Happy birthday Carla

[miriam_e]

                                               __  _
                              (            .-.'  `; `-._  __  _
      c~~p ,---------.       `-`-.        (_,         .-:'  `; `-._
 ,---'oo  )           \      '( @ >     ,'o"(        (_,           )
( O O                  )/     _) (     (__,-'      ,'o"(            )>
 `=^='                 /     /    )       (       (__,-'            )
       \    ,     .   /     /_,'  /        `-'._.--._(             )
       \\  |-----'|  /        \  /            |||  |||`-'._.--._.-'
       ||__|    |_|__|     ===m""m===                    |||  |||
             Hippo            Birdie               Two Ewes
                                               __  _
                              (            .-.'  `; `-._  __  _
      c~~p ,---------.       `-`-.        (_,         .-:'  `; `-._
 ,---'oo  )           \      '( @ >     ,'o"(        (_,           )
( O O                  )/     _) (     (__,-'      ,'o"(            )>
 `=^='                 /     /    )       (       (__,-'            )
       \    ,     .   /     /_,'  /        `-'._.--._(             )
       \\  |-----'|  /        \  /            |||  |||`-'._.--._.-'
       ||__|    |_|__|     ===m""m===                    |||  |||
            Hippo            Birdie               Two Ewes

                              (
      c~~p ,---------.       `-`-.
 ,---'oo  )           \      '( @ >
( O O                  )/     _) (
 `=^='                 /     /    )
       \    ,     .   /     /_,'  /
       \\  |-----'|  /        \  /
       ||__|    |_|__|     ===m""m===
            Hippo            Birdie

                (             )
                 `--(_   _)--'
                      Y-Y
                     /@@ \
                    /     \
                    `--'.  \             ,
                        |   `.__________/)
                            Deer

                       Carla
                                               __  _
                              (            .-.'  `; `-._  __  _
      c~~p ,---------.       `-`-.        (_,         .-:'  `; `-._
 ,---'oo  )           \      '( @ >     ,'o"(        (_,           )
( O O                  )/     _) (     (__,-'      ,'o"(            )>
 `=^='                 /     /    )       (       (__,-'            )
       \    ,     .   /     /_,'  /        `-'._.--._(             )
       \\  |-----'|  /        \  /            |||  |||`-'._.--._.-'
       ||__|    |_|__|     ===m""m===                    |||  |||
            Hippo            Birdie               Two Ewes

(Hint: if you don't get it, read it aloud.)
Sandra Boynton did the original actual drawing and B.D.S."Don"McConnell aka bdsm did the excellent ASCII rendition.

Comments

[usuakari.livejournal.com]

Nice ASCII work! :)

[rosanegra.livejournal.com]

that is sooo cool! Ok yes I sometimes become amazed by simple things.

[seedy-girl.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! And thank you!

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

I can't take credit for it. I found it on the net many, many years ago. Some guy named B.D.S."Don" McConnell did it.

Decades ago I had the original card by the incredibly funny and talented Sandra Boynton. Here is a link to her wonderful pages online. (http://www.sandraboynton.com/sboynton/index.html) And here is her original 1975 hippo-birdie card and a later version she made in 2002 (http://www.sandraboynton.com/sboynton.com.data/Components/Greeting%20Card%20Images/hippobirdies2.gif).

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

I just found the new site for the ASCII art dictionary, which has the hippo-birdy ASCII art:
http://www.ascii-art.de/ascii/ab/birthday.txt
The dictionary itself is at:
http://www.ascii-art.de/

[usuakari.livejournal.com]

Very funky. :)