"Now I know it's unusual, but with all the gray squirrels that abound on this campus, why is it that the most aberrant of squirrels appears frolicking outside the confines of Gilmer Hall, where biology houses its offices? Take a look sometime, and there's a squirrel out there with a white tail. This is very unusual. What are they doing in there, in biology in Gilmer Hall? Now I know there's some guy in there named Pennywise, or Penny something, who did his dissertation on the white-tail hawk. But are they now working with white-tail squirrels? What else are we to expect out of biology?"
-- Squirrelish
"Hey -- the guy
on y'all's answering machine sounds kind of sexy. If I could get his number that would be great -- you could post it in the Cav Daily. Here's another shout out for y'all. [begins to play "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"]"
-- 924-6914
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