QOTD

[redbird]

(Incidentally, if there's a prize for pet marketing, I'd like to nominate whoever changed ''Mongolian desert rat'' to ''gerbil.'' That's even better than ''compassionate conservative.'') — Randy Cohen

Comments

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

It's a smaller achievement, but kiwi is definitely an improvement on Chinese gooseberry. I'd have sworn that the uglifruit started out with a much duller name, but a fast googling doesn't turn up anything.

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool! I did not know that. Nifty info before tea -- always a good thing. Thank you.