Hippos

Hippos

[Williams, Gerald S (Jerry)]

Hippo anecdote:

I was the "mystery reader" for my son's kindergarten class
this week and the first book I read happened to contain a
picture of a hippo. My son blurts out that "hippos are
dangerous" which I had to confirm (while discouraging such
outbursts).

I may be mistaken, but I think the other students and the
teacher looked at us both a bit funny after hearing that
we considered hippos dangerous.

Sometimes too much knowledge is not a good thing. :-)

RE: Hippos

[Dave Korn]

----Original Message----
>From: Williams, Gerald S (Jerry)
>Sent: 20 May 2005 17:39

> Hippo anecdote:
> 
> I was the "mystery reader" for my son's kindergarten class
> this week and the first book I read happened to contain a
> picture of a hippo. My son blurts out that "hippos are
> dangerous" which I had to confirm (while discouraging such
> outbursts).
> 
> I may be mistaken, but I think the other students and the
> teacher looked at us both a bit funny after hearing that
> we considered hippos dangerous.
> 
> Sometimes too much knowledge is not a good thing. :-)


  Rather than _explain_ that hippos are dangerous, what you should have done
was *demonstrated* that hippos are dangerous.

  Dropping one on somebody from a very great height is usually a
sufficiently effective demonstration of this fact to convince even the most
hardened of skeptics... :)


    cheers,
      DaveK
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Re: Hippos

[Christopher Faylor]

On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 05:46:54PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>----Original Message----
>>From: Williams, Gerald S (Jerry)
>>Sent: 20 May 2005 17:39
>
>> Hippo anecdote:
>>I was the "mystery reader" for my son's kindergarten class this week
>>and the first book I read happened to contain a picture of a hippo.  My
>>son blurts out that "hippos are dangerous" which I had to confirm
>>(while discouraging such outbursts).
>>
>>I may be mistaken, but I think the other students and the teacher
>>looked at us both a bit funny after hearing that we considered hippos
>>dangerous.
>>
>>Sometimes too much knowledge is not a good thing.  :-)
>
>Rather than _explain_ that hippos are dangerous, what you should have
>done was *demonstrated* that hippos are dangerous.
>
>Dropping one on somebody from a very great height is usually a
>sufficiently effective demonstration of this fact to convince even the
>most hardened of skeptics...  :)

Dropping one on somebody is often hard to arrange.  What gets me is when
they hide in dark corners and then lunge out at you unexpectedly.  Hippos
are really masters of terror.

cgf

RE: Hippos

[One Angry User]

On Fri, 20 May 2005, Dave Korn's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes:

> ----Original Message----
> >From: Williams, Gerald S (Jerry)
> >Sent: 20 May 2005 17:39
>
> > Hippo anecdote:
> >
> > I was the "mystery reader" for my son's kindergarten class
> > this week and the first book I read happened to contain a
> > picture of a hippo. My son blurts out that "hippos are
> > dangerous" which I had to confirm (while discouraging such
> > outbursts).
> >
> > I may be mistaken, but I think the other students and the
> > teacher looked at us both a bit funny after hearing that
> > we considered hippos dangerous.
> >
> > Sometimes too much knowledge is not a good thing. :-)
>
>   Rather than _explain_ that hippos are dangerous, what you should have done
> was *demonstrated* that hippos are dangerous.
>
>   Dropping one on somebody from a very great height is usually a
> sufficiently effective demonstration of this fact to convince even the most
> hardened of skeptics... :)

And, of course, even the children would understand the old parable about
hippos' poor vision.

OAU

RE: Hippos

[Dave Korn]

----Original Message----
>From: Christopher Faylor
>Sent: 20 May 2005 17:57

> On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 05:46:54PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> ----Original Message----
>>> From: Williams, Gerald S (Jerry)
>>> Sent: 20 May 2005 17:39
>> 
>>> Hippo anecdote:
>>> I was the "mystery reader" for my son's kindergarten class this week
>>> and the first book I read happened to contain a picture of a hippo.  My
>>> son blurts out that "hippos are dangerous" which I had to confirm
>>> (while discouraging such outbursts).
>>> 
>>> I may be mistaken, but I think the other students and the teacher
>>> looked at us both a bit funny after hearing that we considered hippos
>>> dangerous. 
>>> 
>>> Sometimes too much knowledge is not a good thing.  :-)
>> 
>> Rather than _explain_ that hippos are dangerous, what you should have
>> done was *demonstrated* that hippos are dangerous.
>> 
>> Dropping one on somebody from a very great height is usually a
>> sufficiently effective demonstration of this fact to convince even the
>> most hardened of skeptics...  :)
> 
> Dropping one on somebody is often hard to arrange.  What gets me is when
> they hide in dark corners and then lunge out at you unexpectedly.  Hippos
> are really masters of terror.
> 
> cgf


  What scares me even more is when they do ballet.

