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Darwin Jackson <cellar@mwade.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In article <5ck2fa$pf5$3@noc.van.hookup.net>, =?iso-8859-1?q?Micheil_Rob
>_Mac_Ph=E0druig?= <mikepat@backhaulnet.com> writes
>>
>>
>>Hey Stevie, another arrogant assumption bites the dust!
>>
>>I'm a 44th generation Hebridean 

>Fascinating. Assuming that one generaton lasts 25 years, your family
>history dates back just 1100 years to c890.  At this date of course,
>after their fierce attacks, the Norwegians had settled in the Hebridies.  
>It seems likely therefore that you are a direct descendent of the great
>Norse comedian Olaf Laudlie.  

>This period of Scottish comedic history is important.  Research shows
>that many of our great traditions date back to this era, viz: the well-
>known 'how do confuse an Orcadian?' quip, excavated recently at Twatt,
>the tale of Mac Lean the Valiant, and the venerable 'There's a white
>horse goes into a broch'.  

>Can you reveal more of your ancestors?  I know that one line of the
>family was wiped out when a tribe of fierce Mensans descended upon them.
>(You will recall the incident.  The Mensans attacked down the famous
>Easter Road slope shouting 'what reads from left to right on one side of
>a longboat and from right to left on the other, ya bastards!', and while
>the Laudlies stopped to consider their response, rape, pillage and all
>manner of brain teasing puzzles were carried out, which left the clan
>bereft.)  

>I'm sure your family saga will serve to illuminate many hitherto shady
>corners of this country's rib-tickling history.   O do tell.  

>>who moved to Canada to get the smell
>>of the bloody English out of my nostrils. 
>>
>>Whining bastard English - who needs this garbage?
>>
>Cross referencing with my colleagues in the Department of History I find
>that you served in the British Army in India - alongside many
>Englishmen, no doubt.   Did you have the honour of fighting with Charles
>Hawtree against the Khazi of Kalibar?  

>Professor Darwin Jackson
>Department of Caustical Humours, University of Edinburgh 
>'Nil by Mouth'

Don't you feel Professor Darwin Jackson is wearing a little thin? I
realise that milking a not especially amusing concept to death is
almost irresistible, but isn't it time to move on? 

M�cheil Rob MacPh�druig
Dr�idh:duine-uasal