / /( Y )\ \ > | / / ` , \ \ > | \ \ )==( / / [snip] > > Hmm... > > Your usage of '`' as the opposite of ',' intriegues me - perhaps it's my > font, but it makes her body look somewhat ... wonky... :o/ > > Still, I have no idea who Mae West is ... so she could be wonky for all I > know! Ah Martin! You are in for a treat if you haven't been introduced to the inimitable Miss West. You neeeeeeeeeeed to rent some old movies to watch Mae in action. Here is a list of her films. http://www.sirius.com/~kims/mw.films.html Here, you can see Mae West in her hourglass glory: http://www.sirius.com/~kims/mw_photos/mw_belle.JPG It's true that the armor she wore confined her to a certain extent, but I used the , and ` purposely to show how inviting she was. I see that two `s were misplaced though and I've given her an even smaller waist. Here is the fix. ____ /(( )) ( )6 6( ) When I'm good I'm very, very good, (_) l (_) but when I'm bad, I'm better. \ <> ) _____) (_____ ( \ / ) ) , \_/ ` ( / /( Y )\ \ / / ` , \ \ \ \ )=( / / \ \ , ` / / '\\/ \//' '|\` '|\` \ / \ / ) ( jgs/akg / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / \ `-...., ,..-' `-..-' NOTE: I rarely pick up my mail from the idirect address. If you are e-mailing and hit the reply button, add an "e" to "freent"; its absense is to stop the torment of automatic mailers. -- ___ cq547@freene+.+oron+o.on.ca _/ | ,^%--- llizard aka ejm |_____| __<_ \ Her quotes make more sense if you have --- == >/ heard her voice. [_____] __>,^ ASCII-ar+ and ASCII-anima+ions ejm| | //| | http://www.crosswinds.net/~llizard/