>>>I think we STARTED the gene pool, didn't we? For instance Beane doesn't sound particularly Chinese in origin. It's all these Holtzers, Granors, Nedeljkovichs, Johengens, Nosonovskys, Ahns and Feldsteins, et al that are diluting the once pure English stock! {gdr} >> >>Says McDonnell, of pure English stock. > >I haven't got a drop of English blood in me. I'm 3/4 Irish (McDonnell and Dunn), 1/4 Scottish-Shetland-Orkneys (Matherson & Merwick), 1/8 Norwegian (again, Matherson via Shetland), with a smidgen of Welsh.
That was my point. Sam summarized it in one word beautifully, methinks.
"Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice." -- Dave Barry