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These ANSI-grams are cute and creative - and I applaud them as art. But as email signatures, they are clearly excessive and add to the increasing traffic on the Internet.

I hope that by providing a forum for these delightful masterpieces, their creators may feel a diminished need to accost our mailboxes and public newsgroups with them <grin>.

I've removed names to protect the offenders, as well as their innocent employers.

Not only does this take 13 lines of space - it's so busy, that it's difficult to extract whatever info the creator was trying to provide. 


            _^__^_       | DATE |       | TIME |
           / @  @ \      06/15/95       09:44:22   ___
-oooO------\  ..  /-Oooo----------Oooo------------',_ \------\
\````       \____/  ''''          ''''  ---=O=---    \ \     \
\| --=O=--     U       --=O=-   ---   --=O=--       --=\\--  |
/| XxxXxxxxx, Inc                  -=-                  ||   |
/  Home of Xxxxxxxxx TCP/IP for Windows, XXXX & Xxxxx  .||.../
========================================================||===/
Xxxxx Xxxx              \____ \  Operator: XXX-XXX-XXXX ||
<xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>       } |  Support: XXX-XXX-XXXX ||
Technical Support Engineer  O( )      Fax: XXX-XXX-XXXX  |
                            `ooo                         \/
                             ```
15 lines - quite nice, actually... 


       /     \
-------|/@-@\|-----------------------------------------------
  W     \   /     W    Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
   \    <AAA>    /    
    \__<AY YA>__/      XxxXxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx.
     _<AXX XXA>_       Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
    / <HXY YXH> \      Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx XXXXX, Xxxxxx
   /  <AXX XXA>  \     
  /  / <UV VU> \  \    Phone:  XXX-X-XXXXXX
 M  /   <Y Y>   \  M   Fax:    XXX-X-XXXXXX
   |     <A>     |     
   M             M     E-mail: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx
     
This message was sent by Xxxxxxxxx 
-------------------------------------------------------------
15 lines 



                                    |
                                  --*--
                                    |
                                Boldly Go
                             
                              Where No Man

                            Has Gone Before!
                         
                  ____---+---____           xxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx
            +========================+      xxxx@xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx
                  ----_______----   \       --------------------
                                 \   \      --------------------
                                  \   \________/      /
                                   \_________________/
19 whopping lines! 'Nuf said... 


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     @@@    ARF! 
  @@{| |}@@  ARF!
  @ ( @ ) @    ARF!       ________________
     |U|         ARF!    |                |
---()---()---------------| BEWARE OF DOG  |----- 
| | | | | | | | | | | | ||________________|| | |

Home of Xxxxxxxxx - TCP/IP Applications for Windows 
*******************  Home of Xxxx *****************   
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx            Date: 03/12/95               
                             Time: 10:44:36
E-mail: Xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx (Xxxxx Xxxxx)

XxxXxxxxx, Inc.
XXXXX Xxxxx XxXxxx Xxxx.     
Xxxxxxxxx, XX XXXXX, XXX
Phone: XXX-XXX-XXXX          FAX: XXX-XXX-XXXX
21 lines... 


<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>
<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>
<*>\<*>/<*>-------------------------<*>/<*>\<*>
<*>\<*>/<*>| |--------| |--------| |<*>/<*>\<*>
<*>\<*>/<*>| |        | |    ( ) | |<*>/<*>\<*> 
<*>\<*>/<*>| |        | |        | |<*>/<*>\<*> 
<*>\<*>/<*>| |-------^***^-------| |<*>/<*>\<*> 
<*>\<*>/<*>| |-------<@ @>-------| |<*>/<*>\<*> 
<*>\<*>/<*>| |       > Y <       | |<*>/<*>\<*> 
<*>\<*>/<*>| |      /|| ||\      | |<*>/<*>\<*> 
<*>\<*>/<*>|_|_____|_W___W_|_Meeeoow<*>/<*>\<*>
<*>\<*>/<*>|_______________________|<*>/<*>\<*>
<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>
<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>
<> <>           Name: Xxxxxx              <> <>
<> <>E-mail: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx (Xxxxxx)<> <>
<> <>           Date: 07/07/95            <> <>
<> <>           Time: 10:57:39            <> <>
<> <> This message was sent by Xxxxxxxxx  <> <>
<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*> 
<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>/<*>\<*>
Nice... but worth 22 lines? 


                                   # # #

(Transmitted at 7 p.m. ET)                                 144-95
_________________________________________________________________


*******************************************************************

           /\  Home of Xxxxxxxxx    TCP/IP for Windows         
~~~~~~~~~~/@@\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~         \__/         Xxx Xxxxx                        ~
~      |__AYA__/       XxxXxxxxx                        ~
~        AXXV          XXXXX Xxxxx XxXxxx Xxxx          ~
~        VXXV                  Xxxxxxxxx XX XXXXX       ~
~     W  VUV   W       Voice: (XXX) XXX-XXXX XXXXX      ~
~     |_/ V \_/                                         ~
~          \           Fax:    (XXX) XXX-XXXX           ~
~           \          Email:  xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx       ~
~            \    __   FTP:    xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx        ~
~             \  |_ \  Gopher: xxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx     ~
~              \_____/ Mosaic: //xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx      ~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Mime Enclosures OK~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Another 22 liner 


*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Name: xxxxxx
E-mail: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Date: 09/07/95
Time: 14:54:41
This message was sent by Xxxxxxxxx 
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

                                              (  )
 Greetings from the Simpsons!                (    )
                                            (      )
                                            (      )
                        the information     (      )
                        superhighway, man!  (      )
                                \           (      )     ,__
      suck, suck!                \ }\/\/{   (      )    /   ``\
           \           _/\/\/\_    |    |   (_ _ _ )    |     | Dooe!
        /   _/\/\/\_   \,,  ,,/_   (.)(.)   (,,  ,,)    (.)(.)M/
            \,>o<,,/_  \(.)(.) /_  | C  |)  \(.)(.))    C___ |)
            \(.)(.) /_  /C__, @_/  (___/|    /C__, @    /___/\|
             /c    @_/    )  |/      )__|      )  |     __)__/|__
              C_, )/      oooo       /  \\     oooo    /   \/ /  \
This was part of a chain letter I received (from two different sources) - the message was a 500 line list of people appending their names, plus a request for each recepient to send the message to 10 more people...

A great way to waste bandwidth. 


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