# The Ultimate Straight Dope Art Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 2, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358 "2000-11-02T05:00:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/1 "2000-11-02T05:00:49Z")
β€¦πŸ˜•πŸ˜•πŸ˜•πŸ˜•πŸ˜•β€¦ β€¦πŸ˜•πŸ˜•πŸ˜•:(:(:(:(:(πŸ˜•πŸ˜•πŸ˜•β€¦ β€¦πŸ˜•πŸ˜•:(:(:(:p:p:p:(:(:(πŸ˜•πŸ˜•β€¦ β€¦πŸ˜•:(:(:(:p:p:p:):):):p:p:p:(:(:(πŸ˜•β€¦ β€¦πŸ˜•:(:p:p:p:):):)β­•o:o:):):):p:p:p:(πŸ˜•β€¦ β€¦πŸ˜•:(:p:p:):)β­•o:o:mad::mad::mad:β­•o:o:):):p:p:(πŸ˜•β€¦ β€¦πŸ˜•:(:p:):)β­•o:o:mad::mad:…:mad::mad:β­•o:o:):):p:(πŸ˜•β€¦ β€¦πŸ˜•:(:p:):)β­•o:mad::mad:…:mad::mad:β­•o:):):p:(πŸ˜• β€¦πŸ˜•:(:p:)β­•o:mad::mad:…:mad::mad:β­•o:):p:(πŸ˜• .πŸ˜•:(:p:)β­•mad::mad:…:mad::mad:β­•):p:(πŸ˜• πŸ˜•:(:p:)β­•mad:…:mad:β­•):p:(πŸ˜• I dedicate this thread to the delightful _spectrum_ of people\* at these boards. Please contribute quality art that you deem of interest. - Yeah, you too **Silent\_Bob**! ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/2 "2000-11-02T05:03:09Z")
Oh dear G-d, and I thought I was bored. Here’s some nice stuff if you’re into changing your desktop every twenty minutes like I am. [http://www.digitalblasphemy.com](http://www.digitalblasphemy.com) ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/3 "2000-11-02T05:05:10Z")
…;)…;)β€¦πŸ˜‰ …;):o;)…;):o;)…;):o;) …;)β­•eek::o;)…;)β­•eek::o;)…;)β­•eek::o;) …;):o;)…;):o;)…;):o;) …;):p…;)…:p;) …:p…:pβ€¦πŸ˜› …:p…:pβ€¦πŸ˜› …:p…:pβ€¦πŸ˜› …:p…:pβ€¦πŸ˜› …:p…:pβ€¦πŸ˜› …:p…:pβ€¦πŸ˜› …:p…:pβ€¦πŸ˜› …:p…:pβ€¦πŸ˜› …:p…:pβ€¦πŸ˜› …:p…:pβ€¦πŸ˜› β€¦πŸ†’πŸ†’πŸ†’πŸ†’πŸ†’πŸ†’πŸ†’πŸ†’πŸ†’πŸ†’ β€¦πŸ†’β€¦πŸ†’πŸ†’πŸ†’πŸ†’πŸ†’πŸ†’πŸ†’πŸ†’ …:p:p:pβ€¦πŸ†’ …:p:p:pβ€¦πŸ†’ …:p:p:pβ€¦πŸ†’ …:p.:p.πŸ˜› …:p…:pβ€¦πŸ˜› …:p…:pβ€¦πŸ˜› Just for you **Magdelene**. IMHO, you are a really sweet person! ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/4 "2000-11-02T05:08:23Z")
:quietly humming the theme of β€œPictures at an Exhibition”: dah dah dahhh, dah-duh dah, dah-duh dah, da dah dah dahhhhh. :pays museum admission fee: :rents self-guided audio tour at main desk: :picks up overpriced souvenir guide: :quick stop at lavatory: :enters exhibition hall: :flirts with security guard on duty: ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/5 "2000-11-02T05:09:16Z")
Is it just me or is anybody else getting weird interference pattern things happening with that rainbow. I feel dizzy. And it make sense of that ATMB thread. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/6 "2000-11-02T23:14:47Z")
So that’s how his post count goes up so fast… ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/7 "2000-11-02T23:18:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Saint Zero \* > \*\*So that’s how his post count goes up so fast… > > \*\* Each of these creations take hours. I could do dozens of β€œsmash and grab” posts in the time it takes to put together one of these monsters. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/8 "2000-11-03T00:20:53Z")
:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p … **Enter \>** :):):):p:):):):):p:):):):):):):):):):):)πŸ˜› :p:p:p:p:p:p:):p:):p:p:):p:):p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:)πŸ˜› :p:):):):):):):):):p:):):):):):):):):):):):):p:)πŸ˜› :p:):p:p:p:p:p:p:):p:):p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:):p:)πŸ˜› :p:):):):):):):p:):p:):):):):):):p:):):):):):p:)πŸ˜› :p:):p:p:p:p:):p:):p:):p:p:p:p:):p:):p:p:p:p:p:)πŸ˜› :p:):p:):):):):p:):p:):p:):):):):p:):p:):):):p:)πŸ˜› :p:):p:):p:p:p:p:):p:):p:):p:p:p:p:):p:):p:):p:)πŸ˜› :p:):p:):):):):p:):p:):p:):):):):p:):p:):p:):p:)πŸ˜› :p:):p:p:p:p:):p:):p:):p:p:p:p:):p:):):):p:):p:)πŸ˜› :p:):p:mad::):):):p:):p:):):):):p:):p:p:p:p:p:):p:)πŸ˜› :p:):p:p:p:p:p:p:):p:p:p:p:):p:):p:mad::p:):):):p:)πŸ˜› :p:):):):):):):p:):p:mad::):p:):p:):p:):p:):p:p:p:)πŸ˜› :p:p:p:p:p:p:):p:):p:p:):p:):p:):p:):p:):p:mad::p:)πŸ˜› :p:):):):):):):p:):):):):p:):p:):p:):p:):p:):p:)πŸ˜› :p:):p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:):p:):p:):p:):p:):p:)πŸ˜› :p:):p:):):):p:):):):):):):):p:):p:):p:):p:):p:)πŸ˜› :p:):p:):p:):p:):p:p:p:p:p:p:p:):p:):p:):):):p:)πŸ˜› :p:):p:):p:):p:):p:):):):):):p:):p:):p:p:p:p:p:)πŸ˜› :p:):p:):p:):p:):p:):p:p:p:):p:):p:):):):):):):)πŸ˜› :p:):p:):p:):p:):):):p:mad::p:):p:mad::p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p :p:):p:):p:):p:p:p:p:p:):p:):p:p:p:):):):p:):):)πŸ˜› :p:):):):p:):):):):):):):p:):):):):):p:):):):p:)πŸ†’ :p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p ---
