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Sometimes I even had | | | to move unraveled threads out of my | | | eyes. | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | | o . ~ - | | _,==,_ | ` _,==,_ 9 | | (_oYu-+) | . 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(____(____| . . . . . . .| | | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | +--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | At some point my parents took notice and tried to get me to stop wearing it. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | o . ~ - ,__________, | | | ` _,==,_ 9 _--_ | | | | | . (_oYu-+) ///\\\ | | | | | /,9.,-=\ ,--------------, ||O O || | | | | | \ ` / ----. ( Get that ) .-- || = || | | | | | ,-`--`-, | ( disgusting )-` ||`--`|| | | | | | ,|\ `-- /``\ | ( thing off of ) ,|||\_/`||`\ | o | | | | ( ````` ) | ( your head! ) / ` ` ) | | | | | | | | | | | | `--------------` / // | | | | | | | | | ` | | | `\-----, ____/ / \ __ | | | | | | | | | ` | | ( No! ) ``X_____/ | | | | | | | |________| | | |__`-----`_________________| |_|__|__________|__| | | |_| / \ |_| |______|X` / | | \X|```----|X/ | |` / | | `|/ + \|` | /\ | / | | | | | | || | / | | | | | | || | / | | | | | | || | / | | | | _| | || | / | | |`--|-` |_ __|\_||\_| / | | |____)____) (____(____| / | | / | | / | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Finally they got fed up, and for my 16th birthday, I received a new hat. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | __/##\__ | | _=;"" |/:|\,,"";=_ | | ___________________________.-"" /#####\###\, ""-.__________, | | / ./ /####/ ## `##\, \. /| | | / / /###/ ## `###, _\ / | | |/ ,/ /#/ /## `###\/ `#, / | | | ,-"`|\.## ##/ \| ::| / . | | | ,-"` `\/-, ## |.::/`/ /| | _.-| | _,-"` ":,`:. ## __,~`/,:" / / | |_______/___| | .-"` `-._``--,,_##__,,,--' ,-" / /| | |. . ,/` . .| | | :;--..__ __..--"" / /,---------%----, | | `\ ,,=` ``` / /( I'm not sure )| | "*, __.=" / / ( I like this? )| | `"-,,_...=="" / / . `--------------`.| | / / . . | | | . . . . . | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | I was not too keen on the idea at first. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | o . ~ - ,__________, | | | ` _,==,_ 9 _--_ | | | | | . 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( Why are you ) .-- || = || | | | | | ,-`--`-, | ( still wearing )` ||`--`|| | | | | | ,|\ `-- /``\ | ( that gross ) ,|||\_/`||_ | o | | | | ( ````` ) | ( hat?! ) / ` ` \ | | | | | | | | | | | | `---------------` / // |\ \ | | | | | | | ` | | | `\-----------, \ \\ __ |/ / | | | | | | | ` | | ( I like it ) \ \ / / | | | | |________| | | |__`-----------`__________`X, ,X`___|__________|__| | | |_| / \ |_| |______| / | | \X|```----|X/ | | / | | `|/ + \|` | /\ | / | | | | | | || | / | | | | | | || | / | | | | | | || | / | | | | _| | || | / | | |`--|-` |_ __|\_||\_| / | | |____)____) (____(____| / | | / | | / | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Eventually though, after a few months (and a custom made patch) I came to | | accept the new hat as a replacement for the old, disrepaired one. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | __/##\__ | | _=;"" |/:|\,,"";=_ | | ___________________________.L"" /#####\###\, ""-.__________, | | / ./ \/####/ ## `##\, \. /| | | / //,O / ## `###, _\ / | | |/ ,/ \#'/ /## `###\/ `#, / | | | ,-"`|\.#\/ ##/ \| ::| / . | | | ,-"` `\/-, ## |.::/`/ /| | _.-| | _,-"` ":,`:. ## __,~`/,:" / / | |_______/___| | .-"` `-._``--,,_##__,,,--' ,-" / /| | |. . ,/` . .| | | :;--..__ __..--"" / /,---------%----, | | `\ ,,=` ``` / /( The new patch )| | "*, __.=" / / ( looks good! )| | `"-,,_...=="" / / . `--------------`.| | / / . . | | | . . . . . | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | At long last, I finally moved my pins to the new hat, accepting it as my new | | daily accessory. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | __/##\__ | | _=;"" _/|:\,_"";=_ | | ___________________________.L""/##\ ,__##,/IB\ ""-.__________, | | / ./ \ \##/ |@@__|\EW/ |``| \. /| | | / //,O / _,-,_|____| . |AR| ##_\ / | | |/ ,/ \#'/,/Rover\,## /%\ |__| / `#, / | | | ,-"`|\.#\/ |Driver!|#/ /$5 \ | ::| / . | | | ,-"` `\/-, `\_=Y=_/`# /R_.-` [=] |.::/`/ /| | | | _,-"` ":,`:. `-` ## :-" __,~`/,:" / / | |___________| | .-"` `-._``--,,_##__,,,--' ,-" / /| | |. . . . . .| | | :;--..__ __..--"" / / | | | . . . . . | | `\ ,,=` ``` / / .| | |. . . . . .| | "*, __.=" / / . | | | . . . . . | | `"-,,_...=="" / / . .| | |. . . . . .| | / / . . | | | . . . . . | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | ________ ______ ____ | | /_ __/ /_ ___ / ____/___ ____/ / / | | / / / __ \/ _ \ / __/ / __ \/ __ / / | | / / / / / / __/ / /___/ / / / /_/ /_/ | | /_/ /_/ /_/\___/ /_____/_/ /_/\__,_(_) | | | +==============================================================================+ +==============================================================================+ | | | //\ | | Proudly made using // \ | | ,___//_,,_\__, | | Download at |_, _||_ _| | | http://www.vim.org | | / /\ | | /| | / / \ | | //| |/ / \ | | \\| /___ ,/__, | | \| / | | | | | | Comic by: \\__/ _|_/| | | | Charlie Sands \\ / | | \\ / | | Mr. Riley \\ / | | (H) English 10 \\/ | +==============================================================================+