[Wikipedia-l] en.wikipedia.org vs www.wikipedia.org and the Wikipedia family
lcrocker at nupedia.com
lcrocker at nupedia.com
Tue Oct 15 17:35:51 UTC 2002
>Pepe Lepew is a Loony Toons cartoon character. He is a
>French skunk. Sort of. In Pepe Lepew cartoons,
>"french" is spoken by adding "le" to English words. In
>every cartoon, a hapless black cat somehow gets a
>white stripe of paint on her back, and Pepe falls in
>love with her, thinking she is a "petite femme skunk".
>She does not, however, reciprocate his amorous
>feelings, especially since his smell is rather
>offensive to all of God's creation.
>
>I can understand why he isn't famous in France...
What, you don't think the French would appreciate the
fine American humor of stereotyping the French as sexual
predators with poor bathing habits? I'm sure there must
be some equally offensive English-speaking cartoon
character popular over there.
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