[Haskell-cafe] Sugestion for a Haskell mascot

[John Van Enk]

Perhaps we could make a sloth variant clinging to a tree branch then replace
the YEAAAAHH!! with YAAAWWWN!!
/jve


On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Don Stewart <dons at galois.com> wrote:

> I thought this was our unofficial mascot:
>
>    http://www.haskell.org/sitewiki/images/8/85/NarleyYeeaaahh.jpg
>
> Available in plush form:
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Narwhal-Plush-Stuffed-Animal-Toy/dp/B0011DFUGE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1236716339&sr=1-3
>
> YEEAAAAHH!
>
> mads_lindstroem:
> > Hi Maurí­cio
> >
> > Great idea. I would love a toy one with a Lambda logo.
> >
> > I found one on Amazon
> > http://www.amazon.com/Plush-Sloth-Bear-Cuddlekin-12/dp/B000FBLP76 , but
> > without the logo.
> >
> > But we would of cause need one with Haskell logo printed upon it. I
> > could not find a place with user-definable textile printing (if that is
> > the right term in english) on plush sloth bears.
> >
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Mads
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Here in Brazil we have a forest animal we name 'preguiça' -- literally,
> > > lazyness. What better mascot we could have for Haskell? It lives (and
> > > sleeps) in trees, and if you see the main picture in wikipedia articles
> > > you can easily imagine the tree branch beeing replaced by a lambda:
> > >
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth
> > >
> > > http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicho-pregui%C3%A7a
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Maurício
> > >
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