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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: cosmicforce who wrote (30232)9/29/2001 1:29:02 PM
From: bonnuss_in_austin  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
Good one, cosmic! This reminds me ...

...of a very creative poster on Yahoo! 'way back in '98 ... I think he's still around but hasn't been in the mood, I suppose, to use his 'ants' much lately.

He used ants designated by the '.'

Had 'em do all kinds of things ... based on the original simple signature,

........

They'd march in military or ROTC-style 'dress' or parade formation:

././././././././././

They'd sleep/snore:

..........zz........zzzzzzzz

They'd curse, of course:

......&*!#@!

Camp out in tents:

....^.....

Ride in boats/on rafts, etc:

.............
________/
~~~~~~~

Became quite elaborate over time. The difficulty of 'accurate' graphic depiction there, at least, with then-no-preview function, lay in using multiple lines.

Wow, so many have wasted so much time 'investing,' no? I'm as guilty as any.

LOL.