>Bryan Cantrill wrote:
>>> well, "Thumper" is actually a reference to Bambi
>> 
>> You'd have to ask Fowler, but certainly when he coined it, "Bambi" was the
>> last thing on anyone's mind.  I believe Fowler's intention was "one that
>> thumps" (or, in the unique parlance of a certain Commander-in-Chief,
>> "one that gives a thumpin'").
>
>me, I always thought of calling sandworms.
>
>sandworms use up a lot of space, you see...

And bring in a lot of cash....

(IIRC, the worms caused the spice and the spice was mined)

It was my association too.

Casper
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