5th January 2006, 3:25 PM
I don't want to be too harsh, but I'm afraid both do sound a tad "done before".
Also, it may just be me, but the idea of "surprise, we're related" doesn't seem all that amazing to me. To me, a long lost relative is still a total stranger. Just because the past connects in a purely scientific way doesn't mean I suddenly have to have some emotional investment in such a person.
Also, it may just be me, but the idea of "surprise, we're related" doesn't seem all that amazing to me. To me, a long lost relative is still a total stranger. Just because the past connects in a purely scientific way doesn't mean I suddenly have to have some emotional investment in such a person.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)