Posted on 05/31/2006 9:34:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Tom Robinson had long wondered about his family tree. He never suspected its roots might lie in the Mongolian Steppe. The Florida accountant knew that his great, great-grandfather had come to the United States from England - but beyond that his research drew a blank... Robinson thinks his forebear, whose name has long been a byword for violence and cruelty, has had a bad press. "In addition to being a conqueror, he was a great administrator," said Robinson, who has been reading up on Genghis Khan. "Their system of governance was fairly sophisticated."
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Counsellor: Well chartered accountancy is rather exciting isn't it?
Anchovy: Exciting? No it's not. It's dull. Dull. Dull. My God it's dull, it's so desperately dull and tedious and stuffy and boring and des-per-ate-ly DULL.
Genghis Khan: Father To Millions
Discovery News | 6-22-2004 | Rossella Lorenzi
Posted on 06/22/2004 12:49:06 PM EDT by blam
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Irish History Takes a Paternity Test
ScienceNOW Daily News | 21 December 2005 | Michael Schirber
Posted on 12/27/2005 3:10:30 AM EST by neverdem
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There's a Hitchhiker's Guide joke in here somewhere...
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You mean Genghis Khan's last wife?
Heh... truly a memorable joke. :'D
hmmmm .. is readership down for this publication?
If it isn't, it will be when the Helen Thomas photo hits the front page.
She's the reason Genghis died...he actually wanted to die!
It all started as a blind date...
Yeah, Genghis ripped his eyes out the moment he saw her!
"You're my new wife?"
"Yes, Hun."
"No, Khan do!"
Oooh, this topic is starting to get goooood.
;')
"Do these genes make my ass look fat?"
"No, your donkey does!"
[rimshot!]
Nomad is an island.
LOL...I am running out of mental steam for tonight...
Quoted from an Amazon review: "The story of Arthur Dent a rather pathetic figure whose house is about to be bulldozed to make way for a new highway bypass and is then rescued by his friend Ford Prefect (named after a car) and then attempts to halt the destruction by lying in the squelching mud in front of the bulldozers, is helped all the way by the bumbling foreman Mr Prosser who is, remarkably enough, a long distant descendant of Ghengis Khan and has a prediliction for little furry hats and axes over his doorway, although the bravery of the great Khan has not been transmitted."
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