THE BUTTERFLIES FAD

[Matthew Smith]

Message text written by INTERNET:Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca
> 
Yup, one of my 'nomenclatorial innovations' is to fondly refer to my
friends
the butterflies as 'bugs' or even 'bugzz'. Of course I have discovered that
this freaks out those few taxonomists who are humor-impaired :-) Mission
impossible for the poets among us -- a limerick dealing with bugzz and
nomenclature :-)
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A professor concerned with nomenclature
Exclaimed to his wife 'Well I'm baffled dear
Calling butterflies bugzz
is a habit that sucks
I've always preferred Lepidoptera'



Matt

 
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