% X-NEWS: spcvxb news.admin.policy: 669 P Relay-Version: VMS News - V6.1B4+SPC1 6/9/92 VAX/VMS V5.5-1; site spcvxb.spc.edu Path: spcvxb!rutgers!noao!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnewsc!cbfsb!cbnewsf.cb.att.com!forbes q Newsgroups: news.groups,alt.flame,talk.bizarre,news.admin.policy,rec.music.synth,rec.music.makers.synth,rec.humor 3 Subject: =5= The Last of the Usenet Winter Olympics 5 Message-ID: <1992Nov18.073649.23538@cbfsb.cb.att.com> . From: forbes@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (Scott Forbes) Date: 18 Nov 92 07:36:49 GMT Sender: news@cbfsb.cb.att.com  Followup-To: rec.humor References: <1992Nov15.072436.11408@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Nov16.060508.16368@cbfsb.cb.att.com> <1992Nov17.072636.13387@cbfsb.cb.att.com> / Organization: Usenet Sports Programming Network A Keywords: Usenet Winter Olympics coverage -- exclusively on USPN! F Summary: Not that the competition actually *stops* or anything, but...
 Lines: 116B Xref: spcvxb news.groups:42055 alt.flame:39290 talk.bizarre:74100 W  news.admin.policy:669 rec.music.synth:33695 rec.music.makers.synth:190 rec.humor:61530          \\=    ////     The Usenet Sports Programming Network presents...    (____)    \  /      ||     ||  @                           \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||    \\A                          ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||   //// E    The 1992 Usenet      (____)      (____)      (____)      (____)    A    W I N T E R           \  /        \  /        \  /        \  / @    Olympics         \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||@                    ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||<                   (____)      (____)      (____)      (____);                    \  /        \  /        \  /        \  / :               \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||:              ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||6             (____)      (____)      (____)      (____)5              \  /        \  /        \  /        \  / 4         \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||4        ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||0       (____)      (____)      (____)      (____)/        \  /        \  /        \  /        \  / .   \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||.  ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||* (____)      (____)      (____)      (____))  \  /        \  /        \  /        \  / C   ||    \\    ||    \\    ||    \\    ||         Closing Ceremonies (   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||   ////   ||   Bryant: ? >Once again the Usenet Olympics draw to a close -- the athletes A >burned out, the facilities destroyed -- and we here at USPN give A >you our special thanks for watching with us as we recorded these A >exciting moments in Usenet sporting history.  As always, we look B >forward to the next Olympics in Summer 1993, and hope you'll join) >us then for another thrilling spectacle.  > ? >We'd like to leave you with this collection of highlights from A >Usenet Olympic history past and present -- a collection of hopes A >and dreams, and moments to remember in net.history.  Have a safe 9 >and flame-free holiday season, and we'll see you in '93.       B                    _______________________________________________C                   |                                               | C                   |            |              |                   | C The 1992 Usenet   |            | |            | |         [ ]     | C Winter Olympics   |            | |            | |          |  o   | C                   |            | |            | |          |--+-- | C                   |           ._-+---__.     /| |             |   | C brought to you    |          /  /|      '---'  /|             |   | C      by           |  --.    /                   |            / \  | C                   |  'xx'--'                    /  *        /   \ | C  Scott Forbes     |   vv-----------------------'--'               | C                   '_______________________________________________'     %  ____________________________________ & |                      .__________.  |6 |                      |          |  |  With help from& |                      |   ____   |  |& |                      |  ^____^  |  |? |                      '---\\//---'  |  caffeinated soft drinks & |        "Did not!"        \\//      |< |   U       U       U                |  sugar frosted cereal& |  -+-  U  -+-  U  -+-               |8 |   |  -+-  |  -+-  |                |  Music Television& |  / \  |  / \  |  / \               |, |      / \     / \                   |  etc.& '____________________________________'  B                                                   ________________C Inspiration provided by                          |   . o          | C  Dave Hayes    Chip Salzenberg     Tim Pierce    |    x           | C  Joel Furr     Rich Kulawiec       Jay Maynard   |  -/ '          | C  Francis Uy    Gordon Van Huizen   Laird Nelson  |   |   __       | C  Bill Fenner   Jesper Lauridsen    John Stanley  |      / /  o    | C  Ken Arromdee  Karleenus Schwartz Davis          |      \ \ / o   | C  Samuel Ko     G. Wolfe Woodbury   Michael Nolan |       \ \ / o  | C  Mark Brader   Gene, Dave, Brad, Peter and Kent  |        \ \ /   | C                                                  |         \ \/\  | C  the _Illuminatus!_ trilogy by Wilson & Shea     |          \__/  | C                                                  '________________'     ____________________ C |                    |  Producer.....................Robert Redford C | "En garde!"    |   |  Director..........................Spike Lee  |                |   |A |             O) *   |    Oh, you wanted credits for *this* movie  |           --+--'   |C |             |      |  Equipment..............Allied Office Supply C |            / \     |  Catering by..................Domino's Pizza C |    -------/   \----|  Power provided by.......Commonwealth Edison , |   -----------------|  Mr. Forbes' wardrobeC '____________________'   selected by.....................Gail Stern   B                                                       ____________C                                                      |            | C The preceding events are fictional, sort of.         |   |-__-''. | C There is no secret Backbone Cabal trying to gain     |   |  /\  | | C control of the net and drive normal people insane    |   | (  ) | | C with silly Guidelines and anal-retentive policies    |   |-__-''  | C written in stone by a committee of lunatics.         |   |        | C                                                      |            | C                                                      |  . U .     | C I think.                                             |   -*-      | C                                                      |    |       | C                                                      |   / \      | C                                                      '____________'   < "Usenet Winter Olympics" copyright (c) 1992 by Scott Forbes.> All rights reserved.  May not be reproduced for profit without= prior consent of the author.  Void where prohibited or taxed. 