Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/09

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Subject: OT RE: [Leica] Birds in my car
From: hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson)
Date: Mon Apr 9 16:37:23 2007
References: <a3f189160704081413j42fd7901nf66c78ca4e0bda25@mail.gmail.com><45D42989-90A8-4AA1-9A65-98913820FCC5@mac.com><001501c77af7$e942fa20$6501a8c0@asus930> <a3f189160704091549j7d26aae0pf407deb297b62758@mail.gmail.com>

Aah, now its all clearer. The things that you can learn on the LUG.
At Easter time we do have a variant on the chocolate Easter bunny. They are 
called Bilbies. A (live) Bilby is an imperilled native
animal with long ears. The chocolate ones are promoted as an alternative to 
bunnies. Rabbits are an introduced pest species in
Australia. Bilbies are waay cuter. If you buy the right brand of chocolate 
Bilbies some money goes to conservation. Then you also
donate a larger sum to your family dentist later.
http://members.optusnet.com.au/bilbies/Easter_Bilby.htm

Cheers
Hoppy
 

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org 
[mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
Sonny Carter
Sent: Tuesday, 10 April 2007 08:50
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: OT RE: [Leica] Birds in my car

On 4/9/07, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>
> Just for a cultural update, do the USAians call these mini chicken 
> fellows, peeps? I'm confused downunder Cheers Hoppy
>

They are not merely mini chickens, but a whole culture

http://www.marshmallowpeeps.com/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/05/AR2007040501976.html?referrer=emailarticle

http://www.millikin.edu/staley/peeps

http://www.peepresearch.org/

It goes on and on...


--
Regards,

Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
USA

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