Therefore, a couple of years ago, I sent Wx4 scientists down to the dungeon to whip up a few possibilities. I then presented their findings as a poll to a select blue-ribbon committee: the troops of the now largely moribund WillysWarRoom (WWR), a big mistake. All WWR topics quickly degraded to insults and fart humor, and the poll was no exception. The short form is that these guys were of no help, and the WarRoom later collapsed because most of them wound up in rubber rooms. I still send them cookies at Christmas, however.

Whoops, I digress! Here's what they I came up with:

However, you have to consider it as the mother, or proto joke, from which all of those hilarious off-color references, like "beating your Willys" or "polish my Willys", come from.

Before you pass this off as poppycock, consider this: Not long ago, a bunch of renowned linguists attempted to uncover the original "proto-language" of the first human beings, using complex computer models to compare and contrast the world's present languages. To me this seemed very heady and impressive stuff until it became apparent that, in addition to the computers, they also employed a little Kentucky windage, much like meteorologists do in making their long range forecasts (note: "no" in Proto Language was "no". really!).

So, in essence, those linguists guessed. Yet, their results were held in high enough regard by PBS to rate a documentary. I guessed too; so where's MY documentary, PBS?