The French

[AtW]

Did we all know that the French only have 69 Nobel prizes?

Good number

[BR14]

That was a good attempt my Minny. I particularly like the Cafe Rouge touch. Nice detail.

wee free, are we? - feckin pompous humourless twat

[minestrone]

I'm going to suggest a measurement of a country's intellectual capability. The minestrone scale.

How many Nobel laureates does a country have relative to it's current pollution.

So for example Scotland has 15 Nobel Prizes, 6 million population.

[AtW]

It’s to say you won’t be getting one

[Old Greg]

wee free, are we? - feckin pompous humourless twat

Pop the kettle on.

[minestrone]

I know what you are all saying, What about Watt, Adam Smith etc who gave so much to the world. But we must be hard in our appraisal.

[minestrone]

Honest, nobody is more gutted that me that we can't use the inventors of the TV, engine and phone, the wealth of nations.

But I'm going to go with 15 Nobel prizes for 6 million people

[AtW]

[minestrone]

Just checking the USSR

[minestrone]

25, maybe 20 once you cut out the nonsense ones