Just as a side note. I visited some web-sites on Northern Hemisphere penguins- the 'Great Auk'.
http://www.finch-and-co.co.uk/provenart/dealer_stock_details.cgi?d_id=109&a_id=21897&print=1 Seems like they got wiped out in the last cenury. Probably why the Southern ones are so guarded. It wasn't fly-tiers that created the greed for the bird, tho. It also seems they were quite callous in their attitudes towards animal extinction at that time. DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Goldsmith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 1:00 PM Subject: RE: [VFB] Was Polar Bear. Now Penguins in Wreck > Speaking of Penguins, > > > A friend of mine was hired to haul Penguins from a zoo in Texas to Sea World > here in Orlando. When he got near the city limit the condenser on the > cooler unit malfunctioned. He got on his CB radio and as luck would have it > another refrigerator truck was nearby. > > He gave the other driver a whole bunch of dollars and asked the driver to > take the penguins to SeaWorld. He then called his dispatch to find where in > Orlando he should take his truck for repair. > > About three hours later with his truck repaired, he started to head back to > Texas. > As he approached the interstate, to his amazement, he sees the other driver > walking down the sidewalk with the whole gang of Penguins stretched behind > him in single file. > > Infuriated, he jumps out of the truck and yells, "What the heck are you > doing? Didn't I give you a whole lot of money to take these Penguins to > SeaWorld ?? " > > The other driver responds, "Yes you did. But I had a whole bunch of money > left over, > so know I am taking them to Universal !!" > > badda -bum !! > > JG > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/437 - Release Date: 9/4/2006 > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/437 - Release Date: 9/4/2006 > >
