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From: pkern@utcs.uucp (pkern)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Several funny but true news clipping
Message-ID: <934@utcs.uucp>
Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 03:37:43 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 21 03:37:43 1985
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Organization: University of Toronto - General Purpose UNIX
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In article <86400006@haddock.UUCP> stevep@haddock.UUCP writes:
> ...
>PENGUIN HARRASMENT
>
>A Mexican newspaper reports that bored Royal Air Force pilots stationed on
>the Falkland Islands have devised what the consider a marvelous new game. 
>Noting that the local penguins are fascinated by airplanes, the pilots search
>out a beach where the birds are gathered and fly slowly along it at the
>water's edge.  Perhaps ten thousand penguins turn their heads in unison
>watching the planes go by, and when the pilots turn around and fly back, the
>birds turn their heads in the opposite direction, like spectators at a
>slow-motion tennis match.  Then, the paper reports "The pilots fly out to sea
>and directly to the penguin colony and overfly it.  Heads go up, up, up, and
>ten thousand penguins fall over gently onto their backs.
>
>  -Audobon Magazine
>

Sounds like something which should interest Opus.