Bill Hirst

Dated: June 25, 1991 through January 10, 1993

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Impressions of driving across the Great Salt Lake desert (looks better at 43 lines)



                    "The Emoticon Family"


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Tonezone, you don't need clippers, you need a weed wacky, er, whacker.


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I started with the sports car and got carried away. Maybe I spent too much
time driving today.

  "Traffic"

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 This started out as a heart for Valentine's day. Sometimes things
 don't turn out quite the way you expect.




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        A big bowl of chicken soup for anyone with a cold or flu.
              (Please copy and distribute as necessary)

Mush!

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      I just flew in from the coast...

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       Boy, are my arms tired.



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     A funds cut strikes NASA

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I can't remember if I put this up before.



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 The Cat o' Nines Tail


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 "ASCII MONEY"



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This is roughly what my cat Smoky looked like the day she got herself trapped
in the silverware drawer.


                 SMOKY, THE SILVERWARE CAT

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