offtopic helmet polishing (was Re: rm fails to remove symbolic links to directories)

[Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes]

On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 09:54:51PM -0400, One Angry User wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> > Just a bit of trivia: did you know that a porpoise was a mammal?
> 
> Which porpoise?  A living porpoise *is* a mammal.  Or are you talking
> about a dead porpoise?
> 
> > I know!  I thought they were related to whales!  I think science is fun!
> 
> Interestingly enough (another bit of trivia), a tortoise isn't a mammal...
> Now, what makes the letter 'p' so special, that changing a 't' to it makes
> a mammal?

Can't you just look at it: p and see the "mammalian protuberance"?