> >> > > > > Reading Richard Dawkins' excellent "The Greatest Show on > Earth" at the > > moment, wherein, in passing he mentions Darwin's funny comment on > > marine iguanas as being "dirty black in colour, stupid, and > sluggish", > > and adds a footnote: > > > > "Victorian naturalists were given to value judgements of > this kind in > > their books. My grandparents possessed a big bird book in which the > > entry on the cormorant frankly began, 'There is nothing to > be said for > > this deplorable bird'" > > The cormorant's become the unofficial bird of the PDML, it's > obviously an reprobate. >
Nonsense. The waxy avian is fully, wholly, legally, morally, ethically, organically, fair-tradedly and indubitably The Official Bird Of The PDML. As a somewhat related aside, I would like propose honorary membership of the PDML for the late Juana Maria of San Nicolas, for services to the outdoor garment industry. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
