X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,4ea403feef433208 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-01-07 16:23:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!eusc.inter.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!news-lei1.dfn.de!news-ham1.dfn.de!newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de!adfpc.amp.uni-hannover.de!nobody From: Andreas Freise Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Does anyone have a pic of a dolphin? Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 01:22:01 +0100 Organization: Universitaet Hannover Lines: 27 Message-ID: <9vqfva.cg.ln@adfpc.amp.uni-hannover.de> References: <4bad887903Jeremy@omba.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.75.234.178 X-Trace: newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de 1041985426 2851 130.75.234.178 (8 Jan 2003 00:23:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsserver.rrzn.uni-hannover.de NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Jan 2003 00:23:46 GMT X-Face: %XhMERdBemohx4TB/zw0f`1Y%d}y10tjY4RjzCc&DWou4VZc;7iz#f3F8a-V|hA9Ief>mYBeoVep0^f#tV{;TrhZPPKPLwl^F&mypu*u0*YcWt0P}%kYb~C..+}_[2!%&THVkvA8c0:"~[\*~0O*$\1zDa5eIlG User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:21407 On 07 Jan 2003 Mic wrote: [...] > > ?A` > |M] > |H, > > is Saint Nicholas ("Sint Nicolaas" aka "Sinterklaas") > > /b. > ,==y' > ;|\ |> > > is his conveyance (a horse: "De Schimmel") > OB > In this -- still very much alive story amongst parents and children in > the Netherlands and Belgium -- Saint Nicholas has a team of servants > of African descent ("Moors"). Dunno why Paul (PGMG) did not pay > hommage to them. Alright! Now, I can recall why I missed your presence. :) Andreas -- ________________________________________________ http://www.ascii-art.de