In my family history research, I’ve come across a few occasions where a pair of siblings married another pair of siblings. I’ve finally uncovered an example of a married couple apparently being first cousins:
No definitive proof yet that Maria (aka Mary) Baverstock and Frederick (my ancestor) are siblings, but Jesse is described as his nephew on the 1861 census.
From this latest weekly lists of Library of Congress Subject Headings/DDC mappings, an entry twenty-one digits long:
Rednecks in motion pictures 791.436526230975091734
Angered by his unruly, boozed-up behaviour, police had hoped magistrates would punish the youth for breaching his Asbo. He hadn’t.
Closer examination revealed that he had mistakenly been ordered not to be in public “without” alcohol and that he was also duty bound to act in a threatening manner likely to cause harassment, alarm and distress to others.
Nine years too late I know, but have you noticed that the lyrics to the verses of the Blur song Stereotypes can be sung to the tune of Squeeze’s Cool for Cats?
| Blur | Squeeze |
|---|---|
| The suburbs they are dreaming, they’re a twinkle in her eye She’s been feeling frisky since her husband said goodbye She wears a low cut t-shirt, runs a little B&B She’s most accommodating when she’s in her lingerie |
The Sweeney’s doing ninety cos they’ve got the word to go They get a gang of villains in a shed up at Heathrow They’re counting out the fivers when the hand cuffs lock again In and out of Wandsworth with the numbers on their names |
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