Homo Sapiens new origin; evolution turned on its head (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, February 25, 2011, 17:16 (5020 days ago) @ dhw

DAVID: Evolution has a new discovery:
> http://www.theonion.com/articles/anthropologists-trace-human-origins-back-to-one-la,191... 
> dhw: Damn! These must be the folk who got the grant I should have had for my unique research project on The Universe a Zillion Years From Now. Besides, anyone who has studied human psychology could have told them that our immediate ancestor was not a goat but a sheep....
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> MATT: That joke was b-a-a-a-a-a-d!
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> dhw: You don't need to ram the point home.
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> DAVID: You should be sheepish after that punny comment.
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> Nah, I believe in fleecepeech.
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> DAVID: wool you quit this? Sweater or not, I won't!
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> dhw: This thread has caused shear horror in the Creationist pen, and weave been asked wether (sic) there is biblical evidence. None other than the Bishop of Lambeth has provided us with an unbleatable case ... Psalm 23: "The Lord is my Shepherd".
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> DAVID: The pen is mightier than the shears. I'll alpaca my bale of wool and sheep out.
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> MATT: Wow. I'm not sure which of you I should call the PUNisher.
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> Matt, it was your ba-a-a-a-a-d joke that started this run on what the divine Potter (Stephen) would call punupmansheep. Well, I raise my glass to you. Mouton Rothschild of course.-Latest news bleat: it is time for ewe to enter the silence of the lambs, before this pun run turns into a mare-athon. Please take it on the lamb, before I get your goat, and ram it down your throat.