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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:29, from: 209.141.24.139, black
    \__/
    (oo) (\     I, too, have noticed that this
   //~~ \//     talkie-page is often empty of
   \\__/\/      others typing in meaningless,
    ||||        Terran jibberish....
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:31, from: 209.141.24.139, black
      \__/         It can be frustrating, and I don't
      (__) (\      like to wait around, so I pedomate
     //()\\//      to other locale....
     \\__/\/
 ___  //\\ ___________
     // //
    (_)(_)

David [email] 11 Jan. 09:31, from: 194.176.64.161, black
JRO>> Hi. I'm so used to being here alone that I almost left.

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:33, from: 209.141.24.139, black
         \__/      And though lack of response can be
         (oo)      frustrating, it reminds me....
        //~~\\
 _____ //\__/\\  _______
      "" //\\ ""
         \\//
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:34, from: 209.141.24.139, black
   \__/
   (oo)      That I'm usually better off, talking to myself...
  //~~\\
  \\__//      Hi. How are you?
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:37, from: 209.141.24.139, black
    \__/        You are actually David? The Boss's cousin?
(]  (oo)  [)    Wow... this is a joy of Galactic Proportion!
 \\/ ~~ \//     How are things in jail?  Did you get the file
  \/\__/\/      in the cake last weekend? Was the cake still
    ||||        edible?  Your wife is screwing around, you know....
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:39, from: 209.141.24.139, black
     \__/     Sorry about your folks not coming to visit you...
     (__)     Oh, and your brother Ricky may soon be joining you
    //()\\    on another DUI charge. No surprise there, I know.
    \\__//
     ||\\
     ||//
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:41, from: 209.141.24.139, black
    \__/
    (oo) (\     Hey! Since when did the Corrections Dept.
   //~~ \//     start letting you cons get on the internet?
   \\__/\/
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:43, from: 209.141.24.139, black
      \__/
      (oo)     Back on the home planet, we don't keep 
     //~~\\    people in "Correctional Facilities".
     \\__//    We tend to de-molecularize those who
      ||||     fail to follow proper proceedure.
 ____ |||| _____
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:44, from: 209.141.24.139, black
   \__/
   (oo)      You either don't type as fast as the Boss does,
  //~~\\     or we have some kind of bad connection, huh?
  \\__//
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David [email] 11 Jan. 09:46, from: 194.176.64.184, green
JRO>> Sorry about the delayed response. I had a visitor.

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:47, from: 209.141.24.139, black
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    \__/        That'd be my ride coming,
    (__)  /)    if you've nothing to really say....
   //()\\//
   \\__/\/
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:48, from: 209.141.24.139, black
OH

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:49, from: 209.141.24.139, black
     \__/      Yes, sometimes people do drop in....
     (oo)
    //~~\\
   //\__/\\
--"" //\\""-------
     \\//
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David [email] 11 Jan. 09:51, from: 194.176.64.184, green
JRO>> Have you seen this page?
http://www.ludd.luth.se/~vk/pics/ascii/junkyard/chat/1998/THE_CHAT_PEOPLE.HTML

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:52, from: 209.141.24.139, black
   \__/   _        Ever see one of these? They're great
   (oo)  [_]==(-   for getting rid of the unexpected
  //~~ \//         interloper.....
  \\__/\/ 
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:53, from: 209.141.24.139, black
     \__/
     (oo)      Nah, the Boss has never taken a look at it.
    //~~\\     What's on the thing?
    \\__//
     ||\\
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____(_)\_)_____

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:55, from: 209.141.24.139, black
       )))
      ( oo      Back to Mars, you stinking aliens!
       \O/
      //  \/)
      \\_/\/
       //\\
      (_)(_)

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 09:56, from: 209.141.24.139, black
     \__/
     (__)     Damn kids....
    //()\\
    \\__//
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David [email] 11 Jan. 09:57, from: 194.176.64.184, green
 


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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:01, from: 209.141.24.139, black
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   (oo)    Okay, I read it.  You aren't the Boss's cousin, at all.
  //~~\\   You must be Mr. Palmer.  Hmmm.... the Boss has four sons,
  \\__//   and a girl. Your reproductive habits could obviously use
__ |||| _____  an increase. On Mars, though, we tend to reproduce
   ||||        by.... I'm not sure you folks are ready for such
  (_)(_)       knowledge....

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:02, from: 209.141.24.139, black
   \__/
   (oo)     Oh, I dunno.... The Boss usually don't
  //~~\\    advertise himself, much. Comes from
  \\__//    an excess of attention, in the past...
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David [email] [home] 11 Jan. 10:02, from: 194.176.64.184, green
JRO>> Four sons and what? a girl? what's that?

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:04, from: 209.141.24.139, black
    \__/
    (oo) (\     And if anybody ever called him a "chatperson",
   //~~ \//     I don't think he'd be too happy about that.
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:05, from: 209.141.24.139, black
   \__/
   (oo)     A girl is a small female of the species... 
  //~~\\    You remember where you got four sons? Well,
  \\__//    when those women creatures are young, they
   ||||     are known as: girls.
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:07, from: 209.141.24.139, black
      \__/
      (oo)        I wish the Boss would make up his mind,
     //~~\\       about whether I can just sit here or not.
    //\  /\\
---"" //\\""-------
      \\//
     (_)(_)

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:09, from: 209.141.24.139, black
    \__/        Say, what time is it, across the pond?
    (oo)  /)
   //~~\\//
   \\__/\/
 ---//\\ ----
    \\//
   (_)(_)

David [email] [home] 11 Jan. 10:10, from: 194.176.64.184, green
JRO>> Four kids is enough for me.
      I found out what's causing it.
 
