Great reading for first thing in the morning: My life as a Penguin:
By now the penguins have gathered round the bucket and a few have wandered over to size me up. They stare, they circle, they stretch their necks. "The neck-stretch thing is: 'I just don't know what to make of you,'" says Rowell. Occasionally one will tilt back its head and bray like a donkey. One of the small Africans leans in and tugs on my trouserleg with his beak. Two others take turns pecking my right shoe. A fourth penguin ducks under my arm and tries to take my pen. Penguins have an insatiable curiosity which, when you are its subject, borders on harassment. It's like being threatened by a gang of eight-year-olds.
Oh, Theo, that article is
fantastic.
And I'm so desperately tempted to take this as a tagline:
Barring a last-minute monkey uprising, 2005 looks set to be the year of the penguin.
except that (a) my present tagline is still all new and shiny, and (b) I feel honor-bound to defer to the true penguin people and concede it to either billytea or DX.
Happy Birthday DX.
IOPenguinN, I wish to be considered one of the 'true penguin people.' Is there an application?
except that (a) my present tagline is still all new and shiny, and (b) I feel honor-bound to defer to the true penguin people and concede it to either billytea or DX.
Tagline nothing. I'm proposing that for the next F2F thread title.
Happy Birthday DX! Have a penguin.
Tagline nothing. I'm proposing that for the next F2F thread title.
We've tried and failed to have a penguin thread title before. Perhaps some sort of grass-roots campaign will be needed.
Go Penguin! Choose Penguin!
Happy Birthday DX!
We've tried and failed to have a penguin thread title before. Perhaps some sort of grass-roots campaign will be needed.
But that was before it was revealed that 2005 is the Year of the Penguin! How can anyone resist?
If penguins are to be the new monkey, go for it.
Happy birthday, DX!
