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Re: Rich Niemiec live at ODTUG!

From: Joel Garry <joel-garry_at_home.com>
Date: 21 May 2003 17:17:34 -0700
Message-ID: <91884734.0305211617.6311a8d6@posting.google.com>


Norman Dunbar <Oracle_at_MSSQLBountifulSolutions.co.uk> wrote in message news:<ba9ua4$frs$1$8300dec7_at_news.demon.co.uk>...
> Ed Stevens wrote:
>
> >
> > Your question reminds me of an old Far Side cartoon --- a couple of
> > deer standing around in the woods (on their hind legs, like bi-peds,
> > of course) and one of them has a bulls-eye on his chest and belly.
> > The other simply says "Bummer of a birthmark, Fred."
>
> Morning Ed,
>
> I'm pretty sure the creatures of the forest you refer to were in fact bears.
> I had it on my wall for ages in a previous job. Along with the 'Deer Gut'
> one - which bore more than a passing resemblance to my boss at the time.

No, they were deer, and it was "Bummer of a birthmark, Hal."  

It had double meaning for me, because my gun-nut brother is named Hal.  I wore out the t-shirt. It was reprinted on one of the recent calendars.

jg

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