http://bluecollarscientist.com/2008/05/01/martin-has-the-cool-and-were-relatives/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:07:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://bluecollarscientist.com/2008/05/01/martin-has-the-cool-and-were-relatives/#comment-1456 Chris Thu, 01 May 2008 23:30:19 +0000 http://bluecollarscientist.com/?p=388#comment-1456 Well, there was that old N.F Simpson routine; "And let me draw your attention, your honour, to the fact that the defendant, by his own admission, has two parents, four grandparents, and eight great-grandparents, a rate of increase that would mean that in 1369 he had no less than 16,777,216 forbears - <i>at a time when the total population of the British isles was no more than six million</i>. What vile purpose, we may well ask, required the stealthy introduction of ten million foreigners to set it in motion?" Well, there was that old N.F Simpson routine;
“And let me draw your attention, your honour, to the fact that the defendant, by his own admission, has two parents, four grandparents, and eight great-grandparents, a rate of increase that would mean that in 1369 he had no less than 16,777,216 forbears - at a time when the total population of the British isles was no more than six million. What vile purpose, we may well ask, required the stealthy introduction of ten million foreigners to set it in motion?”

]]> http://bluecollarscientist.com/2008/05/01/martin-has-the-cool-and-were-relatives/#comment-1451 Martin R Thu, 01 May 2008 20:39:37 +0000 http://bluecollarscientist.com/?p=388#comment-1451 Thanks man, very kind! Thanks man, very kind!

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