Penguins might be cute, but they smell like dead fish, if you get close enough to them.
Perry Pellechia wrote: >I guess penguins are so darn cute everyone would want one for their own 8-) > >FWIW, my wife collects penguin figurines. There are over 400 in the >collection. > >On 9/20/06, Daniel J. Matyola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>There are many versions of this urban legend: >> >>http://www.snopes.com/critters/farce/smuggled.asp >> >>On 9/19/06, Perry Pellechia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>This is a piece of urban legend that goes around on the Internet: >>> >>>http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-penguin20.html >>> >>> >>>On 9/19/06, Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>The boss's daughter-in-law works at the Shedd Aquarium here in Chicago. >>>> >>>> http://members.aol.com/rfsindg/Lakefront.html >>>> >>>>They had a Wisconsin Grandma who drove down to Chicago for an aquarium >>>>visit with her 5 year old grandson. In the middle of the visit, >>>>Grandma turned away for a second and the little boy was gone. She >>>>didn't panic at first, but after 15 minutes the whole place was >>>>looking for the little boy. After a full hour, they found him and >>>>reconnected him with Grandma. She was overjoyed and all seemed well. >>>> >>>>As it was getting late and home was at least an hour and a half drive >>>>away, they packed up and headed for Wisconsin. Half way home, the >>>>little boy said "I have a secret." Grandma asked "What's that?" The >>>>5 year old said "I have penguin... in my backpack." and proceeded to >>>>open his backpack and show Grandma a baby penguin! >>>> >>>>She pulled the car off the road and placed an urgent call to the >>>>aquarium. It was a long way back into Chicago and the aquarium staff >>>>arranged for her to drop the baby penguin off at a Wisconsin zoo on >>>>her way home. >>>> >>>>Now can you imagine what mischief this little boy is going to get into >>>>when he's 7? >>>> >>>>Regards, Bob S. >>>> >>>>-- >>>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>[email protected] >>>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>-- >>><----------------------------------------------------> >>>Perry Pellechia >>> >>>Primary email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Alternate email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Home Page: http://homer.chem.sc.edu/perry >>><----------------------------------------------------> >>> >>>-- >>>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>[email protected] >>>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >>> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> >> > > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
