I have that gene. Alas. --- On Wed, 11/2/09, David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: "lay the foundation for gentleness" > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wednesday, 11 February, 2009, 5:48 PM > My in-laws have the same gene. Get Darwin on the phone > immediately; we need a 'splanation of how this is fit. > Something to do with being seen, and thus making their vote > count, at long feudal committee meetings perhaps? > > > David Ritchie, > Portland, Oregon > > ("What other kind of committee meeting is there?" > someone asks.) > > On Feb 11, 2009, at 7:07 AM, Ursula Stange wrote: > > > An interesting word. There's a whole tribe of > Europeans with short legs and long bodies (therefore tall > sitters (or sit-talls)). ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html