From: spike66 (spike66@attbi.com)
Date: Sat Apr 13 2002 - 20:54:34 MDT
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>> Eugen Leitl wrote:
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>>> Um, please don't compare apples with wombats here...
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>> Hey, yeah, wombats! Is a wombat big enough to carry a camera
>> into a battle zone? ...spike
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> Dan Clemmensen wrote:
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> We Americans do not have an understanding of Australian wildlife.
We do not have much understanding of American wildlife either.
> Wombats are about the size and shape of a medium-sized pig.
Wow, that big? We could have a single such marsupial carry a
number of these battle-observation robo-cams, and distribute them
randomly along the way. Perhaps it would be referred to as a
combat cambot wombat.
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Hey, honest, I did *not* start this whole thread just to set myself
up for that! It was Gene who first mentioned wombats, and he is
a rather serious chap mostly, not one of the notorious punmeisters.
It was just one of those spontaneous order things, I swear.
> If we are going to use Australian wildlife as battlefield observers,
> I thinks wallabies are a better choice.
No, they would never do. Insufficient potential for wordplay. spike
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