  Have you ever seen a hippo in a tu-tu?

    cheers,
      DaveK
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Re: Hippos

[Christopher Faylor]

On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 06:02:26PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>What scares me even more is when they do ballet.
>
>Have you ever seen a hippo in a tu-tu?

I suspect that most people have.

cgf

RE: Hippos

[Dave Korn]

----Original Message----
>From: Christopher Faylor
>Sent: 20 May 2005 18:04

> On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 06:02:26PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> What scares me even more is when they do ballet.
>> 
>> Have you ever seen a hippo in a tu-tu?
> 
> I suspect that most people have.
> 
> cgf


  Nonononono, it's what they do when they want to hide!  It's a form of
camouflage, since tu-tu's greatly resemble the pink, frond-like leaves of
the water lilies that grow abundantly in the hippo's natural environment.

  Hippos in the wild are greatly fond of sheltering and hiding behind this
foliage, but it does have the unfortunate consequence that they tend to get
a bit panicky when you take one for a night at the opera, since they don't
know how many other hippos might be hiding out there, watching them.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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RE: Hippos

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Fri, 20 May 2005, Dave Korn wrote:

> ----Original Message----
> >From: Christopher Faylor
> >Sent: 20 May 2005 17:57
>
> > On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 05:46:54PM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
> >> ----Original Message----
> >>> From: Williams, Gerald S (Jerry)
> >>> Sent: 20 May 2005 17:39
> >>
> >>> Hippo anecdote:
> >>> I was the "mystery reader" for my son's kindergarten class this week
> >>> and the first book I read happened to contain a picture of a hippo.  My
> >>> son blurts out that "hippos are dangerous" which I had to confirm
> >>> (while discouraging such outbursts).
> >>>
> >>> I may be mistaken, but I think the other students and the teacher
> >>> looked at us both a bit funny after hearing that we considered hippos
> >>> dangerous.
> >>>
> >>> Sometimes too much knowledge is not a good thing.  :-)
> >>
> >> Rather than _explain_ that hippos are dangerous, what you should have
> >> done was *demonstrated* that hippos are dangerous.
> >>
> >> Dropping one on somebody from a very great height is usually a
> >> sufficiently effective demonstration of this fact to convince even the
> >> most hardened of skeptics...  :)
> >
> > Dropping one on somebody is often hard to arrange.  What gets me is when
> > they hide in dark corners and then lunge out at you unexpectedly.  Hippos
> > are really masters of terror.
> >
> > cgf
>
>   What scares me even more is when they do ballet.
>   Have you ever seen a hippo in a tu-tu?

Most kids have.  Disney's "Fantasia"...  Childhood trauma, and all that...
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RE: Hippos

[Dave Korn]

----Original Message----
>From: Igor Pechtchanski
>Sent: 20 May 2005 18:22

> On Fri, 20 May 2005, Dave Korn wrote:

>> 
>>   What scares me even more is when they do ballet.
>>   Have you ever seen a hippo in a tu-tu?
> 
> Most kids have.  Disney's "Fantasia"...  Childhood trauma, and all that...
> 	Igor



  Actually, I reckon you'd find that very _few_ kids these days have seen
Fantasia.  OTOH quite a lot of grown adults of *our* age may well have done
so ....


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      DaveK
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RE: Hippos

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Fri, 20 May 2005, Dave Korn wrote:

> ----Original Message----
> >From: Igor Pechtchanski
> >Sent: 20 May 2005 18:22
>
> > On Fri, 20 May 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
>
> >>
> >>   What scares me even more is when they do ballet.
> >>   Have you ever seen a hippo in a tu-tu?
> >
> > Most kids have.  Disney's "Fantasia"...  Childhood trauma, and all that...
> > 	Igor
>
>   Actually, I reckon you'd find that very _few_ kids these days have seen
> Fantasia.  OTOH quite a lot of grown adults of *our* age may well have done
> so ....

