Re: FLUXLIST: Baby Octopi

[Philip Kane]

I'd teach the baby octopi to swear.  Then maybe form them into a punk band.   But I'd support Roger's rebellion, too.  "I am Octopus!"   Philip ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Stevens To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 10:19 AM Subject: FLUXLIST: Baby Octopi I would train the baby octopi in the art of propaganda   I would explain how they have long been oppressed by other creatures in the sea particularly the squid and cuttlefish   I would explain how the squid and cuttlefish are inferior because they are ugly especially the cuttlefish   together we would recruit more octopi until we had a veritable army of octopi   then we would raise funds, glittery shells, sparkling corals, and buy armaments from the big fish the ray, the bass, the shark and we would organise we would signal our intentions to the reef we would not be swayed we would march, aye, march across the seabeds of the ocean exterminating every cuttlefish and squid with their horrid inky squirtyness until the ocean was cleansed until the ocean belonged to us the octopus   (well, I'm not actually an octopus of course but hopefully, having done all this work for the cause, they would make me an honory member)