**Author:** ![Welfy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e56c9b/32.png) [@Welfy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Welfy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/9 "2000-11-03T00:25:49Z")
OW! My FRIGGIN’ EYES!!! :wally ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/10 "2000-11-03T00:27:50Z")
Zen: That’s sweet! I especially like the way the smilies progress from angry to questioning on the spectrum of the rainbow. Muy bonita! ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/11 "2000-11-03T00:44:58Z")
Well, that will teach me to trust the preview. Shoulda test drove that one over at my worthless thread!!! Vot a pisser!!! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/12 "2000-11-03T00:50:41Z")
Electron, electron. My kingdom for an electron. There is no way I have even close to the patience it would take to put that kind of thing together. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/13 "2000-11-03T02:57:11Z")
Zenster, I’ve never been happy with your canonization. I hereby make you Patron Saint of Smiley Art. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/14 "2000-11-03T03:53:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SwimmingRiddles \* > \*\*Zenster, I’ve never been happy with your canonization. I hereby make you Patron Saint of Smiley Art. \*\* [Zachary Smith] β€œNnnneoooooooo” [/Zachary Smith] Please refer to [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=35943) thread before you doom me to your otherwise entirely beneficent designation. By all that is worthy upon this planet, please allow me to remain the benefactor of recipes. ::gets up off of bruised and bledding knees:: ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/15 "2000-11-03T03:55:11Z")
**Bleeeeeeeeeeeeding**!!! ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Zero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Saint\_Zero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Zero)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/16 "2000-11-03T03:58:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zenster \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Saint Zero \* > > \*\*So that’s how his post count goes up so fast… > > > > \*\* > > Each of these creations take hours. I could do dozens of β€œsmash and grab” posts in the time it takes to put together one of these monsters. \*\* Oh, I was browsing the β€œAbout this Board” forum and saw your test posts. That’s what I was refering to. Nothing implying that there was any substandard posting going on, mind you. πŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/17 "2000-11-03T05:49:57Z")
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**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/18 "2000-11-03T08:49:07Z")
Right on **Enderw23**! Thank you for contributing the first piece of β€œoutside” art to the SD Art Gallery. How ironic that my last post was over at the **Lest We Forget** thread. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/19 "2000-11-03T08:56:16Z")
To see the last two submissions in their intended form, hit reply and scan down until the earlier posts scroll by. You will see **Enderw23** ’s art and my maze in their correct configurations. ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358/20 "2000-11-03T15:56:03Z")
Ok, Ok, I take it back. ::grumbletrytobenicegrumble:: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-straight-dope-art-thread/39358.md?page=2)