[net.bizarre] neats

andrews@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jamie Andrews) (09/25/85)

In article <90800002@convex> tmorris@convex.UUCP writes:
>	Let us not forget the plight of the defenseless little neets.
>These poor rodents have been exploited for years ,raised in cages and 
>mistreated their entire life ;only to have their feet cut off and boiled down
>for the valuable oil....

     In fact the true spelling is "neat" and it's just an archaic term for
an ox.  And what you describe is basically what happens to them.  I'm not a
militant vegetarian or anything but in this case it's not so much of a joke.
     --Jamie.