Re: Request: I need a big pig head

J. Melusky (wha...@u.washington.edu) wrote:
: On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, Diane Wenner wrote:
: > det...@sprynet.com wrote:
: > If you want something in ascci, I hope the appened ones help.
: > Diane
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: > Artist unknown
: Hi Diane, The above pig is actually CEREBUS the ardvark. He is a character
: in a long running Canadian comic book. This is the first ascii of him that
: I've seen. Where did you find him? Actually in the comic book, Cerebus
: talks and calls himself the "earth pig" for some reason. So the artist is 
: Mr Vanaheim. I fogot his first name. Anyway, very funny comic for the
: first 50 issues but now its boring. eyyyywwww Now I'm being boring, sorry.
: take care, Jon
: PS Thanks for posting ole Cerebus. Need any bicycles in trade?

Hi Jon,

Thank you for the information.  It sure looked like a hog to me.  I 
thought ardvarks had longer snouts.   

My dictionary says the root for the word "aardvark" is "Africaans, fr.  
Africaans 'aard' earth + 'vark' pig.   Given that, I think he can legally 
stay in my "pig" collection.  

Diane