Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-02-01 Thread Phillip R. Jaenke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On 1 Feb 1999, Rob Browning wrote: > > Why a dolphin? Well, they're intelligent. Definitely > > intelligent. They're pretty cute. :) And they're definitely > > flexible. (I'd like to see *you* burst out of the water, do a > > backflip or two midair, and make a p

Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-02-01 Thread Rob Browning
"Alexander N. Benner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ok .. beat me for this .. but it does not realy meen 'good bye and > thankyou for the fish' ! Dolphins are not more intelligent then paes > or other animals. Intelligence referes also to somewhat of abstract > thinking which no animal has. Um.

Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-02-01 Thread Rob Browning
"Phillip R. Jaenke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why a dolphin? Well, they're intelligent. Definitely > intelligent. They're pretty cute. :) And they're definitely > flexible. (I'd like to see *you* burst out of the water, do a > backflip or two midair, and make a perfect reentry.;) Right, and t

Re: [Waaaaay Off-Topic] Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-01-31 Thread Joseph Carter
On Sun, Jan 31, 1999 at 01:50:28PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > We could then have conversations like this with our users: > > CART DRIVER: Bring out your dead! > LARGE MAN: Here's one! > CART DRIVER: Ninepence. > BODY:I'm not dead! I'm waiting for someone not to know where that's f

Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-01-31 Thread David Starner
"Alexander N. Benner" wrote: > > hi > > Ship's Log, Lt. Phillip R. Jaenke, Stardate 300199.2241: > > > > Why a dolphin? Well, they're intelligent. Definitely intelligent. They're > > pretty cute. :) And they're definitely flexible. (I'd like to see *you* > > burst out of the water, do a backflip

Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-01-31 Thread Steve Shorter
On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, M.C. Vernon wrote: > On 30 Jan 1999, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > > Kevin Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >Anderson MacKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Avery Pennarun wrote: > >> > Octopi and ants may also be good, if they have wing

Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-01-31 Thread Alexander N. Benner
hi Ship's Log, Lt. Phillip R. Jaenke, Stardate 300199.2241: > > Why a dolphin? Well, they're intelligent. Definitely intelligent. They're > pretty cute. :) And they're definitely flexible. (I'd like to see *you* > burst out of the water, do a backflip or two midair, and make a perfect > reentry.

Re: [Waaaaay Off-Topic] Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-01-31 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Anderson MacKay wrote: > Or bite your legs off. =) Nah, that was a cute little bunny rabbit :) We could then have conversations like this with our users: CART DRIVER: Bring out your dead! LARGE MAN: Here's one! CART DRIVER: Ninepence. BODY:I'm not dead! Wichert. -- =

Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-01-31 Thread M.C. Vernon
On 30 Jan 1999, Ben Pfaff wrote: > Kevin Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Anderson MacKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Avery Pennarun wrote: >> > Octopi and ants may also be good, if they have wings. >> >> Octopi with wings? Now -that- is a con

[Waaaaay Off-Topic] Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-01-31 Thread Anderson MacKay
On Sat, Jan 30, 1999 at 10:30:58PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 05:57:47PM -0600, Anderson MacKay wrote: > > > The key here is "cute." People don't want an ugly chicken-like creature > > > that is clearly ready to attack at the slightest provocation. > > > > And furthe

Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-01-31 Thread Phillip R. Jaenke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On 30 Jan 1999, Ben Pfaff wrote: > Kevin Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Anderson MacKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Avery Pennarun wrote: >> > Octopi and ants may also be good, if they have wings. >> >> Oct

Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-01-31 Thread Ben Pfaff
Kevin Dalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Anderson MacKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Avery Pennarun wrote: > > Octopi and ants may also be good, if they have wings. > > Octopi with wings? Now -that- is a confusing bunch of appendages, if you > ask me. =)

Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-01-31 Thread Kevin Dalley
Anderson MacKay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Avery Pennarun wrote: > > Octopi and ants may also be good, if they have wings. > > Octopi with wings? Now -that- is a confusing bunch of appendages, if you > ask me. =) Squid is a better choice than octopus. Some of them actual

Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-01-30 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 05:57:47PM -0600, Anderson MacKay wrote: > > The key here is "cute." People don't want an ugly chicken-like creature > > that is clearly ready to attack at the slightest provocation. > > And furthermore, even if it -was- to attack, it really wouldn't do > anything. Linus

Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-01-28 Thread Anderson MacKay
On Thu, 28 Jan 1999, Avery Pennarun wrote: > For that matter, how about a flying pig? Then at least outsiders will get > the joke. If we're going for flying barnyard animals, I really have to go with flying cows. I mean, I'm sure this is horribly english-language-centric :), but you've got great

Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-01-28 Thread David Welton
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 06:14:17PM -0500, Avery Pennarun wrote: > Octopi and ants may also be good, if they have wings. Ants with wings would look like termites. Ick... -- David Welton http://www.efn.org/~davidw Debian GNU/Linux - www.debian.org

Re: Call for mascot! :-) -- flying pigs

1999-01-28 Thread Avery Pennarun
On Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 01:35:24PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > >> >I mean, how often do you see an Octopus flying across the sky? > > >> I can honestly say that I'm more likely to see an octopus fly across > >> the sky than a dragon. > > >I don't think so - Octopi can't fly! (Unless they flap the