On Mon, 17 Jun 1996 21:17:42 +0200, Eric Thomas wrote: >Well, just FYI... The little alligator first appeared in 1930 or so on >the font of a TENNIS shirt worn by a (then) famous tennis player whose >name was Lacoste and who was nicknamed "the alligator". I believe Henri LaCoste's nickname was the Crocodile (sounds considerably more competitive! besides LaCoste is French and alligators are North American) The character REALLY is a crocodile (hence, the wonderful though shortlived--accused of violation of copyright--LaCroak shirts witht the dead crocodile on them :-) /s Murph Sewall (860) 486-2489 voice Marketing Department (860) 456-7725 fax http://mktg.sba.uconn.edu/MKT/Faculty/Sewall.html