A news report on the TV text pages said that, due to global
warming, the Norwegian mountains are losing snow cover in places that haven’t
seen the light of day since the last ice age. Archaeologists are cock-a-hoop,
apparently, because all sorts of interesting things like flint arrow heads and
leather jerkins are being revealed. So, while human and animal populations suffer
great privation at the hands of hurricanes, ice storms, excessive heat,
excessive cold, floods, droughts, and mud slides, at least they will be able to
take comfort from the knowledge that archaeologists have more 10,000-year-old
arrow heads and jerkins to study.
And I say this with apologies to my archaeologist friend
Madeline for whom I have great respect, not least because she has the best
sense of humour in America.
(I just had to say it, Maddie. I did.)
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Another report said that scientists have now grown a
biological replica of the human brain in the laboratory. It’s said to be about
the size of a pea and unable to think. Rumours that Donald Trump’s lawyers are
about to sue for breach of copyright are probably just mischievous.
2 comments:
Hey, archaeologists are taking the world's lemons and making lemonade. Or, you know, taking arrow heads and jerkins and making impenetrable one thousand page reports that won't be published for 20 years.
I get nervous when an American says 'hey.' It appears the American 'hey' has more nuances than the British 'hey.' Sometimes it just means 'hello.' Sometimes it's more Brit-style and means 'listen up, moron!' Sometimes it's just an obscure preamble that probably varies from state to state and generation to generation.
Anyway, best get yourself off to Norway so you can retire in peace when the cheaper cars are being blown backwards.
I've been worried about you.
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