Thanks Virgie. I actually made that whole story up except for the professor
part at the end. A friend of mine used that part of the story in his
sermons when preaching on the theory of evolution, hahaha. I was in a
strange mood at the time tonight I wrote that.
Phil.
----- Original Message -----
From: "virgieU" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: Birds Of A Feather
> Hey Phil,
> Your imagination is working overtime, I love it! How cool is this?
>
> Virgie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 8:08 PM
> Subject: Re: Birds Of A Feather
>
>
>> Sharon,
>>
>> Evolution is a theory. It is based upon what scientists think the fossil
>> records reveal. The theory is that we all once lived in the oceans as
>> single cell creatures. Eventually, after bumping into each other for
>> millions of years, we became a gooey slimy substance which eventually
>> floated up on a beech. We just laid there in the sun for a long time
>> until we got sick and tired of being just goo laying on a sandy beach.
>> So, we decided we better get out of the hot sun so we developed some
>> appendages call legs. This enabled us to crawl up into the shade where
>> it was much more comfortable. After a couple more millions of years, we
>> got hungry so we developed a tiny mouth in order to eat tiny tiny, very
>> tiny, insects which had been around for millions of years. As millions
>> of years passed, and our brains began to develop, we decided laying
>> around on the ground with tiny little legs wasn't cutting the mustard so
>> during deep yoga type meditative states of consciousness, we expanded our
>> tiny little minds. This afford us the mental ability to increase the
>> length of our legs and later our arms and tiny hands. We eventually
>> evolved into the reptilian species. Since flies had grown into much
>> larger creatures, we discovered how good they tasted and how much protein
>> they contained but, dad gum it, wouldn't you know, they developed bigger
>> wings and could perform amazing aerobatic maneuvers so we started dying
>> from lack of food. Putting our tiny brains to the task, we realized we
>> need a long sticky tongue which could shoot out nearly the length of our
>> bodies in order to snagged the flies and so it was. We grew larger as a
>> result. Eventually, millions of years later, we got sick of eating flies
>> so we started climbing trees and catching larger and larger insects. One
>> day, one of us fell from the tree and got a terrible bump on the head
>> hitting the ground but being as dedicated to life as we were, we climbed
>> the tree again and a few million years later, one of us fell again. Up
>> the tree we climbed again but this time, we learned from our mistakes and
>> we literally began jumping from the trees, arms and legs outstretched and
>> turning like windmills to break our fall. We practiced this for millions
>> of years until it dawned us one day that wings work better than tiny arms
>> and legs whirling around so we began to develop feathers on our little
>> arms. Soon, we couldn't stop the process and our entire bodies were
>> covered with feathers. By this stage of growth and development, we
>> learn, by trial and error, some of us dying in the process, that we could
>> glide farther and farther away from the coconut trees we now used as our
>> above ground homes. Eventually, flapping our arms, now covered in
>> feathers, we learned we could literally fly and so we did. We even began
>> migrating across oceans and vast land masses which we later called
>> continents. The world, we discovered was filled with bugs of all types
>> and we ate until our bellies were full. One day, one of us, we had taken
>> up calling ourselves birds by this time, lost our footing up in the
>> branches of a tree but our bird tail snagged itself on the branch and
>> kept us from doing a header right off the tree branch to our death far
>> below. Over the next 20 million years, we began to develop softer tails
>> because we rubbed them on the tree branches practicing gripping the
>> branches with our tails in case we lost our balance once again. With all
>> the extra food we had been eating, we decided fruits were better for us
>> so we developed our wings into arms and dexterous hands with little
>> fingers. We even developed fur for warmth and soon our bird feathers
>> were gone and our tails were long and curly so we could literally swing
>> from branch to branch as we collected hanging fruit. One day, millions of
>> years into the future, one of us climbed down because we found a little
>> cave. It was really a small entrance but one of us pushed through and
>> the top of our head scraped against the roof of the cave entrance just a
>> small amount. We found fresh water and fish in the caves and we learned
>> the staying in the caves kept us from getting wet from the big
>> thunderstorms. Some female animals, we now called ourselves monkeys for
>> some reason instead of lizards or birds, started joining the male monkeys
>> in the small caves and wouldn't you know it, they started having baby
>> monkeys somehow. Yet, the cave opening was small and the male monkeys
>> kept scrapping their heads on the ceiling of the cave entrances until
>> eventually, the male monkeys had rubbed all the fur off the tops of their
>> heads and they were bald. The result of this amazing story can now be
>> discovered at any college or university of your choice because the bald
>> headed man standing up in front of your class and teaching this garbage
>> is now called, a professor.
>>
>> Phil.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Sharon Hooley" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 5:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: Birds Of A Feather
>>
>>
>>> Phil,
>>>
>>> Where do you think they get the idea that dinosaurs evolved into birds?
>>> Is it because of their scales and protective plates that look like
>>> feathers?
>>
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