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UnaffiliatedOld · 04-05-2002, 06:32 PM

Just found this on a local papers website, and I am just confused by this idiot.

Check the seventh one down here <a href="http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=878003&brd=1698&PAG=699&dept_id=22 0548&startrow=1&MaxRows=10" target="_blank">web page</a>

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IF SHE BELIEVES IN DARWINISM WHY IS IT THAT WE HAVE NOT YET EVOLVED AFTER SIX BILLIONS YEARS INTO SOMETHING THAT APPEARS TO BE A WATERMELON

<img src="graemlins/banghead.gif" border="0" alt="[Bang Head]" />
(apparently this guys caps lock is stuck on also)

I have always known there were some real freaks around here (as you can see from everyone else on the page) but this guy just takes the cake.

comments?

[ April 05, 2002: Message edited by: Minardi ]

mac_philo · 04-05-2002, 06:45 PM

If evolution is true, why aren't watermelons square? After all, evolution states that things get more perfect over time, and we all know that round watermelons are hard to handle.

ju'iblex · 04-05-2002, 06:57 PM

why on earth would we turn into watermelons? why not pomegranates? or perhaps fejoas?

Seeker196 · 04-06-2002, 12:22 AM

Are watermelons the perfect organism? The pinnacle of evolution, most adaptable of all lifeforms?

Maybe it has something to do with spheres, you know the sphere is natures perfect shape, and the watermelon is like a oblate sphere....it's obvious, just fill in the rest your self.

OrderedChaos · 04-06-2002, 02:47 AM

Well he doesn't say an actual watermelon, just 'appears' to be a watermelon. Me thinks that he is thinking of some gaint brained (the melon) human with small little tenticals as limbs (the vines), like the kind you would find in a really bad B SciFi flick. Or maybe I am just dilusional from lack of sleep.

Either way this guy need a good whacking with a clue stick.

MadMordigan · 04-06-2002, 04:34 AM

Me thinks that he is thinking of some gaint brained (the melon) human with small little tenticals as limbs (the vines), like the kind you would find in a really bad B SciFi flick

With an aversion to Slim Pickett?

Grumpy · 04-06-2002, 02:27 PM

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...WHY IS IT THAT WE HAVE NOT YET EVOLVED AFTER SIX BILLIONS YEARS INTO SOMETHING THAT APPEARS TO BE A WATERMELON [?]

<a href="http://www.classicsondvd.com/buckaroo.htm" target="_blank">"I'll tell you later."</a>

[ April 06, 2002: Message edited by: Grumpy ]

Shatzi · 04-08-2002, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by juiblex:
why on earth would we turn into watermelons? why not pomegranates? or perhaps fejoas?

No! Rocks. Lots of rocks are round and perfect and they can't even be killed. We'd be really safe if we were rocks. So evolution can't be true, because it hasn't turned us into rocks yet. Mwahaha!

Grumpy · 04-08-2002, 06:58 PM

You may be onto something there. After all, what are the dominant lifeforms in the biosphere? Mountains! And they've been around for ages (they're older than the hills, so to speak). That's natural selection in action.

(Actually, this reminds me of Richard Dawkins' conjecture that prebiotic molecules may have originated as an adjunct to the formation of clays. The molecules eventually found opportunities beyond their job as lubricants for clay crystals. I've got to get around to checking how plausible this conjecture is.)

Edited to add: Upon further research, it appears that the clay hypothesis is mainly the domain of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0521398282/002-3033093-5512853" target="_blank">A.G. Cairns-Smith</a>.

[ April 08, 2002: Message edited by: Grumpy ]

Godless Dave · 04-09-2002, 12:51 PM

I always supected Andrew Dice Clay was an evolutionary throwback.

04-08-2002, 06:58 PM	#9
Grumpy Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Alaska, USA Posts: 1,535	You may be onto something there. After all, what are the dominant lifeforms in the biosphere? Mountains! And they've been around for ages (they're older than the hills, so to speak). That's natural selection in action. (Actually, this reminds me of Richard Dawkins' conjecture that prebiotic molecules may have originated as an adjunct to the formation of clays. The molecules eventually found opportunities beyond their job as lubricants for clay crystals. I've got to get around to checking how plausible this conjecture is.) Edited to add: Upon further research, it appears that the clay hypothesis is mainly the domain of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0521398282/002-3033093-5512853" target="_blank">A.G. Cairns-Smith</a>. [ April 08, 2002: Message edited by: Grumpy ]</p>

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04-05-2002, 06:45 PM	#2
mac_philo Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Tax-Exempt Donor, SoP Loyalist Posts: 2,191	If evolution is true, why aren't watermelons square? After all, evolution states that things get more perfect over time, and we all know that round watermelons are hard to handle.

04-05-2002, 06:57 PM	#3
ju'iblex Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Sydney Australia and beyond the realms of Gehenna Posts: 6,035	why on earth would we turn into watermelons? why not pomegranates? or perhaps fejoas?

04-06-2002, 12:22 AM	#4
Seeker196 Regular Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Canada Posts: 278	Are watermelons the perfect organism? The pinnacle of evolution, most adaptable of all lifeforms? Maybe it has something to do with spheres, you know the sphere is natures perfect shape, and the watermelon is like a oblate sphere....it's obvious, just fill in the rest your self.

04-06-2002, 02:47 AM	#5
OrderedChaos Regular Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Somewhere in the Pacific time zone Posts: 239	Well he doesn't say an actual watermelon, just 'appears' to be a watermelon. Me thinks that he is thinking of some gaint brained (the melon) human with small little tenticals as limbs (the vines), like the kind you would find in a really bad B SciFi flick. Or maybe I am just dilusional from lack of sleep. Either way this guy need a good whacking with a clue stick.

04-06-2002, 04:34 AM	#6
MadMordigan Beloved Deceased Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Vancouver BC Canada Posts: 2,704	Me thinks that he is thinking of some gaint brained (the melon) human with small little tenticals as limbs (the vines), like the kind you would find in a really bad B SciFi flick With an aversion to Slim Pickett?

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Godless Dave Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: With 10,000 lakes who needs a coast? Posts: 10,762	I always supected Andrew Dice Clay was an evolutionary throwback.

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