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From: bud@ms.uky.edu (William K Glunt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: The Guy Smoking The Pipe
Message-ID: <1991Mar12.035913.5352@ms.uky.edu>
Date: 12 Mar 91 03:59:13 GMT
References: <9103120348.AA10290@lilac.berkeley.edu>
Organization: University of Kentucky
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In article <9103120348.AA10290@lilac.berkeley.edu> DJOHNSON@MSU.BITNET ("David_A.Johnson") writes:
>Okay, now...  Here's a more lighthearted (but certainly _not_ unimportant)
>topic for discussion:
>
>I'm sure that most of you are familiar with the four characters within the ST
>character set which, when arranged properly, create the image of a gentleman
>smoking a pipe (and liking it, apparently--he's smiling).  I've heard that the
>guys at Atari gave this figure a name when they designed the ST.  My question
>is this:  Does anyone know the name of the The Guy Smoking The Pipe?



 The guy with the pipe is J.R. "Bob" Dobbs.  Run down to
your local bookstore and find _The book of the Subgenius_
and _Three fisted tales of "Bob"_ for more info.

Seems like some of the folks at Atari had Slack way back.

Bud

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