>> And Denise Thorpe (aka our heroine) replied:
>> Well, the first one that comes to mind is the oldest one.
>> Actually, Started out in the oldest profession,
>> then became an MG mechanic? Let's see,
>> would this be a step up, or a step down...
>
>Denise - I'm curious now. The oldest profession can't be what most on
>this
>list assumed since by definition there first had to be some other
>profession, be it gathering or hunting or whatever, before that
>profession
>could be practiced. I learned that lesson trying to date the origins of
>lawyers.
>
>Ernest E. Gilbert
>lawref@lawref.com
>MGs: http://www.lawref.com/eeg/britworks/
I think this thread is getting to the "chicken or the egg" stage. and *I*
know from all I've learned over the years, that somebody had to be there to
fertilize the egg. My bet's on the rooster...
Glenn "Me? Sexist?" Schnittke
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