Which is probably what prompted the whole hippo discussion anyway.
The subconscious has weird ways of getting back at you.
	Igor
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Re: Hippos

[zzapper]

On Fri, 20 May 2005 12:57:52 -0400 (EDT),  wrote:


>> > Sometimes too much knowledge is not a good thing. :-)
>>
>>   Rather than _explain_ that hippos are dangerous, what you should have done
>> was *demonstrated* that hippos are dangerous.
>>
>>   Dropping one on somebody from a very great height is usually a
>> sufficiently effective demonstration of this fact to convince even the most
>> hardened of skeptics... :)
>
>And, of course, even the children would understand the old parable about
>hippos' poor vision.

I fear you are not taking this subject seriously, none of you for instance mention the dangers of
hippos hiding in your bowl of custard!!!



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Re: Hippos

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Jun  7 14:44, zzapper wrote:
> I fear you are not taking this subject seriously, none of you for instance mention the dangers of
> hippos hiding in your bowl of custard!!!

I never trusted custard.  Sneaky stuff.  It doesn't get any better
with hippo flavor.


Corinna

Re: Hippos

[Christopher Faylor]

On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:11:34PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>On Jun  7 14:44, zzapper wrote:
>>I fear you are not taking this subject seriously, none of you for
>>instance mention the dangers of hippos hiding in your bowl of
>>custard!!!
>
>I never trusted custard.  Sneaky stuff.  It doesn't get any better with
>hippo flavor.

New!  Hippo Custard!  You otter try it!

cgf

Re: Hippos

[zzapper]

On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:53:01 -0400,  wrote:

>On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:11:34PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>On Jun  7 14:44, zzapper wrote:
>>>I fear you are not taking this subject seriously, none of you for
>>>instance mention the dangers of hippos hiding in your bowl of
>>>custard!!!
>>
>>I never trusted custard.  Sneaky stuff.  It doesn't get any better with
>>hippo flavor.
>
>New!  Hippo Custard!  You otter try it!
>
>cgf
The sneaky creatures hide in the custard bowls upside down, but forewarned is fore-armed and you may
just be able to spot their feet sticking out!

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RE: Hippos

[Dave Korn]

----Original Message----
>From: zzapper
>Sent: 07 June 2005 18:56

> On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:53:01 -0400,  wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:11:34PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>> On Jun  7 14:44, zzapper wrote:
>>>> I fear you are not taking this subject seriously, none of you for
>>>> instance mention the dangers of hippos hiding in your bowl of
>>>> custard!!!
>>> 
>>> I never trusted custard.  Sneaky stuff.  It doesn't get any better with
>>> hippo flavor.
>> 
>> New!  Hippo Custard!  You otter try it!
>> 
>> cgf
> The sneaky creatures hide in the custard bowls upside down, but
> forewarned is fore-armed and you may just be able to spot their feet
> sticking out! 


  You don't stand a chance, don't you know they paint their feet yellow for
camouflage?



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Re: Hippos

[zzapper]

On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 18:59:24 +0100,  wrote:

>----Original Message----
>>From: zzapper
>>Sent: 07 June 2005 18:56
>
>> On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:53:01 -0400,  wrote:
>> 
>>> On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:11:34PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>>> On Jun  7 14:44, zzapper wrote:
>>>>> I fear you are not taking this subject seriously, none of you for
>>>>> instance mention the dangers of hippos hiding in your bowl of
>>>>> custard!!!
>>>> 
>>>> I never trusted custard.  Sneaky stuff.  It doesn't get any better with
>>>> hippo flavor.
>>> 
>>> New!  Hippo Custard!  You otter try it!
>>> 
>>> cgf
>> The sneaky creatures hide in the custard bowls upside down, but
>> forewarned is fore-armed and you may just be able to spot their feet
>> sticking out! 
>
>
>  You don't stand a chance, don't you know they paint their feet yellow for
>camouflage?

