G'day mate
We're not too clever down here. kangeROO and platyPUS
PUS doesn't sound quite right! D'ya think she'll gofor PUSSY mate?
After all "after a hard days work, a man could really go for" a roo and some pussy.
The TV advert that I stole the by-line from ends with "a real cold beer"
Ted Harding wrote:
On 02-Dec-04 Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
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Excellent replies,
So a couple of questions about preferences for the mascot:
1. Does the mascot need to have a name that starts with R? Is that usually the way it works?
So far the possibilities put forward are: Ray, Ram, Inch Worm, Rhinoceros
R.oo (http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R/R.oo/), ooops Roo, which is Australian slang for Kangaroo. http://images.google.com/images?q=roo
Cheers
Henrik Bengtsson
(And of course ".oo" suggests the OO aspect of R as well).
But what appeals to me about this suggestion is that it made me recall "cartoon" drawings I saw many years ago, illustrating "leptokurtic" and "platykurtic".
The "platykurtic" was a profile drawing of a platypus, illustrating the flat-topped profile of such a distribution.
The "leptokurtic" showed two kanagaroos in profile, upright, face-to-face, with tails outstretched on the ground behind them. The envelope of this drawing illustrated the high peak and the long tails. (And of course they are good "leppers").
Can anyone remember where this appeared?
Perhaps these would be really appropriate mascots!
(And if we call the kangaroo "R.oo", what shall we call the platypus? Perhaps our cobbers in Oz can give us a hint.)
Cheers, Ted.
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