[kj] OT: WC

[Phillipps Marc]

>Was there a point to this?
>Why am I still typing...?

I think we need to tell Mrs Potanga to cut you down on the coffee intake . .


:oP

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> Subject:	Re: [kj] OT: WC
> 
> I would imagine it's popularity is on a par with the Superbowl over here.
> You grab the average Brit (which isn't hard) & ask him who won the
> Superbowl & they'll probably think you're referring to some lucky winner
> of a pottery raffle.
> 
> Speaking of raffles, I'm reading Bill Brysons, erm, thingy book - the
> plebs guide to science * ping! * 'A Brief History of Everything"
> Anyway, the bloke who founded the British Museum went bankrupt buying up
> artefacts and what not so raffled it.
> It was won by some other bloke I can't remember the name of - Parkinson!
> James Parkinson (God I find myself hard work) - anyway, he's the guy who
> did all the research in the what was then called the 'shaking palsy'
> As Bryson says in the book, he must go down in history as the only person
> to have ever won a museum in a raffle.
> Was there a point to this?
> Why am I still typing...?
> 
> 
> On 13/6/06 14:34, "Jim Harper" wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> I know that's the official line, but there *are* fans in the US.
> 
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