I knew you made it up and it was clever too.  Good job!

Virgie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: Birds Of A Feather


> 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?
>>>