X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,682766fd36282952 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public From: m-balzer@ux7.cso.uiuc.edu (Mark Anthony Balzer) Subject: Talk-Line: Dancers Date: 1996/05/12 Message-ID: <4n45b9$cqc@miso.wwa.com> X-Deja-AN: 154399561 sender: boba@sashimi.wwa.com references: <4mseev$f3v@miso.wwa.com> organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign CCSO newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii In article <4mseev$f3v@miso.wwa.com> mhdp1@ukc.ac.uk (Dom Powell) writes: > >Anyone out there have any pictures of cheesy '70s types in flashy >outfits dancing clumsily to a disco beat? Saturday Night Fever >pretty much sums up what I'm looking for. The cheesier the better. This is not really what you're looking for, but it is still a great excuse for me to repost my dancer pics. They look best in the font that my Eudora program uses, where the lowercase "L" has a curvature at the bottom, and the only letter with serrifs is the capital "i". They don't look as good in the standard font used by Telnet, or in Courier. Here's some West Coast Swing ASCII-art I designed: good for all kinds of uses, like FAQ's, WWW Dance Pages, Dancers' Archives, annoyingly long .sig's, etc. .,,-~&, ,~"~. { /`,__\`. > :::: { `}'~.~/\ \ <, ?::; {`}'\._/ ) } l_ f ,__/ l_,'`/ ,__}--{_. { `.__.' ( / } \ \ ) ) / ! \'\`-'`-' / , 1 J; \ \___l,-_,___.' /1 ! Y k____-~'-l_____.' | l / /===#=l l f f 8 I===I=I t ! 8 f } Y \l | } \ \ l Y; `. \ } | !`, \ | | l / } ,1 | l/ / !l ,l / ,' ! \ \ / /! ! \ \ /_,f_l l___j. \ (_ \l_ `_ ,.-'`--( `.,'`. Y\__Y`--' `-'~x__J j' > ,/ ,^' f__J mab'95 .,,-~&, ,~"~. { /`,__\`. > :::: { `}'~.~/\ \ ` ` <, ?::; {`}'\._/ ) } ) ) l_ f ,__/ l_,'-/ .'.' ,__}--{_. { `.__.' ( / } \ \ ) ) / ! \-\`-'`-' / , 1 J; ` ` \ \___l,-_,___.' /1 ! Y ) ) k____-~'-l_____.' | l / .'.' /===#==\ l f .' `. 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Y\__Y`--' `-'~x__J j' > ,/ ,^' f__J mab'95 the frou-frou "ballroom" swing version... :-) :-) :-) .,,~~. ,~"~. { /`,__\ ,Wk > :::: x%F { `}'~.~/ ,' / <, ?::; ,'"7 {`}'\._/ ,' ,' l_ f ,' / ,__/ l_.'`,' ,__}--{_' ,' { `.__.' < / 7 \ \ ) ) / +----+ / \-\`-'`-' / , | 42 |7 ` ` \ \___l,-_,___.' /1 +----/ ) ) k____-~'-l_____.' | f .'.' /===#==\ l j .' `. I===I=I ,' ,' `.`. f } ,' ,' / \ `.`. | } .'^.^.^.'`.'`.^.'`.'`.^. l Y; `. \ } | !`, \ | | l / } ,1 | Coaster l/ / !l ,l Step, / ,' ! \ \ Yuck! / /! ! \ \ ===> / ,f l l___j. \ (_ \l_ `_ ,.-'`--( `.,'`. Y\__Y`--' `-'~x__J j' > ,/ ,^' f__J mab'95 the X-RAYted version... (good for haloween dances) ,~"~. ,_., > :::: / \%~, <, ?::; \0 0/ "q l_ f |"| // ,__}--{_. __.T._ // / } ,p}---V--{d' / ! !\ ---I--- / , 1 J; \\ --^-- _,___.' /1 ! 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Y\__Y`--' ""~XX) Yb ,/XJ ""~-' mab'95 Old Swing Dancers never die..... ,-~-. ,_., > : / \%~, i~,* ; \0 0/ "q ""/ r |"| // __}={_. __.T._ // .p}'}={`{q .p}---V--{d' //---}={--' !\ ---I--- // ---}={-- \\ --^-- // --}={- `b====%3%====d' 3%==}={ }={ }={ (`~=~') (`~=~') p(o_o) P}V{l \\~^~| || // \\ || ||// \\|| ||/ \\| /|| }) ({|| //| ||(l //|| || \\ // || || \\ pf d| || \\ (X\ {Xy, ,|b \\ `\\ `` ""~XX) Yb `` ,/XJ ""~-' mab'95 It's in their bones! or They have too much soul! or they just go to Swing Heaven! or? Next here's some ballroom dance ASCII-art I designed: .~""~.,--. | > :::i_, ~; | mmn <, ?::j~?`_{} | (_) l_ fl_ f {} | \ `. ,__}--{_/_l___. | \ `--~' `m,_`. | \ )} | `~----f i :-----~' | } | |-'/ | ________________________| ! | f__________________________________! l j | \ }==I===I={~( \ f. 1( ) \ | } }` `. \ | ' { ) ) \ } f |( `\ \ | | | ) ) | | |. ( `. | | ,l ) `. ) /{ | \ ( `\ ('| |\ \ ; `. ) (;!| |`\ \ ',' ) YX| |XX\ \XXXXXY !____j_) \__,'> _) ,_.'`--('Y,_' ,^' /`! 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