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His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
Apr 5, 2013, 5:12:44 PM4/5/13
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What a silly question, right? We must have a monkey in our
evolutionary tree, for sure. We left the jungle behind, became bipedal
and lost a use for it. We have it, but it's called "vestigial,"
meaning have lost its purpose.
Then God is a collective figment of the imagination, something found
in the Twilight Zone but without the imagination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxf_Dvy0VLs
I love those shows and I will enjoy one right now. Just didn't know
they were free and available on YouTube. Why religion has lost that
sense of mystery and just sounds like a repetitive humbug?
I think primitive men --including the American Indians-- still had the
power of mystery and enchantment. Or perhaps it was Bob Marley that
gave it a voice we recognize and enjoy. Or is it the sound of the
didgeridoo?
The fact is that we have a tail.
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http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
evolutionary tree, for sure. We left the jungle behind, became bipedal
and lost a use for it. We have it, but it's called "vestigial,"
meaning have lost its purpose.
Then God is a collective figment of the imagination, something found
in the Twilight Zone but without the imagination.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxf_Dvy0VLs
I love those shows and I will enjoy one right now. Just didn't know
they were free and available on YouTube. Why religion has lost that
sense of mystery and just sounds like a repetitive humbug?
I think primitive men --including the American Indians-- still had the
power of mystery and enchantment. Or perhaps it was Bob Marley that
gave it a voice we recognize and enjoy. Or is it the sound of the
didgeridoo?
The fact is that we have a tail.
--------------------------------------------------------------
http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
Apr 5, 2013, 5:47:05 PM4/5/13
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On Apr 5, 5:18 pm, "vivapadre...@aol.com" <vivapadre...@aol.com>
wrote:
> You have nothing in back and nothing in front.
You sure?
http://www.sundrymourning.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/human_tail.jpg
This is a fact:
There have been more humans with a tail than humans than have walked
on water.
wrote:
You sure?
http://www.sundrymourning.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/human_tail.jpg
This is a fact:
There have been more humans with a tail than humans than have walked
on water.
His Higness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
Apr 5, 2013, 6:26:10 PM4/5/13
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On Apr 5, 5:14 pm, "His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Y3x_5tA2s
Will it happen or not. I think I can almost trace the origins of this
crisis to the war in Iraq but it's complicated. Maybe we should attack
first at this point in history.
By the way, did Jesus have a tail? Satan is said to have a tail. Have
you noticed tail and tale are homophones?
Philosopher" <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> What a silly question, right? We must have a monkey in our
> evolutionary tree, for sure. We left the jungle behind, became bipedal
> and lost a use for it. We have it, but it's called "vestigial,"
> meaning have lost its purpose.
>
> Then God is a collective figment of the imagination, something found
> in the Twilight Zone but without the imagination.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxf_Dvy0VLs
>
> I love those shows and I will enjoy one right now. Just didn't know
> they were free and available on YouTube. Why religion has lost that
> sense of mystery and just sounds like a repetitive humbug?
>
> I think primitive men --including the American Indians-- still had the
> power of mystery and enchantment. Or perhaps it was Bob Marley that
> gave it a voice we recognize and enjoy. Or is it the sound of the
> didgeridoo?
>
> The fact is that we have a tail.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
Very timely episode as we approach our first atomic war...
> What a silly question, right? We must have a monkey in our
> evolutionary tree, for sure. We left the jungle behind, became bipedal
> and lost a use for it. We have it, but it's called "vestigial,"
> meaning have lost its purpose.
>
> Then God is a collective figment of the imagination, something found
> in the Twilight Zone but without the imagination.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxf_Dvy0VLs
>
> I love those shows and I will enjoy one right now. Just didn't know
> they were free and available on YouTube. Why religion has lost that
> sense of mystery and just sounds like a repetitive humbug?
>
> I think primitive men --including the American Indians-- still had the
> power of mystery and enchantment. Or perhaps it was Bob Marley that
> gave it a voice we recognize and enjoy. Or is it the sound of the
> didgeridoo?
>
> The fact is that we have a tail.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Y3x_5tA2s
Will it happen or not. I think I can almost trace the origins of this
crisis to the war in Iraq but it's complicated. Maybe we should attack
first at this point in history.
By the way, did Jesus have a tail? Satan is said to have a tail. Have
you noticed tail and tale are homophones?
