My favorite explanation of Basque's origins comes from my Basque friend who claims that Basques came from Atlantis. :-)

I have my own, less flattering pet theory: They are the descendants of Neanderthals, who perished on the Iberian peninsula some 30 000 years ago... ;-)

The world's northernmost desert wind.

Aye... Southeastern Europe has a lot of these (and the fools who believe it are often rabid chauvinist politicians, so it is less funny).

For example, in Hungary there is 'theory' that Sumerians were Hungarians...

_{*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.}