> > I believe it was Ben Franklin who campaigned for the turkey to become the US national bird rather than the bald eagle. What a man. I'd love to have met him.
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> > Brunnen-"of *course* I'm being serious about the penguin"G
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> He was only being half-serious about the turkey (I don't know if Franklin was ever totally serious about anything). See the link for a portion of his letter, it's pretty good.
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> Stephen

Hehehe! Great! I read that a long time ago, somewhere, but the only part I could remember was how he called the eagle a Bird of bad moral Character. LOL. Reading the rest of it, yep, Ben Franklin rules.

There's also something I love about that period of writing in which all Nouns were capitalised. It makes the Efforts of the Writer seem so much more serious and worthy of our Attention. Since the Internet is already full of Persons with irritating and unusual writing Styles, I think I'll start a retro Movement promoting the use of antiquated Punctuation.

Brunnen-"And other ancient Concepts like correct Spelling and Grammar"G