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Snowflake Grumpafudamus John Wilkins is an eternal student, who thinks philosophy of biology is at least as interesting as politics or sport and twice as important. He has a PhD from the University of Melbourne and a position as a Sessional Lecturer at the University of Queensland, in Australia. After a varied career, involving factories, gardening, civil service, publishing, graphics, public relations but not, unfortunately for the CV, driving a truck, John finally completed his thesis on species concepts in 2004, which he has worked into two books.

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Category: Humor
Posted on: February 25, 2008 10:24 AM, by John S. Wilkins

I suppose you all have heard of the recent trade agreement between South Africa, Tibet, and the Netherlands, swapping cattle for birds, and known as the Gnu yak stork exchange...

[I'm not to blame. I saw it on the Dino-L list.]

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#1

Yes, but you have perpetuated this most awful of jokes that I will have to remember to tell my kids when I get home! And for that I hold you responsible!

Posted by: KiwiInOz | February 25, 2008 8:29 PM

#2

You know, if no thunderbolt strikes you from the heavens leaving just a scorchmark on the ground then there really is no God.

Either that or He has a sense of humour as appalling as yours...

Posted by: Ian H Spedding FCD | February 25, 2008 9:07 PM

#3

A reason I am agnostic is that I cannot empirically choose between those two hypotheses... and yet I live on.

Posted by: John S. Wilkins | February 25, 2008 9:21 PM

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