PETA is still nuts, Robotic Uga Edition
Ron Blancarte
replace Uga with a ... (sorry, laughing right now) ... a robot! Actually
they used the word animatronic, but we know what they meant.
http://1340wgau.com/localnews/2009/11/peta-replace-uga-vii-with-a-ro.html
http://www.cbsatlanta.com/sports/21715989/detail.html
http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/11/honoring_uga.php
COMEING SOON: UGA VIII: JUDGEMENT DAY
RonB
TOE
> Just when you thought they couldn't get wackier. PETA asked Georgia to
> replace Uga with a ... (sorry, laughing right now) ... a robot! Actually
> they used the word animatronic, but we know what they meant.
>
I never understood why a team would name themselves after such a lazy,
slow, unthreatening animal as a bulldog. Must be the "bull" part of
the name.
-Tom Enright
> RonB
Frederick J. Barnett
wrote:
>I never understood why a team would name themselves after such a lazy,
>slow, unthreatening animal as a bulldog. Must be the "bull" part of
>the name.
>
From Wikipedia:
"In the 1600s, bulldogs were used for bullbaiting (as well as
bearbaiting)--a gambling sport popular in the 17th century with wagers
laid while trained bulldogs leapt at a bull lashed to a post. The
bulldog's typical means of attack included latching onto the animal's
snout and attempting to suffocate it.
However, the bulldog's early role was not limited to sport. In
mid-17th century New York, bulldogs were used as a part of a city-wide
round-up effort led by governor Richard Nicolls. Because cornering and
leading wild bulls was dangerous, bulldogs were trained to seize a
bull by its nose long enough for a rope to be secured around its neck.
The use of dogs for fighting with other dogs or other animals was
banned in the United Kingdom by the Cruelty to Animals Act 1835, but
Bulldogs as pets were continually promoted by dog dealer Bill George."
Considering that bulls and bears have several hundred pounds
on them, the fact that bulldogs were used this way says something
about their fighting abilities, at least back then.
BTW, the biting the bull on the nose and hanging on is why
bulldogs were bred to have those flat, mashed in faces.
Frederick J. Barnett
wrote:
>I never understood why a team would name themselves after such a lazy,
>slow, unthreatening animal as a bulldog. Must be the "bull" part of
>the name.
>