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From: fastenau@indirect.com (Lee Fastenau)

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|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     _   _     |  Mark Gipe                            |     _   _     |
|    (_) (_)    |  mgipe@eecs.wsu.edu                   |    (_) (_)    |
|      <        |                                       |        >      |
|   [\_____/]   |  You cannot truly love, or be loved,  |   [\_____/]   |
|       U       |  without also being vulnerable.       |       U       |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|


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   )`\ |.|`,'     Venuslaan 147 c                   |  /"| | | | \_,
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       /   O      O   \ 
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      : ',          ,' :
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       /   O      O   \
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      :                :
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     jgs  '-......-'
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        .(((      ))).
       /  (O)    (O)  \
      :                :
      | @            @ |  girl smiley
      :    _.-..-._    :
       \    '-..-'    /
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~the smiling sun~  9/96 
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From: tayyabr@ifi.uio.no (Tayyab Riaz)

             OOOOOOOOOOO
         OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
      OOOOOO  OOOOOOOOO  OOOOOO
    OOOOOO      OOOOO      OOOOOO
  OOOOOOOO  #   OOOOO  #   OOOOOOOO
 OOOOOOOOOO    OOOOOOO    OOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOO  OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  OOOO
 OOOO  OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  OOOO
  OOOO   OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  OOOO
    OOOOO   OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO   OOOO
      OOOOOO   OOOOOOOOO   OOOOOO
         OOOOOO         OOOOOO
             OOOOOOOOOOOO




Smiley by Mimi Tzeng (I think)

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      :                  :
      |                  |   
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        '.    \  /    .'
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Here's one I knocked up in about 5mins...needs fiddling!
    _-----_
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 |           |
 | S       E |    <-- mouth made up of 'SMILE'
 `  `M-I-L'  '
  `.       .'
    "-----"

dEN (1st bash at ASCII art for a while!)


Here's one:
        _.-'''''-._
      .'  _     _  '.
     /   (o)   (o)   \
    |                 |
    |  \           /  |
     \  '.       .'  /
      '.  `'---'`  .'
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and to bring some sunshine:
                   .
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           '.   .  :  .   .'
        ._   '._.-'''-._.'   _.
          '-..'         '..-' 
       --._ /.==.     .==.\ _.--
           ;/_o__\   /_o__\;
      -----|`     ) (     `|-----
          _: \_) (\_/) (_/ ;_
       --'  \  '._.=._.'  /  '--
         _.-''.  '._.'  .''-._
        '    .''-.(_).-''.    '
       jgs .'   '  :  '   '.
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                     `.   \   (    /   .'
                       `.  .-''''-.  .'
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                     `~ /  / \  / \  \ ~'
                _ _ _ _|  _\O/  \O/_  |_ _ _ _
                       | (_)  /\  (_) |
                    _.~ \  \      /  / ~._
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                       .'  `-,,,,-'  `.
                     .'   /    )   \   `.
                   .'    /    (     \    `.
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                      :
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                /   '_    _`\
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                \    \    / /
                 `.   `--'.'
                .' `-,,,-' `.
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                      :


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     .'     '.     .'     '.     .'     '.     .'     '.
    /  o   o  \   /  o   o  \   /  o   o  \   /  o   o  \
   |           | |           | |           | |           |
   |  \     /  | |  \     /  | |  \     /  | |  \     /  |
    \  '---'  /   \  '---'  /   \  '---'  /   \  '---'  /
 jgs '._____.'     '._____.'     '._____.'     '._____.'



|  | |  |
| 0| | 0|
    \  
 \_____/
   \ \ \
    \___)    Elizabeth (lizbeth-c@geocities.com)



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   k                          *******            Smiley :)





From: Randy Gardner <randyg@slip.net>
Subject: Re: Smiley Face
Adondi wrote:
>              _____
>           .-'     '-.
>         .'           `.
>        /   .      .    \
>       :                 :
>       |                 |
>       :   \        /    :
>        \   `.____.'    /
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>           `-._____.-'
> 

Head-top improvement:
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       /   .      .    \   
      :                 : 
      |                 |  
      :   \        /    :    
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