From hecate.umd.edu!marshall Wed Sep  3 09:37:36 EDT 1997
Article: 36520 of alt.fan.warlord
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From: marshall@astro.umd.edu (James Marshall)
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Subject: AFW: Gypsy's Song
Date: 3 Sep 1997 13:37:17 GMT
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Here's one that I found last week and saved before posting.

Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc
From: Mike 
Subject: Gypsy's Song
Message-ID: 
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 18:42:21 GMT

[short post (3 line request and 3 line poem) snipped, ending with . . . ]

>-- 
>					 -Mike
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>|(-o-)                                                              |
>|My bratwurst has a first name, it's F-R-I-T-Z.  My bratwurst has   |
>|a second name, it's S-C-H-N-A-C-K-E-N-P-F-E-F-F-E-R-H-A-U-S-E-N... |
>|				-Young Ranier Wolfcastle             |
>|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
>| Visit my adequate website!                          |   \||//     |
>|http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2352/index.html |   |O O|     |
>|------------------------------------------------------oOOo(_)oOOo--|
>| Close your eyes,                 |                                |
>| Go to Sleep,                     |         It's a trap!           |
>| be absorbed by the collective... |                                |
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

Interesting conglomeration.  The poem that he put in his post is repeated
in the lower left box of his sig and there's an Imperial Tie Fighter flying
around in the upper left corner of the sig.  How he got his homepage inside
Area 51 I can't imagine.  Maybe that person is spying over the wall of Area 51
and telling us "It's a trap!" thus warning us not to come inside.  Probably
a good idea with that Tie Fighter preparing to attack.

>-- 
>					 -Mike
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>|                                                                   |
>|       (-o-) ===================================================== |
>|a second name, it's S-C-H-N-A-C-K-E-N-P-F-E-F-F-E-R-H-A-U-S-E-N... |
>|				-Young Ranier Wolfcastle             |
>|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
>| Visit my adequate website!                          |   \||//     |
>|http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2352/index.html |   |O O|     |
>|------------------------------------------------------oOOo(_)oOOo--|
>| Close your eyes,                 |                                |
>| Go to Sleep,                     |         It's a trap!           |
>| be absorbed by the collective... |                                |
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

There goes the Tie Fighter, blasting away at that quote.

>-- 
>					 -Mike
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>|                                                                   |
>|              (-o-) ============================================== |
>|				-Young Ranier Wolfcastle             |
>|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
>| Visit my adequate website!                          |   \||//     |
>|http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2352/index.html |   |O O|     |
>|------------------------------------------------------oOOo(_)oOOo--|
>| Close your eyes,                 |                                |
>| Go to Sleep,                     |         It's a trap!           |
>| be absorbed by the collective... |                                |
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

Hmm, without the support from that quote, the sig is starting to collapse.

>-- 
>					 -Mike
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>|                                                                   |
>|                     (-o-) ======================================= |
>|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
>| Visit my adequate website!                          |   \||//     |
>|http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2352/index.html |   |O O|     |
>|------------------------------------------------------oOOo(_)oOOo--|
>| Close your eyes,                 |                                |
>| Go to Sleep,                     |         It's a trap!           |
>| be absorbed by the collective... |                                |
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

The Tie Fighter's going to have to zip across the sig and drop down through
the gap by the person pretty quickly to avoid being crushed by the collapsing
sig.  I think he'll make it; Tie Fighters can move fast.

>-- 
>					 -Mike
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>|                                                              (-o-)|
>|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
>| Visit my adequate website!                          |   \||//     |
>|http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2352/index.html |   |- -|     |
>|------------------------------------------------------oOOo(_)oOOo--|
>| Close your eyes,                 |                                |
>| Go to Sleep,                     |         It's a trap!           |
>| be absorbed by the collective... |                                |
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

Yep, the Fighter will get through.  The person's spotted him though; he's
starting to blink.  Instead of saying, "It's a trap!" the person is now
saying . . .

>-- 
>					 -Mike
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| Visit my adequate website!                          |   \||//(-o-)|
>|http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2352/index.html |   |@ @|     |
>|------------------------------------------------------oOOo(_)oOOo--|
>| Close your eyes,                 |                      /         |
>| Go to Sleep,                     |             I'm trapped!       |
>| be absorbed by the collective... |                                |
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

The person looks more surprised now than before.  Probably because he's
going to lose a hand as the Fighter flies by.

>-- 
>					 -Mike
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| Visit my adequate website!                          |   \||// Ow! |
>|http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2352/index.html |   |@ @|/    |
>|------------------------------------------------------oOOo(_)o(-o-)|
>| Close your eyes,                 |                      /         |
>| Go to Sleep,                     |             I'm trapped!       |
>| be absorbed by the collective... |                                |
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

Poor guy.  Oh well.  Looks like the Tie Fighter's making a run on the lower
half of the sig now.

>-- 
>					 -Mike
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| Visit my adequate website!                          |   \||//*cry*|
>|http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2352/index.html |   |. .|/    |
>|------------------------------------------------------oOOo(_)o-----|
>| ============================================================ (-o-)|
>| Go to Sleep,                     |             I'm trapped!       |
>| be absorbed by the collective... |                                |
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

And once again, the sig collapses under lack of support.  The person still
has one finger of his left hand left, though, not a complete loss.

>-- 
>					 -Mike
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| Visit my adequate website!                          |   \||//*sob*|
>|http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2352/index.html |   |. .|/    |
>|------------------------------------------------------oOOo(_)o-----|
>| ===================================================== (-o-)       |
>| be absorbed by the collective... |                                |
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

One more line.  Then the Fighter can jump into hyperspace and escape.

>-- 
>					 -Mike
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| Visit my adequate website!                          |   \||//     |
>|http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2352/index.html |   |. .|     |
>|------------------------------------------------------oOOo(_)o-----|
>| ============================================== (-o-)              |
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

There he goes!

>-- 
>					 -Mike
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| Visit my adequate website!                          |   \||//     |
>|http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2352/index.html |   |. .|     |
>|-------------------------------------------------\|/--oOOo(_)o-----|
>+-------------------------------------------------~*~---------------+
>                                                  /|\

The sig collapses down one last line.

>-- 
>					 -Mike
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| Visit my adequate website!                          |   \||//     |
>|http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2352/index.html |   |. .|     |
>+------------------------------------------------------oOOo(_)o-----+

A few adjustments to what's left and we're done.

>-- 
>+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| Visit my less than adequate website!                |   \||// Mike|
>|http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2352/index.html |   |. .| <-- |
>+------------------------------------------------------oOOo(_)o-----+

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