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First birth in 17 years on troubled Pacific outpost
The Independent (U.K.) ^
| 09/17/03
| Hugh Macleod
Posted on 09/16/2003 12:49:40 PM PDT by Pokey78
Pitcairn Island, the tiny Pacific outpost colonised by the mutineers of HMS Bounty in the 18th century, has announced its first birth in 17 years.
Emily Rose Christian, weighing 8lb 4oz (3.8kg), takes to 48 the population of the British administered island, which lies in the middle of the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and Peru.
Emily, born on Sunday, is a ninth generation descendant of Fletcher Christian, the English seaman who led the infamous mutiny against Captain Bligh in 1789 and then settled on the fertile two square mile lump of rock, establishing a puritanical community in which dancing and drinking were forbidden.
Now the islanders fear the life of Pitcairn might be coming to an end. Last month seven men pleaded not guilty before a British convened court to multiple charges of sexual assault on women and children.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: fletcherchristian; hmsbounty; pitcairnisland
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posted on
09/16/2003 12:49:41 PM PDT
by
Pokey78
To: Pokey78
Are they all named Christian? With only 48 people, there is bound to be some inbreeding.
2
posted on
09/16/2003 12:51:46 PM PDT
by
Pest
To: Pan_Yan; Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Because of you, I learned about Mutiny on the Bounty. :)
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posted on
09/16/2003 12:52:07 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
("Life isn't fair. It's fairer than death, is all.")
To: Pokey78
So is everybody on this Island related? weird.
To: Pest
5
posted on
09/16/2003 12:55:11 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(+ R.I.P., Man in Black. +)
To: Constitution Day
Is that your cousin?
6
posted on
09/16/2003 12:56:38 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
(Down with Kooks and Kookery!)
To: wimpycat
7
posted on
09/16/2003 12:59:04 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(+ R.I.P., Man in Black. +)
To: Pokey78
Cool a new ham radio op is born.
8
posted on
09/16/2003 1:03:07 PM PDT
by
Prof Engineer
(I married Msdrby on 9/11/03. --- Blast it Jim, I'm an Engineer, not a walking dictionary.)
To: Constitution Day
Yeah...but is he your cousin?
9
posted on
09/16/2003 1:03:46 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
(Down with Kooks and Kookery!)
To: wimpycat
No.
To: Constitution Day
Al Franken's yearbook photo ??
To: Constitution Day
LOL! Sorry, couldn't resist.
12
posted on
09/16/2003 1:11:05 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
(Down with Kooks and Kookery!)
To: Constitution Day
There's a town in Illinois (rural, somewhat isolated) named something like Wilmington...my buddy in the Kankakee area says it's populated mostly with what they call "Yellowhammers".
13
posted on
09/16/2003 1:11:26 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Why do the Flag postage stamps peel off upside down..infiltrators?)
To: ErnBatavia
There's a really gross X Files episode along this trend...
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posted on
09/16/2003 1:14:40 PM PDT
by
cyborg
To: Pokey78; mhking; dighton; BlueLancer; hellinahandcart; aculeus
establishing a puritanical community in which dancing and drinking were forbidden.
Now the islanders fear the life of Pitcairn might be coming to an end. Last month seven men pleaded not guilty before a British convened court to multiple charges of sexual assault on women and children. Was 'no sexual assault' on the list along with no dancing and drinking? Maybe there was a clerical error.
To: Constitution Day
John Edwards at 12?
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posted on
09/16/2003 1:18:03 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Liberals can sugarcoat sh** all they want. I'm not biting.)
To: wimpycat
Cousin, brother, uncle, his own grandpa..... takes your pick.
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posted on
09/16/2003 1:19:32 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(Liberals can sugarcoat sh** all they want. I'm not biting.)
To: cyborg
There's a really gross X Files episode along this trend... The one where the mother was kept on a cart under the bed?
18
posted on
09/16/2003 1:21:50 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Hold the forks / The knifes are coming / Spoons are on their way….)
To: wimpycat
:) Yeah, I know.
I'm just in an ill mood today.
To: theDentist
"Uncle Daddy".
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