Whmisy: If This NG Were a Zoo, WHere Would ou Be?

[Roy McCammon]

This is my own whimsy only.

I'd be one of the open range animals on the back lot;
not particularly dangerous or interesting. The visitors
would ask each other "what does he do?".

Winfield would be a star attraction, performing
all sorts of clever animal tricks.

Woodgate would be in the petting zoo.

Walz would be behind glass.

Tony Williams would be subterranean, popping up
occasionally to demonstrate some profound feat
of animal intellect and then disappear and those
that saw it would congratulate themselves on
their good fortune and those that didn't would
say that the cage was unoccupied.

Not sure where Kevin Aylward would be, but no doubt
he would be trying to convince the other animals
that the zoo was on the other side of the fence.

Fields wouldn't be there, unless the zoo were in Texas.

Thompson would be with the beavers, building dam
after dam, each a little different from the rest.

Larkin would be with the gatherers having a large
collection of pretty stones, shoelaces, bits of
plastic, etc.

Again, just my mental image formed from what
I read.

 

[Jim Thompson]

This is my own whimsy only.
[snip]

Thompson would be with the beavers, building dam
after dam, each a little different from the rest.
[snip]
Again, just my mental image formed from what
I read.

That's appropriate. The MIT mascot is the beaver (emblazoned on the
top of the class ring and affectionately referred to as the "Brass
Rat").

...Jim Thompson

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Roy McCammon <barkupine-

Woodgate would be in the petting zoo.

I'll ask my attorney if that's a compliment. (;-)

 

[Rich Grise]

This is my own whimsy only.

I'd be one of the open range animals on the back lot;
not particularly dangerous or interesting. The visitors
would ask each other "what does he do?".

I feel like the wizened old bachelor chimp, who watches the other
animals play, and contemplates space flight.

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Roy McCammon]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Roy McCammon <barkupine-
[email protected]> wrote (in <[email protected]>) about 'Whmisy:
If This NG Were a Zoo, WHere Would ou Be?', on Sun, 3 Oct 2004:




I'll ask my attorney if that's a compliment. (;-)

the animals in the petting zoo can be trusted
not to bite, claw, rend, etc.

 

[Phil Hobbs]

I feel like the wizened old bachelor chimp, who watches the other
animals play, and contemplates space flight.

Cheers!
Rich

Wasn't he the one who bashed in the other ape's head with a gazelle leg-bone
in the movie?

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs

 

[Rich Grise]

Wasn't he the one who bashed in the other ape's head with a gazelle
leg-bone in the movie?

No, that's the warmakers. I was the one who got whacked (If you're
talking symbolism), apparently for the crime of considering any approach
to life other than "MUST KILL NOW!".

Thanks,
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

the animals in the petting zoo can be trusted
not to bite, claw, rend, etc.

I thought it was because he's so cute and cuddly. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Rich Grise]

the animals in the petting zoo can be trusted
not to bite, claw, rend, etc.

And the little small sheepies are made of blankets!

 

[Tony Williams]

Tony Williams would be subterranean, popping up
occasionally to demonstrate some profound feat
of animal intellect...........

My job these days Roy is ATE systems, that involves
mostly buying lumps of electronics now, rather than
designing them. There is some need to design circuits,
but nowhere near what it was in the past.

And I work alone, so participating in this newsgroup
satisfies a need to discuss circuitry with others who
have similar interests.

and then disappear........

I'm here every day at some time, mainly lurking though,
because when this group is firing on all cylinders it is
a pleasure to just watch and learn.

 

[John Woodgate]

I read in sci.electronics.design that Roy McCammon <barkupine-

the animals in the petting zoo can be trusted
not to bite, claw, rend, etc.

I'll mention that to him, but since he's a lawyer, he probably won't
understand such a concept. (;-)

 

[Winfield Hill]

Roy McCammon wrote...

Winfield would be a star attraction, performing all sorts
of clever animal tricks.

And for my next trick, ... OK, to save time I'll refer to my
last one, in the thread, "Is this antenna article serious?"
concerned with "Energy Sucking Radio Antenna" :>)

 

[Phil Hobbs]

No, that's the warmakers. I was the one who got whacked (If you're
talking symbolism), apparently for the crime of considering any approach
to life other than "MUST KILL NOW!".

