[2805] in Humor
Where did pets come from?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Yu)
Thu May 6 14:55:33 1999
Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 14:53:46 -0400 (EDT)
To: humor@MIT.EDU
From: Tom Yu <tlyu@MIT.EDU>
Message-Id: <19990506143617.10673.rocketmail@web216.mail.yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 6 May 1999 07:36:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dionysia <dionysia8@yahoo.com>
Subject: [humor] Where did pets come from?
WHERE THE DOG AND CAT CAME FROM
A newly discovered chapter in the Book of Genesis has
provided the answer to "Where do pets come from?"
Adam said, "Lord, when I was first in the garden, you
walked with me every day. Now I do not see you
anymore. I am lonesome here and it is difficult for
me to remember how much you love me."
And God said, "No problem! I will create a companion
for you that will be with you forever and will be a
reflection of my love for you, so that you will know
my love even when you cannot see me. Regardless of
how selfish or childish or unlovable you may be, this
new companion will accept you as you are and will love
you as I do, in spite of yourself."
And God created a new animal to be a companion for
Adam. And it was a good animal. And God was pleased.
And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and he
wagged his tail.
And Adam said, "Lord, I have already named all the
animals in the Kingdom and I cannot think of a name
for this new animal."
And God said, "No problem! Because I have created
this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you,
his name will be a reflection of my own name, "and you
will call him DOG."
And Dog lived with Adam and was a companion to him and
loved him. And Adam was comforted. And God was
pleased. And Dog was content and wagged his tail.
After a while, it came to pass that Adam's guardian
angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam has
become filled with pride. He struts and preens like a
peacock and he believes he is worthy of adoration.
Dog has indeed taught him that he is loved, but
perhaps too well."
And God said, "No problem! I will create for him a
companion who will be with him forever and who will
see him as he is. The companion will remind him of his
limitations, so he will know that he is not always
worthy of adoration."
And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam.
And Cat would not obey Adam.
And when Adam gazed into Cat's eyes, he was reminded
that he was not the Supreme Being.
And Adam learned humility.
And God was pleased.
And Adam was greatly improved.
And Dog was happy.
And Cat didn't give a shit one way or the other.
Amen.
