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  "export": {
    "source": "https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/852",
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  "archive": "urth",
  "thread": {
    "id": 852,
    "subject": "John V Marsch, polish count",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "1998-06-23T09:34:20+00:00",
    "last": "1998-06-23T09:34:20+00:00"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0014-0082@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Tony Ellis",
        "address": "tony.ellis at futurenet.co.uk"
      },
      "date": "1998-06-23T09:34:20+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) John V Marsch, polish count",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
      "blocks": [
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          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "Sgt. Rock quoted:"
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "'A Polish Count, a Knight Grand Cross,\n        Rx. and Q.E.D.;\nGrand Master of the Blood Red Dirk,\n        and R.O.G.U.E.'"
        },
        {
          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "...This is a real head-banger. What _does_ it mean? First of all, it's in\nquotes. Does that mean it _is_ a quote from somewhere? If so, can anyone\nidentify it?"
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "It's just a little verse that the interrogator recites to show how\nclever he is. I suppose it _may_ be a quote from somewhere, or a parody\nof a quote from somewhere, but I've always assumed that he just makes it\nup.\n\nSince he's ridiculing Marsch's academic qualifications, presumably each\ntitle is derived from a recognisable abbrevation. I would imagine that\n\"Polish Count\" = \"PhD\", although I don't pretend to see exactly how, and\nso forth.\n\nAnybody out there with more time, imagination, and knowledge of academic\nqualifications than me who'd care to solve this one for us?"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
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