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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #2: Boris Johnson
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 20 August 08 16:42 BST (UK) »
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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #2: Boris Johnson
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 20 August 08 20:10 BST (UK) »
I think only a politician would make the statement, "I hope I'm descended from slaves."

Did anyone start their family tree in the expectation of hoping they were descended from slaves?

I suspect he is going to find the opposite is true.
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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #2: Boris Johnson
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 20 August 08 20:22 BST (UK) »

I'm watching the clock for this one too.  Boris is one of the great British eccentrics...we either love 'em or hate 'em.  I also suspect that he's not quite the twit we think he is.....................
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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #2: Boris Johnson
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 20 August 08 21:13 BST (UK) »
Quote from: suey on Wednesday 20 August 08 20:22 BST (UK)

I'm watching the clock for this one too.  Boris is one of the great British eccentrics...we either love 'em or hate 'em.  I also suspect that he's not quite the twit we think he is.....................

No. I'm pretty sure he is a twit.
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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #2: Boris Johnson
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 20 August 08 22:06 BST (UK) »
I know the history discovered was bit beyond us mere mortals but I though it was a good episode, with some interesting twists.

I also though Boris came across very well - I loved some of his sayings & expressions!


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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #2: Boris Johnson
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 20 August 08 22:12 BST (UK) »
I liked his comment about how genealogy was 'democratic'.

He has always irritated me with his pomposity but I found the episode good enough for me to suspend that opinion, albeit temporarily. :)

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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #2: Boris Johnson
« Reply #15 on: Wednesday 20 August 08 22:15 BST (UK) »
Yes, he is a twit, and there were some twists, but...

The one thing I wanted to know more about was his almost albino colouring; it seemed like he took after his father, but where did this colouring come from?

These aspects are the sort of thing that I'm always fascinated with, but don't seem to be referred to much on WDYTYA.  Who do these people take after?

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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #2: Boris Johnson
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 20 August 08 22:16 BST (UK) »
According to my quick scribbles, Boris Johnson is my 16th Cousin twice removed. Our common ancestor of Stewart, Scottish blood. I'm sure he'd be horrified.  ;D

I like Boris. I especially liked the toff bumbling noises he and his father used to communicate with each other. I agree with shanew in the sense that most of us would not research our family tree in this way. I'd get my first plane ticket and find myself broke.  ;D
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Re: BBC TV "WDYTYA?" Series 5 Episode #2: Boris Johnson
« Reply #17 on: Wednesday 20 August 08 22:16 BST (UK) »
Well............what can we add to that one !!     

The Turkish side was absolutely gripping.  So dramatic and what a story. 

The second was so entertaining, that Boris is quite quite amusing.   Top that! ;D ;D ;D
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