[2878] in Humor
HUMOR: The Origin of Pets
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Wed Jul 14 11:50:28 1999
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 11:48:16 -0400
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From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
>From: The DAILY DOSE! <dosemaster@thedailydose.com>
>Subject: DAILY DOSE! 7/14/99
>Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 14:34:08 +0200
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>"Wherever mice laugh at a cat, there is a hole nearby."
> -- Proverb
>
>Bastille-ing,
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>Yasha Harari
>yasha@thedailydose.com
>http://thedailydose.com
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>THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS...
>
>It is reported that the following edition of the Book of Genesis was
discovered
>in the Dead Seal Scrolls. It sheds light on the question, "Where do pets come
>from?"
>
>And Adam said, "Lord, when I was in the garden, you walked with me
everyday. Now
>I do not see you anymore and am lonesome. 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 who will be a reflection of my love for
you.
>Regardless of how selfish and childish and unlovable you may be, this new
>companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do." And God
created
>a new animal to be a companion for Adam. And it was a good animal. And God
was
>pleased. God said, "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 no one has taught him humility." 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 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 Cat did not
>care one way or the other.
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>Source: Square Wheels
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