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From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison)
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Subject: Line: Bearhug (Further hack of an Oviatt)
Date: 19 Nov 1994 18:09:32 -0600
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Abe Lincoln told me that Jason Fournier <jrf@cs.bu.edu> wrote:
>
>Well, this isn't nearly as successful as I had hoped.  A friend
> of mine emailed me a letter with three parts -- The words "Bear
> Hug!" then Susie Oviatt's (wonderful picture she did, btw), then
> my Big Hug from Pyro.  I thought the idea was cute, so I attempted
> to combine an edit of my big hug with Ms. Oviatt's Teddy Bear.
> I am not sure how good the result is -- maybe you all could be
> the judge  :)   (oh and if anyone who cares likes it please post
> it to alt.cuddle for those friggin sweet cuddlers.  [I love em
> to death, but I gotta be honest -- they scare me]).  :)

   I like the concept, but you need to differenciate between the bear and 
the letters.  So, with that in mind here a 5 minute attempt.  I imagine 
somebody else could do it better with a few more minutes work.

            .,%%%%%,.          ..,,,,..
          .%%%;%;%;%;%,   .,%%%%%%%,%%%%%%,.     .,,,,.
          %%%;a@@@@@a;;,%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,;%%;%;%;%%,
          %%%;@@@@@@a;,%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,%%%%%%%%%%;a@@@@a;%%%
          `%%%;@@@a;,%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%;a@@@@;%%%
            `%%%;;,%%%%%%%%%%%%%% .%%%,%% .%%%%%%%;a@@;%%%'
               ```%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%;%%%%'
                 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%'   #`%%%%%%%%%%'
                 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,.  .,%%%%%%%%%%
                 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%;a@@@@a;a@@@a;%%%%%%
                 `%%%%%%%%%%%;a@@@a@@@@a;a@@a@a;%%%'
                  `%%%%%%%%%;@@@a@@@a@@@;a@a@a@;%%'    ..,,.
             ,sSSSSSs`%%%%%%%;@@@@@@@@@;a@@@@@;%'  .,%%%,;;;;,
           .S@S;;;;;SSs %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%' .,%%%%%%,;;;;;;,
           S@@SSss;;;;sSs,s@SSSS@,sSSSSSSSSs,.%%%%%%%%%%%,;;;;;;,
           `S@@SSSSSSs;;Ss@@SSSS@@sSs;;;;;;S@s,%%%%%%%%%%%,;;;;;;__
         ___S@@SSSSSSSSSSs@@SSSS@@sSSSSSs;;;@@S,%%% /| | | | | | | |\
        | | | |SSSSSSSS | | | |S@s`SSSSSSSSs@S',% /| | | | | | | | | |\
        | | | |SSSSSSSS | | | |sSSS`SSSSSSS@S'% /| | | | | | | | | | | \
        | | | |"""""%%. | | | |SSSSs%`SSSSSS'% | | | | |"""""""""| | | |
      . | | | |%%%%.s__ | | | |____S,%%______________| |         """""""
     .% | | | |%%.sSS__ | | | |____SS,%______________| | 
    .%. | | | | | | | | | | | |____SSS,______________| | 
    %;; | | | | | | | | | | | |____SS'%______________| | 
    ;;; | | | |,SSSS'__ | | | |____'%%%______________| | 
     `; | | | |%`SS'%__ | | | |____%%%%______________| |      _________
        | | | |%%`S,%__ | | | |____%%%%______________| |     | | | | | |
        | | | |%%%%%%__ | | | |____%%%%______________| |     | | | | | |
        | | | |`%%%%%__ | | | |____%%%,______________| |         | | | | 
        | | | |%`%%%%%_ | | | |_____%%______________ | |_________| | | | 
        | | | |%%%`%%%% | | | |___________________ | | | | | | | | | | | 
        | | | |%%%%%;%: | | | |________________%%%~| | | | | | | | | | |
        """""%%%%%%%;%:%:%:%:%%%'`%%:%:%:%:%:%%%%%%% | | | | | | | | | | 
            %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%. `%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%""""""""""""""""
            %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%   `%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,
            %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%.    `%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,
            %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%      `%%%%%%%%%%,%%%,%%%,%%%,
            %%%%%%%%,%%%,%%%,%%,%.       `%%%%%,;;;;;;;;;;;;;,%,
            `%%%%,;;;;;;;;;;;;;;,%        `%%,;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
             `%,;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;         `;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;'
              `%;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;'           `;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;'
                `;;;;;;;;;;;;;;'                '''''''''''
                    ''''''''
Bear by Susie Oviatt, HUG by Jason Fournier, and Bob Allison did something.

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