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  ipedia.com: Penguin Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Diving penguins reach 6 to 12 km/h, though there are reports of velocities of 27 km/h (which are probably realistic in the case of precipitate flight).
Penguin is thought by some to derive from the Welsh words pen (head) and gwyn (white), applied to the Great Auk, which had a conspicuous white patch between the bill and the eye (although its head was fl), or from an island off Newfoundland known as "White Head" due to a large white rock.
Penguins are popular in Western culture owing to their harmless nature, their upright stance for standing and walking, which humans find charming or comical, and their striking fl and white plumage that is often humourously likened to a tuxedo suit.
www.ipedia.com /penguin.html   (963 words)

  
  Penguin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These fossils prove that prehistoric penguins were already flightless and seagoing, so their origins probably reach as far back as 65 million years ago, before the extinction of the dinosaurs.
Penguin is thought by some to derive from the Welsh words pen (head) and gwyn (white), applied to the Great Auk, which had a conspicuous white patch between the bill and the eye (although its head was fl), or from an island off Newfoundland known as "White Head" due to a large white rock.
Penguin is also the name of a villain in the comic series Batman and its TV show and movie spinoffs, and is usually seen wearing a tuxedo type outfit in order to fit the name.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penguin   (1853 words)

  
 Pokey the Penguin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pokey the Penguin is a surrealistic online comic strip, which began in 1998 and continues to be updated (albeit sporadically).
Pokey (the main character) lives in the arctic, unlike most penguins, who live in the Southern Hemisphere.
His main antagonists are the Italians, whom Pokey suspects of intending to steal his arctic-circle candy (which grows in the arctic).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pokey_the_Penguin   (593 words)

  
 Pokey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pokey was the name of a character in the Gumby claymation series.
POKEY sound chip in the Atari 400/800, XL, XE 8-Bit computers; it was also utilized in many Atari Coin-Operated arcade games.
Pokey Minch is one of the main antagonists of EarthBound.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pokey   (163 words)

  
 sociology - Penguin
Penguins are popular around the world owing to their harmless nature, their upright stance for standing and walking, which humans find charming or comical, and their striking fl and white plumage that is often humorously likened to a tuxedo suit.
Ted the penguin is a penguin of unknown age which inhabits the home of Ethan, Lucas and Scott in the Ctrl Alt Del (webcomic), ostensibly as the pet of Scott, the web-comic's Linux guru.
Penguins are the namesake of the Pittsburgh Penguins (mascot's name: "Iceberg") of the National Hockey League and the sports teams of Youngstown State University (mascot's name: "Pete").
www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/Penguin   (1120 words)

  
 El Berto's Penguin Page
The penguin skeleton is also markedly different from other birds around the furcula and breast bone, due to the differing movement and muscular requirements of penguin flippers compared to bird wings.
Penguins therefore are able to alter the shape of the lens considerably, enabling them to compensate for the differences in refractive index, and allowing good vision in air and water.
Some penguin species may commence breeding when just 2 years old, while other species do not breed until 6 or more years of age In most species the males arrive at the breeding site a few days before the females, and this is due to the fact that there are more males than females.
penguins.servehttp.com   (5496 words)

  
 Pokey the Penguin: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/po/pokey_the_penguin.htm   (1736 words)

  
 Pokey the Penguin - Comixpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Pokey the Penguin is a surrealistic online comic strip, which began in 1998 and continues to be updated (albeit sporadically) to this day.
Most minor characters look exactly like Pokey — for example, the various "Chicken" characters are not chickens, but ordinary penguins, and the "Bear" is merely a brown penguin.
Pokey the Penguin bootlegs by the "FBI" (Andrew Clover)
www.comixpedia.org /index.php/Pokey_the_Penguin   (418 words)

  
 Pokey the Penguin@Everything2.com
As mentioned earlier, most minor characters look exactly like Pokey, though there are exceptions (Stephen Hawking, for example, appears as Pokey wearing a cape and pointed wizard's hat with stars and a crescent moon printed on them).
Pokey the Penguin is updated every once in a while (would you really expect a comic like this to have any sort of regular schedule?).
Apparently, lengthy time between updates has inspired some people to make their own Pokey comics, which typically aren't as good as the real comic, but may amuse if one is in desperate need of a Pokey fix.
www.everything2.com /index.pl?node_id=29834   (887 words)

  
 PaperPlain Animal T-Shirts- Penguin
The smallest penguin species is the Little Blue Penguin (also known as the Fairy Penguin), which stands around 25 cm tall (14-16 in.) and weighs 1 kilogram (2.5 lb).
The links between other bird orders and penguins are still unknown, and though a close relationship between penguins, Procellariiformes and Gaviiformes is usually assumed, it has not been proved and some anatomical evidence has been interpreted as supporting a placement of Spheniscidae within a group of birds classified as Pelecaniformes.
The salt is excreted in a concentrated fluid from the nasal passages.
www.paperplain.com /pages/index.php?pID=683   (1619 words)