Thanks,
Rich

No, it was definitely the whacker and not the whackee who was dreaming
of space flight. Reminds me of the old 4th grade riddle: What's the
last thing that goes through a fly's mind when it hits the windshield?

A: its a**.

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs

 

[Rich Grise]

No, it was definitely the whacker and not the whackee who was dreaming
of space flight.

Well, I didn't really understand the movie anyway.

I'm still a pacifist - guess I'll be fantasizing about space flight by
personal levitation. ;-)

Reminds me of the old 4th grade riddle: What's the
last thing that goes through a fly's mind when it hits the windshield?

A: its a**.

You censored 'ass'? On USENET? ;-)

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Paul Hovnanian P.E.]

I'm not going to attach a name to this description, but I had a mental
picture of a gorilla attacking a truck tire in its cage as an analogy
for some of the s.e.d. threads.

The gorilla starts out curious, but then suddenly flies into a rage,
beating the tire against the bars, twisting it, chewing on it, jumping
up and down on it, howling and generally frightening the spectators.

After a while, the gorilla is exhausted and leaves the tire (the issue
under discussion) lying there, unchanged. The gorilla goes off to take a
nap.

After a while, the whole display starts over again.

 

[Rich Grise]

I'm not going to attach a name to this description, but I had a mental
picture of a gorilla attacking a truck tire in its cage as an analogy
for some of the s.e.d. threads.

The gorilla starts out curious, but then suddenly flies into a rage,
beating the tire against the bars, twisting it, chewing on it, jumping
up and down on it, howling and generally frightening the spectators.

After a while, the gorilla is exhausted and leaves the tire (the issue
under discussion) lying there, unchanged. The gorilla goes off to take a
nap.

After a while, the whole display starts over again.

I think that was a luggage commercial. Or maybe a tire comercial. ;-)

I picked a fight with a dominant male gorilla once, at the Columbus, OH
zoo. I'm glad that the zookeepers had the presence of mind to install
1/2" plexiglass to keep him from pulling my scrawny head off.

I set him off by pantomiming a caricature gorilla, making goo-goo eyes
at his lady. ISTR I ended the fight by just looking contrite. Well, first,
I let his roars intimidate me so that he could sense that he was, in fact,
the boss, and I was submissive, so he won, he got the lady, and I escaped
with my life. Monkey see, monkey do! ;-)

Incidentally, this was the same cage where one of the gorillas pooped a sort
of yellow pudding-like cowpie (gorilla-pie?), and another one went up and
tasted it.

I'm just sayin'!

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Guy Macon]

Incidentally, this was the same cage where one of the gorillas pooped a sort
of yellow pudding-like cowpie (gorilla-pie?), and another one went up and
tasted it.

Sort of like replying to Aylward's posts...

 

[Phil Hobbs]

You censored 'ass'? On USENET? ;-)

I keep it covered. ESPECIALLY on Usenet.

Cheers,

Phil Hobbs

 

[Boris Mohar]

I feel like the wizened old bachelor chimp, who watches the other
animals play, and contemplates space flight.

Cheers!
Rich

I would be your flea

 

[Dirk Bruere at Neopax]

This is my own whimsy only.

I'd be one of the open range animals on the back lot;
not particularly dangerous or interesting. The visitors
would ask each other "what does he do?".

Winfield would be a star attraction, performing
all sorts of clever animal tricks.

Woodgate would be in the petting zoo.

Walz would be behind glass.

Tony Williams would be subterranean, popping up
occasionally to demonstrate some profound feat
of animal intellect and then disappear and those
that saw it would congratulate themselves on
their good fortune and those that didn't would
say that the cage was unoccupied.

Not sure where Kevin Aylward would be, but no doubt
he would be trying to convince the other animals
that the zoo was on the other side of the fence.

Fields wouldn't be there, unless the zoo were in Texas.

Thompson would be with the beavers, building dam
after dam, each a little different from the rest.

Larkin would be with the gatherers having a large
collection of pretty stones, shoelaces, bits of
plastic, etc.

Again, just my mental image formed from what
I read.

I think I'll go for rat.

--
Dirk

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