>Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 10:18:15 -0700 (MST)
>From: Michael Gibson <mgibson at unm.edu>
>
>>
>> From the "Say What?" file -- a true story from JDRobinson in Florida:
>I'm
>> taking two classes this semester, one of which is Public Policy. Our
>professor
>> is an adjunct; nice lady, tries too hard. Anyway, a few weeks ago,
>we're
>> covering a chapter on environmental politics, and she casts an
>overhead with
>> facts and figures on some of the more powerful environmental lobbying
>groups.
>> Among them is the Audubon Society. If you do not know what the
>Audubon Society
>> is, then stop reading.
>>
>> So one of the students asks, "What is the Audubon Society?" (Bird
>watchers, if
>> you ignored my previous instructions.) To which the professor replies:
>>
>> "I don't know, I think it's a group to protect that road in Germany."
>>
>> It hits me like a spear. "She did not just say that, did she?" I think
>to
>> myself. I look up -- and she's "serious."
>>
>> "That's Auto-BAHN, not Audubon!" I reply, only to be drowned out by
>the chorus
>> of students in the back who are either laughing or yelling, "Birds!
>Birds!"
>>
>> "What?" she says.
>>
>> I reply, "It's a group organized for the protection of birds."
>>
>> She stays silent for a moment, then responds, "Well, what kind of bird
>is an
>> audubon, is it a spotted owl or something?"
>>
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