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Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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Date: 
Tue, 21 Dec 1999 03:30:37 GMT
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MATTDM@MATTDM.nospamORG
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote:
- Spiders are not "bugs"

Must be the "significant" thing, since spiders are definitely bugs. As are
all insects, and centipedes, and probably slugs.

--
Matthew Miller                      --->                  mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us                       --->             http://quotes-r-us.org/



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  Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
 
(...) Heh... Actually, no. I got chewed out by my sister-in-law for calling them all "bugs" - apparantly "bugs" as a term only technically applies to a specific class of insect, and not to anything else. The things entymologists care about. Sheesh. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
 
(...) Certainly. But since I never make misteaks, either: - Spiders are not "bugs" OR - Spiders are not "significant bugs" ++Lar (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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