On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Nadav Har'El wrote: > This is really getting off-topic ;) > [putting anti-flame-coat on...] > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2002, Shlomi Fish wrote about "Animals [was Re: National Linux >logos]": > > > I can > > > see why someone would dislike snakes, or even big scary dogs. I can see how > > > someone can have a favorite animal, and others are less-favorite. But how do > > > you get to *hate* all animals? Even fluffy chinchillas (call me if you want > > > to see one ;))? Even small dogs like Poodles? > > > > I personally hate poodles. I'm a cat person actually, but I think I prefer > > either big dogs who have a good temper, or small dogs that looks less > > bizarre than poodles. > > Shlomi, did you see the Seinfeld episode "The Pony"? > If you did, you'd know to be careful not to make fun of pets that people > might have and love, or the consequences can be disasterous ;) > I happen to have a Poodle, and she's a great dog, very loving, cute and > gentle. Did you ever actually meet a Poodle, let alone spent a week with one > before you decided you hate them all? >
I'm sorry if I offended you. But I simply don't like the way Poodles look too much. > > Oh and I'm not very fond of Horses either. I am particularily fond of > > hyraxes, ibexes, weasels, gibbons, some parrots and most other birds, > > bears (as long as they don't attack me), and perhaps others I forgot. And > > like I said, I like cats. The Large Cats are very elegant but they scare > > me a bit. > > I guess by being fond of an animal you mean you admire it, not that you'd > like to live with one ;) After all, you don't normally keep a rock hyrax > (shafan sela) at home, and you'd need to be very lucky to even get close to > an ibex (yael), let alone a gibbon... You'd need to be very *un*lucky to > get close to a bear ;) LOL > Anyway, you're right - all these animals are cute, > especially when seen in the wild. > That's my point. I don't want to keep one at home. In any case, I'm also fond of various rodents (rabbits, mice, gerbils, hamsters, yarbo'as (sorry I don't know their english names), as well as hedgehogs. And the various kangaroos are also very nice. I also happen to like many other antelopes or antelope-like creatures beside ibexes (which I'm not sure if they are antelopes). Gazelles and Deers are very majestic, IMO. Any of the animals I mentioned may prove to be a more original choice for a mascot than a penguin. Despite the fact that I like penguins and tux, I'm a bit fed off him. Of course, the rest of the world seems to have some kind of dinosaur-mania, so who is John Galt? > About getting close to an ibex: I once tried to catch a sheep to pet it, > and let me tell you - these fat balls of wool run pretty darn fast! :) > So, it seems. > By the way, there are companies using some of these animals as mascots; > See for example > http://www.hyrax.co.uk/hyraxpic.htm > http://www.ibextreks.com/pics/cd0083-l.jpg > http://www.gibbon.com/whatis_gibb.html > http://www.weaselbreweries.com/weaselframes.html > and so on. > I placed the Hyrax picture as a background on my KDE virtual workspace 7 (I have too many pictures of women as backgrounds as it is, so an animal is a nice change). In any case, knowledge of such animals should come in handy if you're looking for an original picture to place on a cover of an O'Reilly book you happen to publish. :-) And I noticed that some of their books feature humans on the cover. I recall a HelpDex cartoon on that issue. Regards, Shlomi Fish > :) > > -- > Nadav Har'El | Sunday, Jan 20 2002, 8 Shevat 5762 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- > Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |Take my advice, I don't use it anyway. > http://nadav.harel.org.il | > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://t2.technion.ac.il/~shlomif/ Home E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Let's suppose you have a table with 2^n cups..." "Wait a second - is n a natural number?" ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
