On Tue, 2008-02-26 at 21:19 +0100, Harald Braumann wrote: > On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:45:05 +0100 > "Miriam Ruiz" <little.miry@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 2008/2/26, David Given <dg@cowlark.com>: > > > Lars Wirzenius wrote: > > > > > > > I'd really rather see something nicer than an ant as a mascot. :) > > > > > > How about a cockroach? Beautifully engineered, indestructable, and > > > they're *everywhere*... > > > > No thanks, I preferred the Weasel idea to this :P > > And why does it have to be an animal at all? I for one can't identify > with any specimen of the *nix bestiary. Except maybe with the bsd > daemon, but that's technically not a beast. But all those foxes, > chameleons, penguins and what not -- I don't know. If an animal at all, > I would definitely prefer a cockroach. But it's maybe hard to > manufacture from plush. What about a tarantula? Fluffy by design. > I don't really see why you couldn't make a stuffed Debian swirl. I'd buy one of those. Maybe we could call the Debian swirl our mascot and come up with some lame name like "Swirly the Debian mascot". It could be like that talking paper clip they always make fun of in M$ Office. Hmm! Maybe a "Debian assistant"... "*boing* I see you are trying to install a package, do you want help with that?" William
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