Albatross the name Was: [albatross-users] Accessing the list of names in the context?

[Tom Emerson]

Dave Kuhlman writes:
[...]
> The reason that the albatross was chosen as a symbol in that poem
> is because, for a sailor, sighting an albatross was/is a *good*
> omen.

Yes, and the Ancient Mariner killed the Albatross, which was
considered to be very *bad* luck, which is why his colleagues hung the
dead bird around his neck: I expect that gets rather unpleasant in a
day or two.

And I believe the original post referred to the Monty Python sketch
with John Cleese in drag at the cinema trying to sell people an
Albatross for a snack.

    -tree

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