Right on!!

You may have seen this before, but I've only just come across it, and it's so good feel I must share. It's a quotation by one Larry Hardiman -

The word "politics" is derived from the word "poly" meaning "many", and the word "ticks" meaning "blood sucking parasites".

By the way, I've not been able to find out anything about Mr. Hardiman - I assume he's a writer? If anyone has any info, I would be interested.