Did human beings descend from dinosaurs?

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I've been pondering that question for a good long time. I truly believe that people have evolved from the dinosaur. Remember that one dinosaur that used to dwell in the swamps? It was enormous and looked kind of like a brontosaurus except that it had this breathing hole on top of its head so that when it was underwater it could just kind of casually walk along and breath even though the head was underwater.

Well, there's a guy in the NFL and whenever I see him on the sidelines with his helmet off, I just have to believe that his great, great, great....etc grandaddy was a dinosaur.

What do you think?

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The tiny ancestors of mammals used to hide from the eyes of dinos. When one is extremely scared, one cannot move. This is the trait of those ancestors which could escape from those eyes of dinos.

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I don't think so either Gus, but I could be wrong.

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There was once a well researched television show which clearly demonstrated the accuracy of your thesis. Humankind was fathered by a dino known to history as "Not the Mama."

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I would much rather think that I evolved from an ape than a dinosaur. Dinosaurs are so yukky. Hey, maybe I did...... When I wake up in the morning, I look kind of yukky too. Hey Gus, maybe you are on to something!!!!

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Of course, Gus:

STEAM SHOVEL
by Charles Malam

The dinosaurs are not all dead.

I saw one raise its iron head

To watch me walking down the road

Beyond our house today.

Its jaws were dripping with a load of earth and grass that it

had cropped. It must have heard me where I stopped.

Snorted white steam my way.

And stretched its long neck out to see.

And chewed and grinned quite amiably.

Hey, man. You've been living in the swamp too long.

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You should have separated the last line, Letty. Or at the very least italicized it -- I would hate to have people think that was part of the poem and do injustice to Mr. Malam's work.

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Hey, man. You've been living in the swamp too long

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That's better.

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The phrase "evolved from" is tricky. It reminds me of Christians who are quick to ask, "If we evolved from apes, why are there no 'half-man-half-apes'?" The answer to this, of course, is that humans didn't evolve "from" apes, they share a common ancestor.

In turn, surely dinosaurs and humans too share a common ancestor somewhere along the tree.

...but then... is this a joke?

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LOL!

Welcome to A2K Nietzsche :-)

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niet, I thought it was. Maybe not.

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Welcome aboard, Nietzsche.

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Thanks, all, for the welcome. I hope to make a positive contribution here.

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I'm sure you will Niet :-)

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and thus spake Zarathustra..er, I mean Montana.

I googled your handle, and discovered that the man died in madness. Duh, I didn't know that. Welcome anyway.

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Letty wrote:

I googled your handle, and discovered that the man died in madness. Duh, I didn't know that. Welcome anyway.

For a complete survey with a different twist, see Conversations With Nietzsche: A Life in the Words of his Contemporaries. There's some nifty first-hand accounts of his insanity, both as it approached and afterward.

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and so I will. Thanks, Niet.

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Very interesting indeed :-)

Letty
So who is this Zarathustra? Should I be worried? Knowing you, I don't think so ;-)

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Montana, He be a brain child of Niet, and quite well known in certain circles...So you be in good company, Canada. Razz

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