[Flasken]

My name is Kristian Lindberg.

 

[MooGoesTheCow]

for all you literary theorists out there, some distant uncle or cousin of mine is the father of new historicism.

i also like cheese. and naps.

 

[DanG]

Moo: I hate you so much more now. New Historicism has got to be the most ridiculous and obscene thing to happen to literature since high literacy rates.

 

[MooGoesTheCow]

don't be dissin unkie stephen! (whom i have never met before, although will definitely make a point to meet if ever harvard begs me to come to grad school.)

 

[HeadWired]

A Great Uncle of mine invented the IBM Selectric typewriter. The one with the big, bouncing ball of type.

 

[mbriant]

I'm a direct decendant of the very first homo sapien.

 

[markl]

I'm supposedly a descendant of "Rob Roy" the 17th century Scottish rebel. He's also the name of a famous alcoholic beverage

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Mark

 

[finleyville]

There is a town named after my family in western Pennsylvania...very, very small town. Robert E. Lee is somehow related to my wife. Also my wife tells me she is related to some infamous Count from Germany that was soooooooo "mean and yucky" that his own subjects murdered him.

 

[Born2bwire]

Quote:

Originally posted by finleyville There is a town named after my family in western Pennsylvania...very, very small town. Robert E. Lee is somehow related to my wife. Also my wife tells me she is related to some infamous Count from Germany that was soooooooo "mean and yucky" that his own subjects murdered him.

Wow, you sure know how to pick 'em.

 

[DanG]

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Originally posted by andrzejpw Not sure if anyone cares, but I'm originally from Poland. I'm 100%! Jest ktos kto mowi po polsku?

From my knowledge of Russian, I'd put forth the following translation:
Jest means "is there", "ktos" means "someone," "kto" means "who," "mowi," means "can," and "po polsku" means "in Polish." Altogether, is there someone who can speak Polish? Russian version: "Jest lee zdes ktoto kto mozhet govoreet po polskij?"

 

[elipsis]

I live with Elvis.

 

[x1lexure]

MY great great Uncle was the first to jump off of Niagra falls in a rubber barrel and live.

 

[Mr.PD]

I am related to Rin Tin Tin. I think he was my dads cousin.
Rumor has it that the wolf in little red riding hood was based on one of my ancestors. It's just a rumor.

My wife is related to that one outlaw in the old west, what was his name? Oh yeah, Jesse James.

 

[elipsis]

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Originally posted by x1lexure MY great great Uncle was the first to jump off of Niagra falls in a rubber barrel and live.

You have a great legacy of suicidal recklessness to live up to. I suggest professional Russian Roulette.

 

[Trawlerman]

My Great Great Grandfather was an official of the NUM (National Union of Miners) and was a major influence in the coalminers union in South Wales (That's one of the countries that makes up the UK). He was based in the pits of Rhonda Valley and mined for best Welsh Anthracite Coal for many years.

In the mid 1920's, he called an all-out strike at the first coal mine which escalated to the great miners strike that lasted for many months. Because of this he was more or less driven out of the area and he later settled in Hull, East Yorkshire (where the family has lived ever since).





My great grandfather was a sailor and during World War II he was sunk Four times on one particular day whilst based in the Mediterranean. Firstly on the Whaler Thorgim, then on an Arctic Trawler, he was picked up by the HMS Kelly (commanded by Lord Louis Mountbatten) which was sunk around 30 minutes after he boarded it, and finally he made it to Alexandria Harbour after having spent 8 hours recovering form his ordeal and having been continually bombed and straffed by German Luftwaffe aircraft throughout - whilst passing through the boom at Alexandria the ship sunk and he ended up in hospital for 6 months with rheumatic fever.




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