In a message dated 8/25/2004 2:54:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, David Silberstein <davids at Kithrup.COM> writes: > [1] Searching on "hat" on dragaera.info booksearch brought up > no hits from the Vladiad. To the left, though, it did find > the following amusing exchange from /The Phoenix Guards/: > > "There are bear in these mountains." > "Bear do not wear hats." > "What? It was wearing a hat?" > "I am all but certain of it" > "Then perhaps it was a man." I wonder if this is an allusion to "The Great Muppet Caper": "Look Dad, a bear!" "No son, that's a frog. Bears have hats." --KG