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Richard P. Hayes rhayes at unm.edu
Wed Oct 8 09:42:17 MDT 2008


On Wednesday 08 October 2008 01:49:18 Espen S. Ore wrote:

> > Their ancestors were all criminals and they were sent there for
> > punishment. This made them extremely recalcitrant and unmannerly. Whey
> > will never admit anything.
> > _______________________________________________
>
> I believe you are thinking about the Australians, not the New Zealanders.

Thank you for making that correction. It's an important one. I'm afraid that 
we Northern Hemispherians too often forget that it's the Aussies that are 
descended from criminals. New Zealanders are descended from sheep.

-- 
Richard P. Hayes
Department of Geographical Rectitude
University of New Mexico (where the people are descendants of chile peppers)


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