On 9/20/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG
<guy.chapman(a)spamcop.net> wrote:
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:09:54 -0700, Ray Saintonge
<saintonge(a)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.
Carl
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The story goes back to at least mid-March 1998 - the earliest
reference I can find in Google Groups is:
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.
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-george william herbert
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