
      \/\/ e ' r e                    

              ooo           
             oo.o  ooOoO    
              o.O  o.  o     
              o.O  O . O                 _ 
              oOO  o  .O   \ /          | |
              OOO  oooOO    | e a r s   |_| l d . . .
             OOOOO  

                             
           It's been a long hard road, but, like, we did it!

The shiny Xmas lights beckon,reflected on the upturned perspiring faces 
of the Maggie production team,  as they hurl abject adjectives into the 
far corner, in a desperate search for something new to say..

This is the official /\/\aggie 10th Anniversary readme.1st file, a sure 
sign that we're finally, and rapidly approaching the last stage of this 
epic landmark.  Yes, Maggie has made a whole decade's worth, ten years, 
and a bit more added on for those inevitable delays. 

Anyway, in the gaps between me thinking of something worthwhile to say, 
I  invited  some ASCII guest celebrities to fill in.  Look's  like  the 
first of them are here now...
   
 ~O   o 
. o .o ~O       "Hi, we're a bunch of cuddly cancer cells, on
 .oO .o          our way to pass fraternal greetings to that 
o .~o   .O       jackbooted mothersucker, Saddam Hussein!"


Errm,  right,  never  heard  of anyone actually dying of cancer of  the 
rectum before, but I suppose there always is a first time!?

Returning to more mundane,  less life-threatening matters, you may care 
to peruse the contents of the issue itself, once you get over the ASCII 
antics  of our guest celebrities.  There is a large spread of text,  as 
always.  You get a double helping of lengthily detailed travel reports, 
as  we manage to cover two coding parties in the time since  Maggie  28 
was unleashed.

Ah,  looks like the second visitor is here now.  It's Hannibal Lecter's 
torso-less  dripping head  ventriloquists  dummy with his eyes  scooped 
out.. Come on down!

                                                 \\\\\\
    "I can sing you a song, anything you like.  / *  * \  
     Tangerine aubergine dreamworld..          ()  _\  () 
     La la, la la, la la, hey hey!"             \  __  / 
                                                 \..../     
                                                  |  |   
                                                  ~~~~    
                                                 ' , .,    
                                                 '  ' 
Poor fellow,  another 'acid casualty' left over from the 1960's, but in 
his case, the 'acid' was sulphuric!

Quite  apart  from that,  there are the usual spread of demo,  game and 
utility reviews, with one or two surprises, I might add. What are they? 
Well, you'll have to check inside to see!

But  who's  this,  swerving  wildly  between the  cake-stand,  and  the 
carelessly  playing  fluffy  lambs?  Why,  it's Michael Schumaker,  the 
Formula One champion, riding a stolen kiddies go-kart!

      o       
      |\\     "Neeeooww! It's not stolen, it's mine, y'hear?      
     |-| |     Mine, mine, mine, mine. MINE!" 
     O---O-O

Okay  Michael,  as you're officially worth a lot of money,  we'd better 
leave it at that.

There  is  a  fair  bit  in  this  issue,  along  the  lines  of  '10th 
Anniversary' and 'commemoration', or 'remembrance'. Somewhere, there is 
a  complete  issues listing,  a more or less complete  'Maggie  People' 
listing, and a generally piss-poorly responded to "Where are they now?" 
section.

Now  look,  we've  got a very special ASCII celebrity,  it's none other 
than  Madonna,  in  her  muscular,  somewhat bony  looking,  ponytailed 
incarnation, and she's wearing a corset!!
                  ,
                 \o/  "Hey guys, watch me do my   
                  Y    exercises!" 
                 / \
                 
Phew!  This readme.now is getting hotter all the time, what is going to 
happen next? 

Eee-oooh,  but  what's this?  It looks like the Teletubby Invaders have 
arrived,  and  they're gatecrashing the readme.now,  with some sinister 
plan of their own!?
                                                v              "EEK!"
  "Wave upon wave of demented avengers,        _O_      :        ,
   march cheerfully out of obscurity          /(_)\    _O__     \o/
   into the ice cream!"                H       | |    /(_)       Y      
                                      _O_        o     / \      / \
                                     |(_)|      _O_ 
                                      / \      /(_)\      
                                                | \        
                                                         
Well,  we'd better clear away some of that mess, once I can hear myself 
over the screaming, that is!

This  probably isn't going to be quite the life-changing entity that  I 
originally envisioned,  but it is still hopefully a pretty decent issue 
of Maggie,  and well up to contemporary standards.  I'm sure there will 
be  some  people at STNICC who haven't checked us out for  a  good  few 
years, who may be surprised we are still around, and also how different 
it all is, from those crazy times a decade ago.

Also  hopefully that they will still be able to spot  an  indefatigable 
Maggie spirit still running through, even after all this time!

I'd better leave the last word to a flatheaded ASCII version of  former 
top diskmag editor, Richard Karsmakers. Take it away Rich!

   ....
  |--OO   "Has that Ravel's Bolero stopped playing yet?"
  |  _\  
  (___)   
 
And with that, get out of here, and into the rest of the issue, NOW!!!

    C i H  for Maggie on 12.12.00
  
   
