[WikiEN-l] Policy Creation Procedure

[Stephen Streater]

On 20 Sep 2006, at 20:28, Carl Peterson wrote:

> On 9/20/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:09:54 -0700, Ray Saintonge
>> <saintonge at 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.

It's hard to tell where the humour ends sometimes.