[Wonder Warthog]

"And the Mid-East was a lush tropical forest, at one time, too. Heh."

Yup, and then that EVIL contintental drift slammed two subcontintents together, causing the rise of the Himlalayas, blocking the moist air that once blew over the land, causing desertification.

[Carriage Hill]

What else could have Sir Edmund Hillary climbed, and Hilary Rotten Klintoon not been named after?

[blam]

"Yup, and then that EVIL contintental drift slammed two subcontintents together, causing the rise of the Himlalayas..."

That was 55 million years ago.