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On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 05:07:26PM +0000, Mario Lobo wrote:
>
> On Thursday 29 July 2010 19:45:02 Antonio Olivares wrote:
> > I am sorry but I am now confused, the BSD Logo :
> > 
> > http://www.freebsd.org/layout/images/logo-red.png
> > 
> > is the sex toy right?
> > 
> > Because Beastie just has his pitchfork 
> > 
> 
> Well, don't forget that sado-masochists would find tons of usages for the 
> pitchfork, maybe even beastie's horns along with it :)
> 

A pitchfork has 2 tines a trident (which is what Beastie carries) has
3.

Interestingly, the trident seems to appear in a number of religions.

Shiva carries one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shiva_cropped.jpg

as does Poseidon IIRC.

So maybe Beastie is a disabled Hindu! (missing 2 arms).


Regards,

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 Frank

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