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Dear Adelie
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May 28, 2006 (8:00:00 AM)
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Tux's less famous sister answers even your silliest questions on Linux and open source software.
Dear Adelie, I think my girlfriend is seeing a Windows user on the sly. How can I win her back?
-- John from Ohio
Dear Adelie, I think my girlfriend is seeing a Windows user on the sly. How can I win her back?
-- John from Ohio
John, after spending some computing time with a Windows user, she's probably picked up some nasty infections. You don't want her back. Move on, and good luck out there.
-- Adelie
Dear Adelie, What breed are you and Tux?
-- Vinnie from New Jersey
Excuse me? Are you one of those men who walks up to a girl in a bar and asks what her "background" is? Maybe you are, Vinnie. The press, which as you know can be quite intrusive, has speculated that we are little penguins (Eudyptula minor) or black-footed penguins (Spheniscus demersus). The former are also known as fairy penguins (which some find offensive); the latter are also known as jackass penguins (which I for one do not appreciate). If you feel that by disgorging these facts I am evading your question, perhaps you have a little more discernment than I gave you credit for. A girl has to maintain a certain air of mystery.
-- Adelie
-- Adelie
Dear Adelie, What breed are you and Tux?
-- Vinnie from New Jersey
Excuse me? Are you one of those men who walks up to a girl in a bar and asks what her "background" is? Maybe you are, Vinnie. The press, which as you know can be quite intrusive, has speculated that we are little penguins (Eudyptula minor) or black-footed penguins (Spheniscus demersus). The former are also known as fairy penguins (which some find offensive); the latter are also known as jackass penguins (which I for one do not appreciate). If you feel that by disgorging these facts I am evading your question, perhaps you have a little more discernment than I gave you credit for. A girl has to maintain a certain air of mystery.
-- Adelie
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My pet penguin and umm, *ahem* "life partner" hasn't been very talkative lately and generally been ignoring me. Should I be worried or is this just a time of the month thing? Do pengiuins have a time of the month?
Dear Adelie,
I just received a copy of Windows XP for my birthday. How best should I thank the donor?
I just received a copy of Windows XP for my birthday. How best should I thank the donor?
Dear Adelie,
I have been dating this lovely penguin for several years now (a while back, I broke off a LTR with a Window whose jagged edges just got too much for me), and said penguin has proved to be a wonderful companion. Unlike the overly-possesive Window, the penguin, an open-minded individual, respects my freedom and doesn't get jealous when I leave the house for a moment, knowing that I have never "Slacked" on my responsibilities and have always come back.
However, recently a very attractive blowfish has made itself apparent, and it has even recently suggested that I consider a threesome with the penguin, with the long-term goal of a primary LTR with the blowfish. I do care for the penguin, as I have been with it for several years, but that blowfish is seductively whispering in my ear...<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...secure...by...default...
As I do so value security in any relationship, I must admit that the idea is nice. Naturally, though, I don't want to hurt the penguin that has been so good to me for all these years, but that Puffy...those spikes...I just feel so warm, fuzzy, and *secure* in its presence....
What to do, Adelie? What to do?
Alsa Mille Daemon
I have been dating this lovely penguin for several years now (a while back, I broke off a LTR with a Window whose jagged edges just got too much for me), and said penguin has proved to be a wonderful companion. Unlike the overly-possesive Window, the penguin, an open-minded individual, respects my freedom and doesn't get jealous when I leave the house for a moment, knowing that I have never "Slacked" on my responsibilities and have always come back.
However, recently a very attractive blowfish has made itself apparent, and it has even recently suggested that I consider a threesome with the penguin, with the long-term goal of a primary LTR with the blowfish. I do care for the penguin, as I have been with it for several years, but that blowfish is seductively whispering in my ear...<nobr> <wbr></nobr>...secure...by...default...
As I do so value security in any relationship, I must admit that the idea is nice. Naturally, though, I don't want to hurt the penguin that has been so good to me for all these years, but that Puffy...those spikes...I just feel so warm, fuzzy, and *secure* in its presence....
What to do, Adelie? What to do?
Alsa Mille Daemon
Feather Wax
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 28, 2006 05:52 PMWhat is the best wax for making my feathers attract the hens?
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