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   JAB to All   
   Audobon Society Magazine   
   26 Aug 21 20:52:56   
   
   XPost: misc.news.internet.discuss   
   From: here@is.invalid   
      
   A Mexican newspaper reports that bored Royal Air Force pilots   
   stationed on the Falkland Islands have devised what they 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 Society Magazine   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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