No, MIchigan is "the Wolverine" state. More on Wolverines at http://www.wolverinefoundation.org/. More on Badgers at http://www.badgers.org.uk/links/. I think we can all agree that Wolverines are a lot more interesting and exotic than badgers. Indian mythology describes the wolverine as a trickster-hero, and a link to the spirit world. Perhaps unrelated, or perhaps not, is the historical fact that Michigan (the trickster Wolverine) in a deal with Ohio (the Buckeye State whose official animal is the White-Tailed Deer) took the upper part of Wisconsin ("the Upper Peninsula") away from Wisconsin in exchange for giving Toledo to Ohio. If you badger someone in Wisconsin about this, they usually just shrug their shoulders.
Should Fluxlist have an official trickster-hero? > > i like iin the Badger State--Wisconsin, usa-- > > > I thought it was Michigan??? On Wed, 26 May 2004 17:26:38 -0500, David-Baptiste Chirot wrote: > Esteemed Ones: > with all the tlak of badgers-- > i like iin the Badger State--Wisconsin, usa-- > the mascot/image of the sports teams (formidable ones i may add-- > including 3 Rose Bowl wins in last ten years and several Big Ten > Championships in american college football)--are called The Badgers- > -and the mascot is "Bucky Badger"--for his buckteeth--ferocious > forward strolling on two legs badger--! > once wrote to ask badger girl if she was from Wisconsin--but isn't-- > i grew up in Vermont, the Catamount being our mascot--a wild cat > that is supposedly extinct yet occaisionally still claimed to be > sighted-- i live in Milwaukee --the mascot/symbol of the University > of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a black panther--and Marquette, in a very > controversial decision, changed from being the Warriors, which > offended American Indian groups, to the Golden Eagles-- the State > Motto is: forward have always liked that one--in which of the four > directions moving forward?--towards where?-- > well, as the song says, "On Wisconsin"--!follwoing our Badger > leader-- > > >> From: "Roger Stevens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: >> FLUXLIST: what is Fluxus? Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 22:47:04 +0100 >> >> >> Badgergirl asks - And you, Roger Dodger? Are you well? >> >> >> I am indeed, thank you. I was visiting an infant school in >> Shoeburyness today and saw a road sign which said Beware of >> Badgers. Well, actually it was a red triangle which simply said >> Badgers. I would have stopped to photograph it but I was in a >> stream of medium to slow moving traffic at the time. >> >> That's twice I've thought of you in the last week. Weird, eh? >> >> >> -Roger >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Roger Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: May 24, >> 2004 4:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FLUXLIST: >> what is Fluxus? >> >> Hey Badger Girl >> >> >> With all the hoo ha going on I was only thinking this morning - >> haven't heard from badger girl for a while >> >> And here you are >> >> >> Hi! How's it going? >> >> >> XXX >> Roger >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of badgergirl Sent: 24 May 2004 >> 18:37 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: what is >> Fluxus? >> >> No, no! That goes down stairs.... Alone or in pairs. >> >> >> BG >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: jonah hex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: May 23, 2004 8:23 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: what is Fluxus? >> >> >> I thought Fluxus was a slinky...or, um... > > > Get 200+ ad-free, high-fidelity stations and LIVE Major League > Baseball Gameday Audio!
