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In article <5ck2fa$pf5$3@noc.van.hookup.net>, =?iso-8859-1?q?Micheil_Rob
_Mac_Ph=E0druig?= <mikepat@backhaulnet.com> writes
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>Hey Stevie, another arrogant assumption bites the dust!
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>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. 
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>Whining bastard English - who needs this garbage?
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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'