On Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:55 +0000, "Bob W" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:16 +0100, "AlunFoto" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We made landing at the Antarctic Peninsula the day after visiting > > > Deception Island. > > > Which shot to select for a PESO for today was quite self-evident. > > > Links shortened to preserve the fun. > > > > > > Blog: http://turl.no/6tp > > > Image: http://turl.no/6tq > > > > > Another fine photo from your Antarctic adventure. > > > > But I'm going to have to come clean here and admit that I > > have no idea why cormorants are regarded as the unofficial > > (official??) mascot of the PDML. I've been hanging around > > here for 6 or 7 years now and I must have missed something. > > Where did this fascination with shags start? > > Don't you read the minutes? > > Resolution 27(e) 1973b was passed in full committee at the 19th Annual > Congress held in Ulan Bator on the morning of 30/2/1988 after a protacted > period of discussion, heated at times, and lobbying from a number of > other > taxa. > > It was a close run thing between the cormorant, the puffin and a small > herd > of Przewalski's Horse which seems to have wandered into the meeting hall > when one of our less disciplined members (no names, no pack drill, but > he's > not a lawyer any more) left the back door open. The deciding factor in > the > end was the plumage, which was universally adjudged to be 'lovely'. >
Ahh...the Ulan Bator Conference. I think I was asleep when the motion was put to a vote, having over-indulged on Baijiu the previous evening. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