Drat!
And you know if you look closely at your Hippo photos, you can see the fossillised remains of
custard

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Re: Hippos

[One Angry User]

On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, zzapper's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes:

> On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 18:59:24 +0100,  wrote:
>
> >----Original Message----
> >>From: zzapper
> >>Sent: 07 June 2005 18:56
> >
> >> On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:53:01 -0400,  wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:11:34PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >>>> On Jun  7 14:44, zzapper wrote:
> >>>>> I fear you are not taking this subject seriously, none of you for
> >>>>> instance mention the dangers of hippos hiding in your bowl of
> >>>>> custard!!!
> >>>>
> >>>> I never trusted custard.  Sneaky stuff.  It doesn't get any better with
> >>>> hippo flavor.
> >>>
> >>> New!  Hippo Custard!  You otter try it!
> >>>
> >>> cgf
> >> The sneaky creatures hide in the custard bowls upside down, but
> >> forewarned is fore-armed and you may just be able to spot their feet
> >> sticking out!
> >
> >  You don't stand a chance, don't you know they paint their feet yellow
> > for camouflage?
>
> Drat!
> And you know if you look closely at your Hippo photos, you can see the
> fossillised remains of custard

I hate to break it to ya, man, but that ain't custard.

OAU

Re: Hippos

[Christopher Faylor]

On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 02:42:14PM -0400, One Angry User wrote:
>On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, zzapper's computer deigned to emit the following stream of bytes:
>>On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 18:59:24 +0100,  wrote:
>>>----Original Message----
>>>>From: zzapper
>>>>Sent: 07 June 2005 18:56
>>>>On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:53:01 -0400, wrote:
>>>>>On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:11:34PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>>>>>On Jun 7 14:44, zzapper wrote:
>>>>>>>I fear you are not taking this subject seriously, none of you for
>>>>>>>instance mention the dangers of hippos hiding in your bowl of
>>>>>>>custard!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I never trusted custard.  Sneaky stuff.  It doesn't get any better with
>>>>>>hippo flavor.
>>>>>
>>>>>New! Hippo Custard! You otter try it!
>>>>>
>>>>The sneaky creatures hide in the custard bowls upside down, but
>>>>forewarned is fore-armed and you may just be able to spot their feet
>>>>sticking out!
>>>
>>>You don't stand a chance, don't you know they paint their feet yellow
>>>for camouflage?
>>
>>Drat! And you know if you look closely at your Hippo photos, you can
>>see the fossillised remains of custard
>
>I hate to break it to ya, man, but that ain't custard.

I thought it tasted kinda funny.

cgf

RE: Hippos

[Dave Korn]

----Original Message----
>From: One Angry User
>Sent: 07 June 2005 19:42

> On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, zzapper's computer deigned to emit the following
> stream of bytes: 
> 
>> On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 18:59:24 +0100,  wrote:
>> 
>>> ----Original Message----
>>>> From: zzapper
>>>> Sent: 07 June 2005 18:56
>>> 
>>>> On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:53:01 -0400,  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:11:34PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>>>>>> On Jun  7 14:44, zzapper wrote:
>>>>>>> I fear you are not taking this subject seriously, none of you for
>>>>>>> instance mention the dangers of hippos hiding in your bowl of
>>>>>>> custard!!!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I never trusted custard.  Sneaky stuff.  It doesn't get any better
>>>>>> with hippo flavor.
>>>>> 
>>>>> New!  Hippo Custard!  You otter try it!
>>>>> 
>>>>> cgf
>>>> The sneaky creatures hide in the custard bowls upside down, but
>>>> forewarned is fore-armed and you may just be able to spot their feet
>>>> sticking out!
>>> 
>>>  You don't stand a chance, don't you know they paint their feet yellow
>>> for camouflage?
>> 
>> Drat!
>> And you know if you look closely at your Hippo photos, you can see the
>> fossillised remains of custard
> 
> I hate to break it to ya, man, but that ain't custard.
> 
> OAU


  That aint' custard, it's justard!


    cheers,
      DaveK
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Hippos

[Dave Korn]

  It must be Friday afternoon, and rapidly approaching beer o'clock:
http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/5935/medhipposwz1.png

  Have a weekend, everybody!


    cheers,
      DaveK
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Re: Hippos

[Eric Blake]

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Wow - I had no idea that firefox would take that and put it as the little
14x14 teaser icon next to the URL; that makes it look even more fun!

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Re: Hippos

[Igor Peshansky]

On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Lev Bishop wrote:

> This seems appropriate for this list:
> http://b3ta.com/board/6575932

Absolutely.  I especially like
http://www.imnotplayinganymore.co.uk/beta/twha3.gif

And they even got one in a tutu...
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Hippos

[Lev Bishop]

This seems appropriate for this list:
http://b3ta.com/board/6575932

:-)