# Penguins **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 20, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271 "2003-06-20T20:31:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/1 "2003-06-20T20:31:05Z")
**_=([sup]\>[/sup])=_=([sup]\>[/sup])=_=([sup]\>[/sup])=_\_\_=([sup]\>[/sup])=** Penguins. ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/2 "2003-06-20T21:23:09Z")
Please try to be nice when commenting on it; I spent forever coding it and trying to make it look nice. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/3 "2003-06-20T23:53:58Z")
So… the penguins are hiding behind the…? 😃 I like ya, kid. Really. ---
**Author:** ![skyzoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@skyzoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skyzoo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/4 "2003-06-21T00:04:10Z")
**Beautiful!** I’m in aweland. Did you think this up during _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader_ ?😉 ---
**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/5 "2003-06-21T00:08:11Z")
Yep. It helps if you highlight it. ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/6 "2003-06-21T03:38:23Z")
Why is the first one standing on his head? ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/7 "2003-06-21T13:38:51Z")
I can’t see 'em… should I tilt my head or something? ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/8 "2003-06-21T13:57:05Z")
It reminds me of those 80’s home computers, where you had to use a _lot_ of imagination to see what the characters were supposed to represent. Are you playing with your mouse-less text-based computers, [a]Asian\*\*, errr…, **Aslan2**? ---
**Author:** ![Durabrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Durabrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Durabrite)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/9 "2003-06-21T14:04:10Z")
They are facing you = is a wing ( ) is a body and \> is a nose. Because they’re squat they look more like hens on a roost. ([sup]00[/sup])    \> |     | |     | \_ W \_ ---
**Author:** ![Durabrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Durabrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Durabrite)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/10 "2003-06-21T14:08:57Z")
([sup]00[/sup])    [sub]\>[/sub] |     | |     | **\_** _W_ \*\*\_ \*\* I grew up doing these on Mom’s manual Remington. With about as much success:p ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/11 "2003-06-21T18:57:04Z")
**_=([sup]\>[/sup])=_=([sup]\>[/sup])=_=([sup]\>[/sup])=_\_\_=([sup]\>[/sup])=** ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/12 "2003-06-21T20:30:06Z")
It took me a while to work them out, but I think they’re delightful, **Aslan2**. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/13 "2003-06-21T20:55:50Z")
They’re **skating** , y’all! 😃 Great job, A2! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/14 "2003-06-21T20:57:04Z")
Well, sliding on their bellies, actually! 😉 Right A2? Q ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/15 "2003-06-22T03:09:21Z")
Interesting stuff. 🙂 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![skyzoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e480ec/32.png) [@skyzoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skyzoo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penguins/183271/16 "2003-06-22T04:57:26Z")
**~••~** **~ - ~** 😕 :smack:i need a place to practice _weeping on ice forsaken by technology_ ☹ _sobbing into the screen - hopeless…_