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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!sequent!gaia.ucs.orst.edu!flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU!reed!batcomputer!rpi!uwm.edu!rutgers!noao!amethyst!organpipe.uug.arizona.edu!news
  2. From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.fan.warlord
  4. Subject: Re: Shary Flennikan/Joe Schenkman/edgar argo?
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan26.005420.23302@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
  6. Date: 26 Jan 93 00:54:20 GMT
  7. References: <750@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca> <JYM.93Jan25143921@remarque.berkeley.edu>
  8. Sender: news@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu
  9. Reply-To: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
  10. Organization: University of Arizona
  11. Lines: 60
  12. In-Reply-To: jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer)
  13.  
  14. In rec.arts.comics.strips, jym@mica (Jym Dyer) signs:
  15. >                "If you don't get a good night
  16. >                kiss, you get Kafka dreams."
  17. >                    -- Hobbes
  18.  
  19. Is Calvin & Hobbes on the Frequently Quoted list yet?
  20.  
  21. >:::.-----.::: Jym Dyer ::::::: jym@mica.berkeley.edu :::.-----.:::
  22. >::/  o o  \::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::/   |   \::
  23. >::\ \___/ /::: Disclaimer:  "I'm sorry . . . that's :::\  /|\  /::
  24. >:::`-----'::::::::::::::::  Mr. Caffeine speaking!" ::::`-----':::
  25.  
  26. You know, every time I see that stoopid peas sign, I remember this old
  27. joke from around jr. high (aka middle school):
  28.  
  29. First, you draw:                  Next, turn it upside down, and outline it:
  30.                                               -----------
  31.                                             /             \
  32.                                             |             |
  33.    :~~~~~~~~~:                              |    \ | /    |
  34.    :~~~~~~~~~:                              \     \|/     /
  35.    :~~~~~~~~~:                               \     |     /
  36.    :~~~~~~~~~:                                |    |    |
  37.     ---------                                 |    |    |
  38.         |                                     |    |    |
  39.         |                                     |    |    |
  40.         |                                     :~~~~~~~~~: 
  41.         |                                     :~~~~~~~~~: 
  42.         |                                     :~~~~~~~~~: 
  43.        /|\                                    :~~~~~~~~~: 
  44.       / | \                                    ---------
  45.  
  46. Which is supposed to be                       And it is a light bulb
  47. sheet music on a stand
  48.  
  49. One more addition:
  50.  
  51.             -----------
  52.           /             \
  53.           |             |
  54.           |    \ | /    |
  55.           \     \|/     /
  56.          / \     |     / \
  57.          |  |    |    |  |
  58.          |  |    |    |  |
  59.          \  |    |    |  /
  60.           \ |    |    |/
  61.             :~~~~~~~~~: 
  62.             :~~~~~~~~~: 
  63.             :~~~~~~~~~: 
  64.             :~~~~~~~~~: 
  65.              ---------
  66.  
  67. And yes, it becomes the infamous
  68. "Fat Lady Pulling Up Her Girdle".
  69.  
  70. Thus, when I see the barphic on the right side of Jym's sig,
  71. I get the distinct impression I'm being mooned...
  72.  
  73. Dave "but I'm feeling *much* better now" Schaumann
  74.