[rescue] ScaNet Info wanted

[Robert Rose]

At 04:46 AM 2/07/2002 -0500, Drew Whittle wrote:
>I'm called a magpie by my friends because I have the habit of
>"collecting" computer junk, just like the Australian magpie (a bird)
>collects "junk".
>On Tue, 2002-07-02 at 15:13, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
>
> > magpie?

You're thinking of the bower bird, although they're prone to stealing 
things, particularly shiny things, rather than just "collecting".  Magpies 
don't really collect junk, they just swoop anything (other birds, people, 
dogs, cars) that invades their space when they're protecting their 
young.  One theory is that it's the male of the species that gets 
aggressive at mating time when their testicles swell up to like 4 times 
normal size and impress the females by scaring off any potential threats to 
the nest.

So, call yourself magpie if you really want, just don't come anywhere near me!

Rob