On 9/20/06, Carl Peterson carlopeterson@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/20/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:09:54 -0700, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Since we also have five members of the Board, was this intended to be an allegory?
No, it's *ape*, not alligator.
Allegory: a story with a deeper level of meaning, where elements of the stories generally represent something else in real life. The question was if the apes were supposed to stand for the Board, not if "alligators" were intended instead of apes.
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The story goes back to at least mid-March 1998 - the earliest reference I can find in Google Groups is: http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/8683e153416e9f8a?dmode=source
That message says "forwarded by my girlfriend" and has no attribution, so it may be difficult to identify the source. But it's over 8 years old.