People often ask me...

And by often, I mean once or twice...

Why luckykaa?

And like many of these questions, the answer is exceedingly dull.

I normally use squigs. Luckykaa is just a back up name. I needed a username on a forum. Squigs was taken, so I picked Lucky Kaa as an arbitrary character from the book I was reading - Startide rising by David Brin.

The name squigs is from usenet. I needed a signature, and as a placeholder used the unix-y ~neil/ People started calling me squigly neil slash, then Squigly Neil. Then Squigs Neil. It seemed to fit.

So now you know.

Since the character of luckykaa a genetically engineered dolphin, it makes #6 from this list rather bizarre.

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Luckykaa!

1. Luckykaa is actually a fruit, not a vegetable.
2. The state nickname of Iowa is 'The luckykaa state'!
3. The risk of being struck by luckykaa is one occurence every 9,300 years.
4. The condom - originally made from luckykaa - was invented in the early 1500s!
5. It takes 17 muscles to smile, and 43 to frown at luckykaa.
6. Luckykaa cannot swim.
7. Luckykaa can sleep for three and a half years.
8. Luckykaa is actually a vegetable, not a fruit.
9. A lump of luckykaa the size of a matchbox can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court!
10. Luckykaaomancy is the art of telling the future with luckykaa!

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