From: spam@no.spam   
      
   On 2020-12-27, Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:   
   > In alt.ascii-art, Harry Mason wrote:   
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   >> / \ | |   
   >> \ / / [a garbled Christmas elf] |   
   >> /\ /-'|___________________________|   
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   >> |H=H|   
   >   
   > Alas, my newsreader garbled this. My window is 100 characters wide, how   
   > wide does it need to be for this one?   
      
   135. But here's a tweaked version that fits in 80. The elves won't mind a   
   high-rise office:   
      
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    \---/ hjm [==] /_/\_\   
      
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