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Subject:	Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Tue, 21 Dec 1999 04:45:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Matthew Miller writes: > 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. 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. :) James http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/

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		Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
(...) Psh. Stupid entomologists. It's any little creepy crawly gross thing, probably invertebrate. "Insects" are a definite subset of "bugs". It's unclear how this meaning came about, but it's very likely a transfer from the other noun "bug" (the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)

		Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
(...) I guess it really bugs her, eh? Bee careful. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)

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		Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
(...) Must be the "significant" thing, since spiders are definitely bugs. As are all insects, and centipedes, and probably slugs. (25 years ago, 21-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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