From: franklir@helium.gas.uug.arizona.edu (Ryan J Franklin )
Newsgroups: alt.fan.lemurs
Subject: Re: The alt.fan.lemurs Reader Poll
Date: 12 Jan 93 21:20:44 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson

In article <C0o5r7.CHA@polaris.async.vt.edu> jfurr@polaris.async.vt.edu (J. Furr) writes:
>To boost alt.fan.lemurs traffic enough that we'll get listed in the
>news.lists monthly traffic summaries, I propose an alt.fan.lemurs User Poll.
>
>1) What is your full name?

Ryan Jay Franklin.
>
>2) Where do you live?

Tucson, Arizona, or Phoenix.
>
>3) What do you do for a living?

I'm one of the fourteen people authorized to destroy the world in the event
of an alien invasion.  
>
>4) How long have you been reading alt.fan.lemurs?

Since the extinction of the species Archeolemur.  (Since the newsgroup was
formed, silly!)
>
>5) What made you start reading alt.fan.lemurs?

I was fascinated by the lemur folklore in alt.folklore.urban last year, and
have always thought that their incredibly huge eyes were vaguely hypnotic.
Plus, I knew a girl who dreamed she was attacked by lemurs when she couldn't
name their correct position in the classification of primates, and vowed that
my ignorance would never place me in such danger.
>
>5) Do lemurs bang on your bedroom windows at night?

No.  Not that it would do them much good if they did.  On the other hand, I
would like a lemur or two to visit me around 10am and wake me up in time for
class.  And I also want to get a postcard from a lemur.
>
>6) Do you ever have trouble with lemurs swinging on your kitchen lights or
>staying up all night to watch movies on your VCR?

Nope.  Sounds like a lot of fun, though.
>
>7) Would you have any ethical or moral problems with spending 10% of your
>monthly income to keep your local lemurs happy and content?

No, but THEY might, since my monthly income is meager enough, and 10% of it
would barely buy them a single Twinkie.  
>
>8) Have you ever given a lemur access to your computer or to your Internet
>accounts?  If so, what happened?

I hereby volunteer the use of my account between 5am and 10am, local time,
to any lemur who wishes to read the newsgroups.  All I ask is the opportunity
to compare thumbs, and possibly to stroke their tails.
>
>9) Do you let lemurs use your credit cards?

I don't own any credit cards, but if I did, the answer is no.  I have enough
trouble tracking my own expenses, and I don't think a lemur would inform me
before maxing out my card.
>
>10) What lemur-related question would you like to pose for the rest of the
>readership of alt.fan.lemurs to answer?

Having read the excellent article in the Jan. 1993 Scientific American on
lemurs (and gazed lovingly at the nice color photos), I'd like to ask which
lemur species in particular is the most attractive:  Coquerel's Sifaka, 
Verreaux's Sifaka, or the female Crowned Lemur.  I'd also like to ask whether
I can have a species of lemur named after me.

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