# Gnu News

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnu-news/697196>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 1, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnu-news/697196 "2014-09-01T21:35:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnu-news/697196/21 "2014-09-03T23:06:53Z")

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I can see you all were just lion in wait for a chance to pun. It might be interesting to giraffe the freqency of puns by subject.

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnu-news/697196/22 "2014-09-04T00:14:10Z")

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I wish I could run as fast as an African antelope…

But as John Donne said: “No man is an eland.”

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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnu-news/697196/23 "2014-09-04T00:32:30Z")

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> [@CT\_Damsel](#):
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> gnus spells sung backward:D

Snug gnus sung nugs, guns.

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnu-news/697196/24 "2014-09-04T01:33:42Z")

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Who wildebeest pun belong to, I wonder?

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**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnu-news/697196/25 "2014-09-04T02:25:29Z")

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but did you know that gnu is not [gnu?](http://www.gnu.org/)

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**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnu-news/697196/26 "2014-09-04T02:39:41Z")

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> [@G0sp3l](#):
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> but did you know that gnu is not [gnu?](http://www.gnu.org/)

That’s a pretty frightening smirk on that software gnu.

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**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gnu-news/697196/27 "2014-09-04T15:27:50Z")

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Better be careful. Bad gnus travel fast.

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