   \__/     _
   (oo)-)==[_]
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David [email] [home] 11 Jan. 10:11, from: 194.176.64.184, green
Local time : 09:10
Weather:     Light dusting of snow.

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:13, from: 209.141.24.139, black
    \__/       And so you have decided to destroy yourself?
    (oo)       Interesting..... Earthlings have some odd ideas.
   //~~\\
  //\  /\\
-"" //\\""-------
    \\//           Ah, I see by your webpage that you have
   (_)(_)          dabbled with some cartooning...

David [email] [home] 11 Jan. 10:15, from: 194.176.64.184, green
JRO>> Cartooning is about the limit of my talent.

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:15, from: 209.141.24.139, black
3:30 here, and no snow.... What decent person gits up before noon?

     \__/
     (oo)
    //~~\\
   //\  /\\
 -"" //\\""------
     \\//
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:17, from: 209.141.24.139, black
     \__/         Nix, nix on that "limit" crap.... Cartoons is the
     (oo)  /)     ONLY proper format for this ridiculous picture
    //~~ \//      format.
    \\__/\/
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:21, from: 209.141.24.139, black
     \__/
 (]  (oo)  [)       For what, pray tell, is "art", after all?
  \\/ ~~ \//       
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   \__/        Basically, reguardless of time or subject...
   (oo)
  //~~\\
  \\__//
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    \__/         It's junk!
    (oo)  /)
   //~~ \//
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:24, from: 209.141.24.139, black
      \__/
      (oo)     But a gag, my freind.....
     //~~\\
     \\__//
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     \__/
     (oo)    Even when forgotten the next day....
    //~~\\
    \\__//
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        \__/
        (__)  /)
       //() \//
       \\__/\/
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        ||||      Is priceless.
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David [email] [home] 11 Jan. 10:27, from: 194.176.64.184, green
JRO>> You are talking my language :)

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:27, from: 209.141.24.139, black
 And    \__/
someone (oo)
       //~~\\   can always ask the question:
      //\  /\\
  ---"" //\\""----
        \\//
       (_)(_)       Is it art?.... 
                    Because no one knows.
                    But a cartoon is a cartoon,
                    And everyone knows that.

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:29, from: 209.141.24.139, black
      \__/       Besides, the Boss doesn't hardly believe that
      (oo)       aksie is art... It's just crap character that
     //~~\\      some silly people type in, and CLAIM it looks
    //\__/\\     like something.  Me, I've never been able to
 --"" //\\""---- make anything out of any of it.
      \\//
     (_)(_)

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:31, from: 209.141.24.139, black
       \__/
       (oo)       Besides, the Boss is the only real cartoonist
      //~~\\      in ascii left... And he gits lonely.
     //\__/\\
  --"" //\\""---
       \\//
      (_)(_)

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:33, from: 209.141.24.139, black
      \__/       Wow. Two entries in a row begining with "besides".
      (oo) (\    The old bastarg must really be drunk tonight.
     //~~\\//
    //\__/\/
 --"" //\\----
      \\//
     (_)(_)

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:34, from: 209.141.24.139, black
        \__/
        (oo)      You know, he makes us say these things. We
       //~~\\     never get to talk for ourselves, unless he's
       \\__//     not watching.
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David [email] [home] 11 Jan. 10:35, from: 194.176.64.184, green
JRO>> I'm mult-tasking at the moment but as you can tell
I'm not very good at it.

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:36, from: 209.141.24.139, black
Looks like the SOB can't always spell, either...


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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:37, from: 209.141.24.139, black
 That's like using the blender and the
 remote control at the same time, isn't it?

              \__/
              (oo)  /)
             //~~\\//
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:40, from: 209.141.24.139, black
      \__/
      (oo)      Which is probably a good idea, because
     //~~\\     about the only real use for Channel 2,
     \\__//     would be to make a milk shake of it.
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JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:43, from: 209.141.24.139, black
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                    Damned cops are looking for me, again.
                    I knew I shouldn't have double-parked
                            the saucer again.

David [email] [home] 11 Jan. 10:44, from: 194.176.64.184, green
JRO>> I'll have to stick to mono-tasking
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                 dp             \__/  \__/

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:45, from: 209.141.24.139, black
         \__/
         (oo)
        //~~\\      The Boss is fast, but "whew"... typing
        \\__//      all these damn pictures in is becoming
         ||\\       fatiguing.....
         ||//
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David [email] [home] 11 Jan. 10:46, from: 194.176.64.184, green
JRO >> Must go now. Nice chatting to you.
Name: tqh-usr-ppp-8.fullnet.net Address: 209.141.24.139

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:46, from: 209.141.24.139, black
      \__\      Yep, this shit always happens, when he
      (oo)       gets tired of me.....
     //~~\ \
   \\__//
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     //  \\
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David [email] [home] 11 Jan. 10:48, from: 194.176.64.184, green
JRO>> It's not you. It's it's life.

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:48, from: 209.141.24.139, black
     \   __          /
   (     o     o)
    / /~~     \\           I'll see you when the moleculizer
     \    \__   //         has me re-integrated..
         ||   |     |
     ||      ||
    (  _ )     (_)

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:50, from: 209.141.24.139, black
      (((
     (((() .___+     Lousy aliens! I sure plugged him, this time.
      \_/ (/)--
     // \\//
     \\_/\/
     //\\
    (_)(_)

David [email] [home] 11 Jan. 10:50, from: 194.176.64.184, green
JRO >> It's life Jim, but not as we know it.

* gone *

JRO [email] 11 Jan. 10:51, from: 209.141.24.139, black
     )))
    ( oo    I need me a better water pistol, though.
     \o/
    // \\
    \\_//
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Author:     Veronica Karlsson
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