S'funny you should mention trickster-heroes because here in Cheshire we have the famous Cheshire Clams. We celebrate every July 5th with a big parade of floats made to look like Clams and the Cheshire Clam Queen and King are crowned with a fetching headpeice of clams, barnacles and whelks. Thousands of people line the route with clams on sticks and sometimes clams are thrown at the feet of the parading Queens and Kings who crunch all the way to the Town hall where they are presented with more clam oriented regalia. the smell is something else! The clam ofcourse is a powerful hallucinogenic especially if inhaled through a turbot.
--- allen bukoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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! > > > ____________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html
