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To: pabianice

The early bird gets the worm, but it’s the second mouse who gets the cheese...


2 posted on 05/03/2013 9:09:16 AM PDT by null and void ("Och, aye 'twas a huge beastie the shape of a haggis but the size o' the football pitch at Dunkeld!")
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To: null and void

And it’s the early worm that gets to be a birds breakfast. Weisskopf was likely the first but the Wright Flyer was donated to the Smithsonian on the contractual condition that the museum would never allow a prior claim.


3 posted on 05/03/2013 9:17:28 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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