  
 Listen To Me - Pingu
Pokey the Penguin lives in the Arctic Circle.
Lots of flapping of their tiny penguin arms and some general crazy noise, but unless Pokey pulled a gun, I'm guessing there wouldn't be too much real violence.
Unlike Pokey, he never resorts to such violent efforts as pulling a gun on a hapless victim who happens to disagree with whatever point he's trying to make.
www.listentome.net /tv31.php   (1567 words)

  
 Penguins + News & Information - by Penguins +
Penguins + is a great place for conversation, contemplation and debating on a variety of topics as unique and diverse as its members.
For those who don't already know, Prinnys are a fictional form of penguin with wooden legs and bat wings on their backs.
Pokey the Penguin: his cartoons are so badly drawn they're cute, but they never seem to make much sense!
my.opera.com /penguinsplus/blog   (914 words)

  
 GOBLINKO: PENGUIN AND SQUID   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It is very clear that the Penguins and their followers are being menaced by the Squid, whose biomass has just recently exceded that of humanity.
The choice is yours, peace with Penguins or annihilation by Squid.
The two headed penguin guides those who are prepared to understand.
www.goblinko.com /penguinvsquid   (165 words)

  
 Ptarmigan: Alan DeNiro's Weblog
Penguins are birds, and birds are associated with flying.
Pokey meets a random penguin, and the penguin later surprises Pokey with a birthday cake (inside either an airplane or the abandoned castle).
In the climax of the tale, Pokey and his friend meet King George, a mysterious ruler who has not been introduced or explained (in fact, the castle was supposed to be abandoned).
ptarmigan.blogspot.com /2003_06_01_ptarmigan_archive.html   (950 words)

  
 Dumbest comic ever? - Kung Fu Magazine Forums
But most of all, their frustration at the foibles of modern life is indicated in half-finished episodes like "Pokey and the Pirates," wherein half the panels are scribbled out and the pirates never make their appearance.
And yet there is hope in the artists' vision, too: In "The Abandoned Castle," Pokey and his new friend discover greener pastures and King George, obviously a godlike father figure who will carry these hapless, hopeless nonbelievers to a better place.
But the most significant indicator of the artists' goal is their contact link: "POKEY THE PENGUIN LOVES TO" -- what Pokey loves to do, exactly, is a mystery, although the final, unlinked 3 words: "READ YOUR EMAIL" hints at the possibilities.
ezine.kungfumagazine.com /forum/showthread.php?t=23122   (671 words)

  
 worst website ever | MetaFilter
Pokey the Penguin has been a bastion of internet greatness for me for several years now.
Pokey the Penguin has made me a better person and given me a deep appreciation for the powers of MS Paint.
Speaking of Pokey, Wigu is at least as nonsensical, but in a more conventional format.
www.metafilter.com /37407/worst-website-ever   (514 words)

  
 BBC - collective - webslinky #096: pokey the penguin
is the ramblings of a deranged child, starring as it does a talking penguin, his gun-toting young companion and a regular supporting cast that includes a posh capitalist snowman called Mr Nutty, a highly sceptical hippo and a flying boxing glove.
Pokey's non-adventures are delivered in a crude style, presumably achieved with Microsoft Paint, where sprites or whole panels are scribbled out (sometimes to cover mistakes, sometimes not) and a “more is more” philosophy has been applied to punctuation.
Pokey is a far cry from more populist web comics (well, populist amongst certain circles) such as
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/A13663325   (463 words)

  
 All About Penguins -- Everything That You Could Ever Want To Know About Penguins!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
He's the poor "shelved" penguin, who has lost his ability to squeak and is therefore no longer fun to play with.
The Penguin is the flag ship chocolate covered biscuit bar of the mighty McVities, and has been a yardstick by which other chocolate covered biscuits bars are measured, and they've been making them since 1932.
These days Penguins come wrapped in their own little sachet, but they used to come the composite foil grease proof paper wrap of yesteryear.
www.freewebs.com /jfleming/thepenguinhalloffame.htm   (1555 words)

  
 Lacey Chabert meets Pokey the Penguin!!!
However, this is simply one manifestation of my interpretation of the Pokey paradigm, and shouldn't be treated as anything else.
My intent is to channel the beauty of Pokey the Penguin through a creative outlet, incorporating my favorite actress and a great inspiration (Lacey Chabert), to express myself and create works of art that hopefully others will enjoy as well.
Views expressed on this page, other than views carried over from POKEY THE PENGUIN are my own, and not those of Pokey the Penguin, THE AUTHORS, the Mungododomias, The Establishment, the Irish Republican Army, or any other person or entity.
users.ipa.net /~cmcpher/laceypokey   (804 words)

