A man from Reading has the science world in a spin today because Bill O'Day has split the pea and believes that it's going to make him a man of destiny.
An elated Bill told us:
"I've been working on this for yonks and despite all my efforts I could never crack it. But last night I had a brainwave. So today in the lab I held one, a common bird's eye garden, lightly in a vice and cut into it with a knife and that was it.
I know that I hold a great secret in the palm of my hand and that I may well have altered the course of mankind for ever. The genie is well and truly out of the box"
UN Inspector Hans Blix commented:
"Until now I have always been happy with chowder or maybe oxtail but now with this staggering development I believe that split-pea soup will be a reality in all our lifetimes!"
Tony Blair speaking on the steps of number 10 last night said:
"Well this just proves that me an' George got that whole war deal right!"
