Re: grasping hand

Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> Fri, 9 Jul 2021 17:42:22 -0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups alt.ascii-art
Organization Some absurd concept
Message-ID <[email protected]>
In alt.ascii-art, 711 Spooky Mart  <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 6/10/21 6:23 AM, Colin Randall wrote:
> > .
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> >                               __     _-'
> >                           ___/  `-_-'   _-'
> >                       ___/   .    `. _-'
> >                      /   .    \     Y'
> >                   __/    \     \   _|
> >                  /   .    \     |-' `-.
> >                 /     \    \  _( \    /
> >                 |_     \   |-'  \__.-'
> >               _-' \    |_-'        /
> >            _-'   _-\__-'       __-'
> >          -'   _-i       _..--''
> >            _-'/ \____.-'/
> >          -'  /\        _|
> >             /  `._ _.-' |
> >            /            |
> >           |             |
> >           |            _|
> > cjr2021   |  `._ _ _.-'
> > 
> Nice form but too ambiguous. Edit the stick into a jagged thunderbolt?

To be Zeus readying himself to smote some mortal?

Just as a sidenote, _everytime_ I see this thread's subject I think of
_The Mote in God's Eye_ by Niven/Pournelle. The book deals with
humanity's interaction with a three armed species, and has phrasing like
"On one hand ..., on the other hand ..., but on the gripping hand ..."
There's a sequel to the book (which I have not read) called _The
Gripping Hand_. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mote_in_God%27s_Eye


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Not very spooky.

Elijah
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