----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 2:06 PM Subject: RE: XP > On 27 Aug 2001, at 21:42, John D. Giorgis wrote: > > > At 12:36 PM 8/27/01 +0100 Andrew Crystall wrote: > > >*mutters something about a penguin and grins* > > > > The penguin, of course, being the only other vertically bipedal > > animal...... > > *smacks head into brick wall* > > The older generation... > > *mutter* > > You REALLY don't know what the Penguin is a symbol of? > I seem to remember a penquin as a pet of one of the Peanuts characters for a few weeks. Charles Schultz tried it out; it didn't seem to work, and he dropped it. IIRC, it was the pet of Lucy or Linus...I think I remember something sounding like Linus being associated with a penguin. Didn't the penguin have a red hat? But, that's an old 'strip. Why wouldn't the older folks like me get it? :-) Dan M. PS. John is your age, and I'm approximately twice your age. <grin>
