G-ful "gnu"

James A. Landau <JJJRLandau@netscape.com> JJJRLandau at NETSCAPE.COM
Wed Jan 30 02:08:28 UTC 2013


Then there is the old joke (which I heard circa 1960) that requires the /g/ to appear:

Papa Gnu came home and Mama Gnu said, "Junior has been misbehaving and you're going to have to spank him."
"No, I won't," said Papa Gnu.  "You're going to have to learn how to paddle your own gnu."

     - Jim Landau

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