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Genealogy Chuckle

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Bob

Bob Report 16 Jun 2004 08:51

Have a giggle

Bob

Bob Report 16 Jun 2004 08:53

Genealogy - You Gotta Love It! My family coat of arms ties at the back ... is that normal? My family tree is a few branches short! All help appreciated My ancestors must be in a witness protection program! Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall! My hobby is genealogy, I raise dust bunnies as pets. How can one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE?! I looked into my family tree and found out I was a sap. I'm not stuck, I'm ancestrally challenged. I'm searching for myself; have you seen me? If only people came with pull-down menus and on-line help ... Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem leads to two more! It's 2004 ... do you know where your G-G-Grandparents are? A family reunion is an effective form of birth control. A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots. A new cousin a day keeps the boredom away. After 30 days unclaimed ancestors will be adopted. Am I the only person up my tree ... sure seems like it. Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts, and a few bad apples. Ever find an ancestor HANGING from the family tree? FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records. Gene-Allergy: It's a contagious disease but I love it. Genealogists are time unravelers. Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: They hide ... I seek! Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people. "Crazy" is a relative term in my family. A pack rat is hard to live with but makes a fine ancestor. I want to find ALL of them! So far I only have a few thousand. I should have asked them BEFORE they died! I think my ancestors had several "bad heir" days. Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards, as progress. Share your knowledge, it is a way to achieve immortality. Heredity: Everyone believes in it until their children act like fools! It's an unusual family that hath neither a lady of the evening or a thief. Many a family tree needs pruning. Shhh! Be very, very quiet ... I'm hunting forebears. Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors! That's strange: half my ancestors are WOMEN! I'm not sick, I've just got fading genes. Genealogists live in the past lane. Cousins marrying cousins: Very tangled roots! Cousins marrying cousins: A non-branching family tree Alright! Everybody out of the gene pool! Always willing to share my ignorance ... Genealogy: Chasing your own tale! Genealogy ... will I ever find time to mow the lawn again? That's the problem with the gene pool: NO Lifeguards I researched my family tree ... and apparently I don't exist! I found all of my five fathers. Er, four fathers. Er, fore fathers, FOREFATHERS! That's it! Can a first cousin, once removed, return? Cemetery: A marble orchard not to be taken for granite. Genealogy: It's all relative in the end anyway. I trace my family history so I will know who to blame. It's hard to be humble with ancestors like mine! Life takes it's toll. Have exact change ready! Searching for lost relatives? Win the Lottery! Do I even WANT ancestors? Some I found I wish I could lose. Friends come and go, but relatives tend to accumulate. Genealogists never die, they just lose their roots. Genealogy: A hay stack full of needles. It's the threads I need. Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living. I think my family tree is a few branches short of full bloom. Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards. Research: What I'm doing, when I don't know what I'm doing. Theory of relativity: If you go back far enough, we're all related

Bob

Bob Report 16 Jun 2004 08:54

Give me a chance Gaynor....lol

Louise

Louise Report 16 Jun 2004 10:10

Bob - that is truly brilliant!! :o)

Penny

Penny Report 16 Jun 2004 10:15

oh bob you brightened my day! they are so funny yet true penny x

Mags

Mags Report 16 Jun 2004 12:03

Absolutely brilliant Bob lol Mags

Tudor

Tudor Report 16 Jun 2004 13:01

Thanks Bob, it really gave me a laugh when I needed one this morning.

Unknown

Unknown Report 16 Jun 2004 13:11

Brilliant Bob! Thanks for a good laugh (even if you do write unkind limericks about me, just joking!), Mandy :)

Unknown

Unknown Report 16 Jun 2004 17:41

Bob It's funny because its true! Helen

Dedrah

Dedrah Report 16 Jun 2004 18:35

Bob you 've said it all, its brilliant I am sore from lol Dedrah

Lady on Lynchmere Common

Lady on Lynchmere Common Report 16 Jun 2004 23:02

Bob in WW That's brilliant. Going to print it out and stick it by the pc to look at when I'm stuck. Deborah

Bob

Bob Report 15 Jul 2004 19:17

nudge

Bren from Oldham

Bren from Oldham Report 15 Jul 2004 20:25

Thanks for brightening my evening Bob your words are not only funny but true Bren