RE: Animal mascot for RPG

Hi,

Another Aussie here. Just to correct a few points about platypuses
(platypi?). They are monotremes, which means that they lay eggs, along with
the echidna (aka spiny anteater) the only mammals to do so, which may make
them an evolutionary link with reptiles. On their hind legs they have
poisonous spurs, not fangs.

I suppose that symbolically we AS/400 programmers need to come out of our
shell and away from our RePtilian Guise.

My 20 cents worth.

Kevin W. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: STEVEN_J_RYAN.NDOA@notes.denso.co.jp
> [mailto:STEVEN_J_RYAN.NDOA@notes.denso.co.jp]
> Sent: Monday, 10 April 2000 11:11
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Animal mascot for RPG
> 
> 
> What do you mean an unknown animal like the platypus?  Here 
> in Australia it
> decorates our 20 cent coin, and is a big deal!  But actually, 
> it might not be
> too bad.  It is of a unique order (monotrene), sharing that 
> with echidnas.  It
> has been around since the dinosaurs, but still survives.  It 
> looks cute and
> cuddly, but has poison fangs on its hind leg that can kill a 
> small dog, and
> tends to live a solitary life
> 
>      -  Unique
>      -  Around since Dinosaurs
>      -  Potentially dangerous (espeacially now we have pointers)
>      -  Out there by itself.
> Sums up RPG perfectly!  ;-)
> 
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