MikeL

Some clue beyond "European"?

A gentleman always lets the lady speak first. Here's why... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E3pjq0WAupc

Actually, it's been exactly one week. Sure seems longer.

Nope. Probably won't be as long as it has been. Maybe.

Hey! It's been 60 years!

Your tax dollars at work...

Has Podga quit his day job an become a fish monger? The first successful ascent on Mt. Everest occurred on May 29, 1953. It was big news and I remember it well. I don't remember much from 1943.

I like Thorn's suggestion, Will. You have to admit texting is sort of shallow; face to face is much better.

I'm not being mislead, Steve, because I don't know what the 115 days from May 30, 2013 means. If I was in the know...well, maybe ignorance is bliss.

Welcome, Joseph.

Zombie, could you try posting that picture again?

I think Podga threw us a fish...a red herring to be exact. Hillary was a New Zealander. His ancestry was no doubt European, British I'm sure, but that is true of many of us in English speaking countries in North America and Australasia. It's even true of me.

Certain heights while keeping his feet firmly on the earth?

Europeans are OK. Usually. Is that an airplane behind him? Is he an aviator?

Ever had one of those days?

Haircut notwithstanding, he is indeed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Erkki Sakari Tuomioja. Congratulations, Podga. Your turn.

Rabbityard, AL/USA

Your tax dollars at work...

Nankipoo, TN/USA Nankipoo High School Girls Basketball Team 1930 Top row Left to Right: Lorene Webb Sanders, Almarine Olds Hutcherson, Maggie Sue Jones, and Lula Olds Belton Bottom row Left to Right: Kate Pennington Rochelle, Berthat Browning and Estelle Tillman not pictured: Georgia Hinton Smith, Irma Belton Olds, and Elsie Hutcherson The Nankipoo High School Girls' Basketball Team won the West Tennessee Regional Basketball Championship in 1930.

I was thinking of the beard. Socialist? Yep, but definitely not from Iowa.

Trevor is probably safe. It's still August 2007 where he is.

Thanks to Podga for the great clue. OK, now. Who is this distinguished gentleman?

It's great to hear that your health is gradually improving, Robert. Sorry that it's not all good news.

Good clue. Is it David Cameron?

An Italian woman was leaving a convenience store with her espresso when she noticed a most unusual Italian funeral procession approaching the nearby cemetery. A black hearse was followed by a second black hearse about 50 feet behind the first one. Behind the second hearse was a solitary Italian woman walking a dog on a leash. Behind her, a short distance back, were about 200 women walking single file. The woman couldn't stand the curiosity. She respectfully approached the Italian woman walking the dog and said: "I am so sorry for your loss, and this may be a bad time to disturb you, but I've never seen a Italian funeral like this. Whose funeral is it?" "My husband's." ''What happened to him?" "He yelled at me and my dog attacked and killed him." She inquired further, "But who is in the second hearse?" The Italian woman answered, "My mother-in-law. She was trying to help my husband when the dog turned on her." A very poignant and touching moment of Italian sisterhood and silence passed between the two women. "Can I borrow the dog?" The woman replied, "Get in line."