Re: A mascot for Technical Writers?

["Wing, Michael J" <mjwing -at- INGR -dot- COM>]

        Greetings!

        I was fiddling with my business card the other night (for anyone who
is
        interested, Visual Business Cards is a great application and
well-worth
      the $20 I paid for it!) and tried to think of a good mascot ... <SNIP>



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> for
> technical writing-dom. Who would be a good symbol that I could add-on to
>
> my business card...?
>
> The character I came up with finally was Wile E. Coyote. After all, he
> *always* takes the time to read the technical manuals that come with any
>
> ACME product. If ACME started thinking "Nobody reads the manuals!"
> attitude, Wile E. would certainly start shopping at Wal-Mart faster than
>
> your average road-runner!
>
> But who would you pick? Are there any people/characters/symbols you find
>
> represents our time-honoured profession?
>
> Although I asked Eric for permission on this thread, he would probably
> rather it stayed offline since it dances on the border of what is
> acceptable on the group. You can respond to me personally and I'll post
> a summary at the end of it.
>
> --
> Be seeing you,
>
> Dave
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