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Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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lugnet.off-topic.pun
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Tue, 21 Dec 1999 17:42:30 GMT
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jsproat@%avoidspam%io.com
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James Brown wrote:
> 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.
I guess it really bugs her, eh? Bee careful.
Cheers,
- jsproat
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| (...) 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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