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The IT angle obsessionists among you are not going to like this one bit, but we're delighted to announce that El Reg's Iberian Bureau today welcomed a new member to the Vulture Central fold, in the form of a small but perfectly-formed donkey foal, or buche, as they're known in these parts. The lad in question is being well …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Altogether now

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

  2. yoinkster
    Thumb Up

    Nice ass

    that is all.

  3. David Lester
    IT Angle

    Buridan's Ass

    For those in need of the IT angle, I commend Leslie Lamport's excellent article on Buridan's Ass:

    http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/lamport/pubs/buridan.pdf

  4. Pirate Dave Silver badge
    Pirate

    It's good

    when you have interests outside of IT. Helps keep things in perspective, I think. Too much staring at computer screens is a Bad Thing (tm).

  5. DB2k

    bobby?

    Bobby Zamoran?

  6. Thomas 4

    Next year's births are Ballmer, Bill and Brin

    Isn't that insulting to a perfectly good donkey?

  7. Lucy Sherriff 1

    Congrats Mr. Haines...

    I will not bother with all the obvious jokes since I am sure the rest of the newsroom has tried them out already.

    :-)

  8. Dark Horse

    And there was me thinking...

    Before I read the story, I thought it was going to be about the two Hilton sisters...

    1. Robert E A Harvey

      whot?

      There's not another one, surely?

  9. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    A title is required

    His face and eyes are not entirely unlike those of the Reg vulture mascot.

  10. min
    Thumb Up

    IT angle?!?

    just make the nickname ADSL (or the proper name Adslladin), with the DS silent. i am certin some of the resident GNs about can find a suitable linguistic convention to ratify the move and you're all sorted...

    alternatively, you could just call the Burro ASP, Applet or even Avatar...

  11. Anonymous Coward
    Boffin

    Now that's

    one pretty ass.

  12. Groaning Ninny
    Go

    Awww....

    There's an Iberian branch? It has a donkey? Why is this info not in the Reg info/contacts page?

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/about/company/contact/

    Sod the IT angle.

    1. Vincent Ballard
      IT Angle

      PARIS

      If you followed the PARIS trials you'd already know that there's an Iberian branch...

  13. Ian Ferguson
    Heart

    Aawwwwwwwww

    He is going to be a competition prize, right? :)

    1. Steve X

      Close, but...

      remember those camel balls tbey used to give for COTW? Well....

  14. GeorgeTuk
    Pint

    Woohoo

    Congratulations!

  15. Nebulo
    Coat

    IT angle

    So, in another four years, will you be giving us eDonkey?

    I'm going. Stop throwing things.

  16. Tim #3

    Shudder

    I remember seeing a poster, telling me that this Xmas I can see Jim Davidson in Aladdin.

  17. BlueGreen
    Happy

    Aww mah gawd that is so cute!!

    I want to cuddle it right now. Can I have one?

    1. BlueGreen

      and it just occurs to me

      that I've never said that before about a reg hack.

  18. Richard Morris
    IT Angle

    Aladdin?

    Just because you work for a technology website, there was no need to name your donkey after a chipset.

  19. Trevor_Pott Gold badge

    So cute.

    More like this please. A break from the deadly serious is quite an excellent thing. Congrats Lester!

  20. Anonymous Coward
    Welcome

    Straw

    Ask your butler to put some straw on that barn's floor, it doesn't look too homy on the pics...

    1. SirTainleyBarking
      Paris Hilton

      Or fire up the shredder

      and environmentally dispose of all those Apple / Microsoft / Another hardware or software suppliers press releases

      Paris? Another Nice Ass......

  21. jake Silver badge

    Dancing rodents :-)

    All the years I've been breeding animals, having a baby or babies on the ground never gets old. Next up on my personal growth listie: My daughter is late in her third trimester. I'm quite looking forward to being a grandfather.

  22. Jason Togneri
    WTF?

    [Insert "ass" joke here]

    The mother is called "Susi"? That is Finnish for "wolf".

  23. Tim
    Happy

    A bad day made much better

    Congratulations. Lovely stuff.

    Epic FOAL, you might say.

  24. Alain Moran
    IT Angle

    IT Angle

    I would have thought the IT angle was obvious - the owner works for the best IT news site on the web :D

  25. LinkOfHyrule
    Coat

    When's...

    When's it first test flight then?

    1. Sarah Bee (Written by Reg staff)

      Re: When's...

      Oh look, another 'donkey parasailing' joke. Whee.

      Every day I'm here my sense of humour takes another blow. In another six months I may have lost the ability to smile. Doctors will be baffled. I will direct them to this site. They will nod gravely.

      1. Evil Auditor Silver badge

        @Sarah

        "...may have lost the ability to smile" That would be a great pity. But hey, that's exactly the turn my life took. No reason to grieve though, loads of sarcasm keeps me alive. Just try it, works wonders. And your smile will return too, even if it's as an evil grin only.

      2. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: Re: When's

        Well, "Nice ass" just doesn't cut it anywhere near the same as "Nice beaver"

  26. Grivas Bo Diddly Harm
    Coat

    Cheer up Susi!

    Why the long face?

  27. Rattus Rattus

    Awww...

    He's a widdle cutie. And his mum looks just like Sarah Jessica Parker.

  28. heyrick Silver badge
    Happy

    Kawaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!

    Seriously, way cute - no crass jokes. Crap day at work, this has put a smile on my face. Cheers!

  29. skeptical i
    Heart

    Baby's cute as all get-out, and the Mum looks very relieved.

    I do hope we get regular pictorial updates as the little mugwump grows into 'dem ears of his?

  30. The Unexpected Bill
    Happy

    Cool

    The baby still looks a little confused in the later pictures, but it's still pretty cool. Thanks for the article.

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