Sinister: A Fish in a Bow Tie?

[Robin Stout]

On Monday I was walking home and I saw a full moon melting 
through the branches of a beech tree. Then I turned a corner past a 
house and realised it was the lit up clock face of a black church 
tower. It was beautiful.

Trying to find some info about Staurt Murdoch's rectorial campaign I 
came across this website 
http://familyclan.net/stuart_robert_duke.htm
about Murdoch Stuart, the Second Duke of Albany, who apparently 
ruled Scotland in the 14th century. Maybe Stuart Murdoch is trying to 
win back his ancestral right. Hopefully he won't meet the same 
sticky end as Murdoch Stuart, who was eventually executed by King 
James' own trained badger army*.

The website seems to be part of a family tree, including such names 
as Duncan "Na-Adh" Campbell, who married Murdoch Stuart's sister, 
and is a direct ancestor of a certain Lady Isabell Campbell. Ah, the 
wheel has come a full circle. Isabell Campbell? Murdoch Stuart? 
Family Tree? This is too freaky. I'm probably going to go home now 
and see the face of Struan in a carrot.

On our family tree, the most notable thing, apart from Uncle Billy 
who stole all the family silver and was disowned, is the inexplicable 
claim that  "Ada Jackson married Fish". Whether this was one fish or 
lots I don't know, but it must have been a difficult wedding, with lots 
of fish in bow ties floundering around, and a crap speech from the 
best fish with lots of in fish jokes that no-one else understands. "So 
I was talking to this clam the other day...".

You know, if my family tree goes back to Napoleon I think I'll change 
my name to Jones.


Robin x

*I made this up
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