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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: Hi!
Date: 02 Apr 2001 15:27:53 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3k853sa7a.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <15048.26656.869931.932051@gargle.gargle.HOWL>

luis fernandes <elf@ee.ryerson.ca> writes:

> You can't go wrong with T-shirts. Also, if they are long enough, you
> don't feel naked.

:-)

> Anyway I did a bit or research on Oort last night: 2000 was the
> centenary of his birth (d.1992); his motto was "Looking ahead in
> wonder".  I didn't scribble this down, but I think he also discovered
> that galaxies spin and pinpointed the position of the Sun in our
> galaxy.
> 
> I was thinking something like a Gnu distorted in the shape of our
> Galaxy. On the back, a picture of Oort or the Oort cloud and the
> motto and the Gnus motto (which has "cloud" in it too).

Oooo.  Sounds cool.

I was thinking of a new motto for Oort Gnus.

----
Big.  Far out.  Deadly.

Oort Gnus.
----

Or something like that.  Perhaps switching "Deadly" with "Occasionally
rains fiery death upon unbelievers."

> There are more possiblities with T-shirts then with other novelty
> items.

Definitely.  But we've done t-shirts twice.  Other parts of the human
anatomy also demands to be covered in Gnus clothing.

Perhaps a shirty shirt, or a sweater of some kind...  Or socks.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen


  reply	other threads:[~2001-04-02 13:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-04-01 23:33 Hi! Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2001-04-02  6:08 ` Hi! Kai Großjohann
2001-04-02  6:45   ` Hi! Harry Putnam
2001-04-02 10:12 ` Hi! Per Abrahamsen
2001-04-02 11:53 ` Hi! luis fernandes
2001-04-02 13:27   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2001-04-03  7:41     ` Hi! Alexandre Oliva
2001-04-03 23:23       ` Hi! Amos Gouaux
2001-04-10 16:30     ` Hi! Jason R. Mastaler

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