[R] How about a mascot for R?

[Albyn Jones]

On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 06:18:39PM +0100, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
> > [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Damian 
> > Betebenner
> > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 6:07 PM
> > To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> > Subject: [R] How about a mascot for R?
> > 
> > 
> > Excellent replies,
> > 
> > So a couple of questions about preferences for the mascot:
> > 
> > 1. Does the mascot need to have a name that starts with R? Is 
> > that usually the way it works?
> > 
> > So far the possibilities put forward are: Ray, Ram, Inch 
> > Worm, Rhinoceros
> 
> R.oo (http://www.maths.lth.se/help/R/R.oo/), ooops Roo, which is Australian
> slang for Kangaroo. http://images.google.com/images?q=roo
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Henrik Bengtsson
>  

how about a Shark?  that would be a bit more subtle:-)

albyn