  
 Linux Penguins on the web
Penguin Trivia #46: Animals who are not penguins can only wish they were.
This index is meant to point to web pages that reveal everything you ever wanted to know about Linux penguins but never dared ask.
penguin activities for children (no, it's not linux-related, but who says it can't be fun?) -- beware, this otherwise linux-unrelated site displays overt silly taste and children material, that might hurt some people's sensibilities, as they would have hurt the feelings of W. Fields.
tunes.org /~do/penguindex.html   (213 words)

  
 Urban Dictionary: pokey
A penguin that lives in the Arctic Circle, often accompanied by his friends Headcheese and Mr.
Pokey is a fat pussy with no friends.
We had to leave little orphan Jimmy behind, he was pokey.
www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=pokey   (235 words)

  
 Penguine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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All new deviations penguine will be posted there.
penguine.edge3s.be /index.html   (995 words)

  
 POKEY THE PENGUIN!! REBOOTLEGGED
That was drawn by someone who despaired at the lack of daily updates to POKEY THE PENGUIN.
I started this bootleg of Pokey the Penguin on June 2nd 2000, after reading that some people had been saying BAD THINGS about POKEY THE PENGUIN and THE AUTHORS, because there was not a new strip every day.
POKEY THE PENGUIN RE-BOOTLEGGED (DONE BY ME!!!!!!!) For talking about all things here.
pokey.electric-dreams.org   (641 words)

  
 Chilly Willy: FAQ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The lineage is thus: first there was Pokey, of course, and a while later, this guy WeirdMan started drawing Pengo comics, which were pretty Pokey-like but featured Pengo and Sno-Bees.
Yes, they both have penguins and ice, but all resemblance to Pokey is superficial.
Note that these terms are not strictly analogous with biological parents; for example, the same person could be both the father and mother, or in the case of collaboration, there could be multiple fathers or mothers.
www.chilly-willy.com /faq.php   (1429 words)

  
 lies.com » Deep Pokey
So, maybe you’ve seen the Pokey the Penguin comic strip before; maybe you haven’t.
If you haven’t, the one currently running is, I think, a particularly good one for you to cut your teeth on.
You must be logged in to post a comment.
www.lies.com /wp/2002/03/26/deep-pokey   (119 words)

  
 The Arctic Circle -- Enter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
This web page was composed in the true Pokey the Penguin spirit.
Unless you are already a fan of Pokey the Penguin, it is advised that you do not enter this web page.
Pokey the Penguin © its original anonymous creators.
evil.twu.net /pokey   (70 words)

  
 Reviews for Pokey Compelation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
If you idiots can't figure out what Pokey is, maybe you shouldn't leave a review to something you obviously don't understand.
Also to Happypeepeehead, I don't know how you can give the graphics and violence ratings of 8, considering that they are meant to be that way(meant to be like the euphorically jubilant being, Pokey the Penguin).
This is the second fan made Pokey flash I've stumbled across.
www.newgrounds.com /portal/readreview.php?id=55819   (436 words)

  
 penguin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Anyone who knows me knows that I have collected Penguins for years now.
For a while I was successful in boxing many of them up and only getting them out at Christmas...
my Penguin ornaments are enough to cover a whole tree now!...but now they've slowly started to invade my office, too.
www.amyshade.homestead.com /penguin.html   (171 words)

  
 Gettingit.com: Internet For Assholes
Pokey the Penguin is one of the Web's great humor enigmas.
And there are cryptic references to Pokey's arch-enemies, the Italians, who may or may not be trying to steal his Arctic Circle candy.
Pokey complied -- but the Wallaces apparently hadn't counted on the strip's fans, who fished the images out of the "cache" where their Web browser saved pages they'd looked at.
www.gettingit.com /article/278   (1349 words)

  
 Pigdog Journal (Net Flotsam) -- Looking for Cardamom Ginger? Don't look here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Pokey the Penguin, on the other hand, is just a weird cartoon.
It's a cartoon about a penguin, in Antarctica.
It has no plot continuity, the English is questionable at best, and it's drawn hastily on bitmaps using Microsoft Paint and a lot of cut-and-paste...
www.pigdog.org /auto/net_flotsam/link/1426.html   (175 words)

  
 HOLA! - Pokeypedia
I AM POKEY TH Pokey the Penguin pulls out Pixie Dust Buster.
#238 is one of the many comics that inspire critics to condemn Pokey as random.
repeated it when another penguin began to enter.
pp.fubaria.org /HOLA!   (211 words)

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