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From: paola@zen.co.uk (Paola Kathuria)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Hands up all the newusers (was Re: Perhaps ...: Signature files)
Message-ID: <1703@zen.co.uk>
Date: 26 Aug 89 16:48:01 GMT
References: <19179@gryphon.COM>
Reply-To: paola@zen.co.uk (Paola Kathuria)
Organization: Zengrange Limited, Leeds, England
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I have a question.  Or two.

In article <19179@gryphon.COM> richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
>[wittiness reluctantly deleted]
>You may not, however, have the wherewithall to extract that information.

Richard, what colour's your wherewithall and is it anything like
an overall?

Hey, since I reckon all the newusers have been scared off why don't
we change the name of this newsgroup to something more appropriate
like news.oldusers.funny?

Ooh, this is about .sigs isn't it?  Look what I found in eunet.jokes
(disclaimer: I don't read eunet.jokes but Helen, who has the terminal
next to mine, does).

In article <2339@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk>,
 ahynes@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk (Andy Hynes) signs himself:

  __________
  |        | o           _________________________________________
  |        |/|          /                                         \
  |        | |         |  Andy Hynes, RT3121.                      |
  |________| |         |   British Telecom Research Laboratories,  |
      ||     |         |    Martlesham Heath,                      |
      ||     |         |     Ipswich, ENGLAND IP5 7RE.             |
      ||     O       __|                                           |
     ____           /__         Tel:   (0473) 646099               |
    / __ \     ____//  |        Email: ahynes@axion.bt.co.uk       |
   | |  | | __/____/    \_________________________________________/
   | |__| |/__/
    \____///
   ========
   |      |
    \    /
     |  |
 ____|__|____


An' here's mine (witchy version).
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Paola Kathuria  Zengrange UK LS9 8DB  [paola@zen.co.uk<->uunet!zen.co.uk!paola]
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