[ubuntu-art] Re: daper drake - woo hoo!

[Nicholas]

Thank goodness we finally sorted out the ducks from the dragons! I'd 
love to see some submissions, less aimless discussion (there, I said 
it). However, I might have to wait until nearer the weekend for work to 
slow down so I can put aside quality time to draw/create/etc/

Nicholas Burman
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On 14-Sep-05, at 4:08 PM, Matthew Nuzum wrote:

> On 9/14/05, Matthew Nuzum <mattnuzum at gmail.com> wrote:
>> A dragon and a duck! Of course, in real fantasy the duck wouldn't 
>> last long hanging out with a dragon.
>>
>>  BTW, male ducks (or male anything) aren't "cute." They're handsome, 
>> suave, studly. Maybe (just maybe) they can be chic. Additionally, 
>> "dapper" does kind of imply masculine. I've never heard it used as a 
>> description of a woman, only men, and only then when in formal 
>> attire.
>>
>>  So a chic duck and a studly dragon. Who wants to do the first comp?
> I sent a quick message to Mark Shuttleworth, here's what he said:
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Mark Shuttleworth [mailto:mark at canonical.com]
>  > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:51 PM
>  > To: matt at followers.net
>  > Subject: Re: The name of Breezy+1
>  >
>  > Matthew Nuzum wrote:
>  >
>  > >Is a "Dapper Drake" a young dragon or a male duck? Some of us on 
> the art
>  > >team mailing list are trying to get this figured out.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > It's either, as long as it's not a *lame* duck ;-)
>  >
>  > My preference is the duck. Less vapourware-ish.
>
>  So start thinking about ducks. Chic, suave, studly ducks decked out 
> in their finest threads. I have to admit I like a dapper duck much 
> better than a breezy badger (breezy is a synonym of flatulent where 
> I'm from).
>
>  Actually, I'm really excited about this release, and not because of 
> art. I manage servers and software and the reason I switched to Ubuntu 
> is because it had a longer support cycle than RH/Fedora. I'll probably 
> be using Drake for the next 4-5 years.
>
> -- 
> Matthew Nuzum
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