Re: Studying the email list (Charcuterie Spectrum)

From: Mark A. Matienzo <mark_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 16:32:54 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On the internet, no one knows you're a dog.

On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Truitt, Marc <marc.truitt_at_ualberta.ca> wrote:
> On 06/05/2012 02:18 PM, Michele R Combs wrote:
>>
>> I dunno, it's hard to imagine anything that's been sitting on a bar stool
>> since before I was born as being remotely attractive.
>
>
> Hmm... sounds as though you've not ever lived with a Labrador Retriever!
>  Most Labs I've met would be in dog heaven at the thought of this kind of...
> umm... "delicacy".  :)
>
> - mt
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Received on Tue Jun 05 2012 - 16:39:37 EDT