Historic penguin sketches found (Slow news day story)

BBC.com ^ | Friday, 21 December 2007 | staff writer

[yankeedame]

Yeah, I know...I was a little disappointed, too. Here I thought the sketches were by a penguin, not of a penguin.

[1rudeboy]

Sounds like a serioubs find.

[Cvengr]

Ooops,..that new Mexican janitor just cleaned all the boards for tomorrow’s lecture circuit. /s

[ConservativeMind]

Ping, sir.

[Deaf Smith]

I wonder how much time Scott & Shackleton spent discussing the Penguins’ happy feet?

[Thrownatbirth]

Shackleton, who also took part in the Discovery expedition, made his sketch five years later

Looks like the classic "before" and "after". That penguin did some hard partying in those five years.

[Issaquahking]

Amazing what happens when people decide to do something besides "cut and copy" when it comes getting titles right...

"HISTORIC PENGUIN SKETCBES FOUND"

[Gay State Conservative]

What's that on top of the television set? (pause)

matter-of-factly) Looks like a penguin. (pause)

It's been a long time there, now, has it?

What's it doin' there?

Standin'!

I can see that! (pause)

If it laid an egg, it would roll down the back of the television set.

Ummmm. I hadn't thought of that.

Unless it's a male.

Yes. It looks fairly butch. (pause)

Perhaps it's from next door.

(yelling) NEXT DOOR?!? Penguins don't come from NEXT DOOR! They come from the Antarctic!

(yet louder) BURMA!!!

Why did you say Burma?

I panicked.

Oh.

Perhaps it's from the zoo.

Which zoo?

(angrily) How should I know which zoo it's from?!? I'm not Doctor bloody Bernofsky!!

How would Doctor Bernofsky know which zoo?

He knows everything.

Oooh, I wouldn't like that, that'd take all the mystery out of life.

[SunkenCiv]

Ooops,..that new Mexican janitor just cleaned all the boards for tomorrow’s lecture circuit. /s

LOLOLOLOL!

[SunkenCiv]

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	Gods Graves Glyphs	Thanks ConservativeMind! When I saw what this was, igloo my mind. Whomever saved the sketcbes, well, glacier knew what they were doing. Of course, it seems a little unlikely that the actual provenance (provenience, since this is in Britain) is known, i.e., I wonder about the authenticity. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. GGG managers are Blam, StayAt HomeMother, and Ernest_at_the_Beach
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[Monkey Face]

This looks like something for someone who actually knows about penguins.... ;o]

[Fiddlstix]

Penguin Ping

[CholeraJoe]

A friend of mine was in the US Navy assigned to a destroyer that visited the Research station in Antarctica. He asked two old grizzled Chief Petty Officers at the station, "What do you guys do for sex here at the South Pole?"

They replied, "Oh we just go out and find a penguin and have our way with it."

After a few weeks, my friend got desperate and went out, grabbed a penguin and started to have his way with it. Suddenly, peals of laughter broke out behind him and he turned to see the two old Chiefs laughing and pointing at him.

He said, "What? Isn't this what you told me you guys do?"

The two Chiefs said, "Yeah. But you picked the ugliest one!"

[SpringheelJack]

I have my doubts about their authenticity. The institute can’t trace them, they have no history of ownership, we’re in a revival of interest in Antarctica illustrated in several best-sellers on Scott and Shackleton published the last few years, the sketches seem extremely crude and difficult to verify on their own sake, and finally, who autographs lecture notes on a chalkboard?

[SunkenCiv]

That’s so obviously one of those myths. Everyone knows you have to use a seal...

[SunkenCiv]

I can’t help but be reminded of the late-70s book by Kliban, “How To Draw Cats”.

[CholeraJoe]

“Seals Lie!”

[Monkey Face]

I really enjoy Kliban’s stuff.

[wildbill]

It’s always best to have a tight seal.

[Lurker]

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