On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 12:25:16 -0500, AC wrote
(in message <slrnc2vb0t.1a0.mightymartianca@namibia.tandem>):
> On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 16:30:13 +0000 (UTC),
> Seppo Pietikainen <s.pietikainen@kolumbus.fi> wrote:
>> Uncle Davey wrote:
>>>
>>>> Uncle Davey wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Uncle Davey wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> news:cc7t20p2e38am89eluuongcepvh87hcqnj@4ax.com...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 12:31:15 +0000 (UTC), the following
>>>>>>>> appeared in talk.origins, posted by "Uncle Davey"
>>>>>>>> <noway@jose.com>:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <snowbirdRemoveThis@ThisToosnowbird.freeserve.co.uk>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ShortCheerer wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Ok, I dont believe in evolution but, for those of you who do i
>>>>>>>>>>> have
>>>
>>> a
>>>
>>>>>>>>> simple
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> question: If we came from monkeys/apes/whatever you want to call
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> them,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> where
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> did the "monkeys" come from?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Rodents, which came from reptiles which came from amphibians (IIRC)
>>>>>>>>>> which can from fish. How far back do you want to go?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> So primates come from rodents, now.
>>>>>>>>> Good luck, digesting wood.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you go further back we also come from fish. Does that
>>>>>>>> mean we should be able to breathe underwater? (And FWIW, the
>>>>>>>> ancestors of primates probably derived from insectivores,
>>>>>>>> not rodents, admittedly a *very* minor point.)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> AND BTW, just which rodents were you thinking of; you know,
>>>>>>>> the ones which eat wood?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Obviously I was thinking of beavers. There's hardly an hour goes by,
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>>>> all
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> that...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Uncle Davey
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You believe that beavers eat wood?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Seppo P.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> They dam well do.
>>>>>
>>>>> Uncle Davey
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Like us humans eat porcelain platters?
>>>>
>>>> Seppo P.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I hope your mother doesn't know you do that.
>>>
>>> Mine doesn't even like it when I lick the plate clean.
>>>
>>> She says she didn't bring me up to do that.
>>>
>>> But she does make these fantastic sauces. My wife also makes them, but she
>>> only sees my mother occasionally, and has not yet learned how to make the
>>> full set.
>>>
>>> She (ie. my mother) also says, she hopes I don't do that at business
>>> lunches.
>>>
>>> Well, of course I don't. I know how to behave if money is at stake,
>>> believe
>>> you me.
>>>
>>> Uncle Davey
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I think you missed that whoosing sound way above your head...
>
> This is Davey's disarmingly charming mode. When he's made an ass of himself
> he'll try to be funny, make it look like a big joke. This is how he
> operates.
>
>
He doesn't charm me, I'll tell you that.
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