His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
Apr 6, 2013, 9:26:34 AM4/6/13
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On Apr 5, 7:09 pm, dzweib...@REMOVEyahoo.com (Denny) wrote:
> "His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher"
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> > On Apr 5, 5:14 pm, "His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble
> > Philosopher" <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher"
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> <thetibetanmon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Apr 5, 5:14 pm, "His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble
> > Philosopher" <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Very timely episode as we approach our first atomic war...
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> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Y3x_5tA2s
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> > Will it happen or not. I think I can almost trace the origins of this
> > crisis to the war in Iraq but it's complicated. Maybe we should attack
> > first at this point in history.
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> > By the way, did Jesus have a tail? Satan is said to have a tail. Have
> > you noticed tail and tale are homophones?
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> No he didn't. Monkeys have tails. Apes don't. We are all apes. Not
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> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Y3x_5tA2s
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> > Will it happen or not. I think I can almost trace the origins of this
> > crisis to the war in Iraq but it's complicated. Maybe we should attack
> > first at this point in history.
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> > By the way, did Jesus have a tail? Satan is said to have a tail. Have
> > you noticed tail and tale are homophones?
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> ape-like, apes. If someone calls you an ape it's not really an insult. The
> other apes are noble animals, better than us in some ways. An "ape" will
> never abuse or neglect a child of their species. It's sadly common in our
> species.
I've never said we have an actual tail. I said we have a vestigial
tale structure, appropriate named the tailbone. It even manifests in
some individuals as documented by pictures readily available on the
Internet.
By realizing such relationship we may even be able to become
civilized.
Malcolm McMahon
Apr 6, 2013, 10:55:28 AM4/6/13
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On Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:12:44 -0700, His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey,
Most Humble Philosopher wrote:
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> I love those shows and I will enjoy one right now. Just didn't know they
> were free and available on YouTube. Why religion has lost that sense of
> mystery and just sounds like a repetitive humbug?
>
I think electric lighting has been a major cause. Humans just don't think
Most Humble Philosopher wrote:
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> I love those shows and I will enjoy one right now. Just didn't know they
> were free and available on YouTube. Why religion has lost that sense of
> mystery and just sounds like a repetitive humbug?
>
the same way in the dark.
His Higness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
Apr 6, 2013, 12:48:55 PM4/6/13
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from. We would gather and tell stories about hunting and fishing,
every time exaggerating the size of the catch, just to impress the
women. Many of those animals were spirits as well, so the magic came
handy.
And then came the stories about "god" and they saw how they could rule
over the women and other tribes. They became the "chosen people" and
wrote a lot of stuff now we know as the "Bible."
Anyway I hate electric lighting myself.
His Highness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
Apr 7, 2013, 9:45:30 AM4/7/13
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On Apr 6, 11:32 pm, Mr. B1ack <nowh...@nada.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Apr 2013 14:14:30 -0700 (PDT), "His Highness the Wise
> TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher" <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com>
> a visible tail - which is then, quietly, snipped
> off ?
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> Anyhow, to actually be USEFUL, humans would need a
> tail about four feet long and nearly as big 'round
> as an arm. Then you could lift things with it,
> manipulate them, brace your weight on the tail,
> even hang from it for awhile. Alas, it WOULD
> complicate the design of chairs and clothing ...
>
> True apes do not have much of a tail. This
> probably was not the result of an 'evolutionary
> process' per-se but some random mutation. None
> of our direct line, even australopithicines,
> had even a vestigal tail, so it's not like it
> lost utility and gradually shrank away over
> millenia.
>
> It occurs to me that with modern tech, it ought to
> be possible to make a mechanical 'tail' people could
> learn to control with decent precision - especially
> once direct electrical-2-nerve connections are
> properly refined. Later on, tails could probably
> be added genetically, replacing the 'faulty' gene
> our lineage misplaced. So, if we really WANT tails
> they ARE in reach, so to speak.
And we could wag the tail in pleasure, say, when meeting a girl. I
love all those things dogs say with their tail.
Apes must have lost it because the tail had no function. "Form follows
function." Even if we had a tail, we are just too heavy to hang from
trees. It would be, as you say, just nice to have. One thing though,
we still have a tail in the embryo stage.
> On Fri, 5 Apr 2013 14:14:30 -0700 (PDT), "His Highness the Wise
> TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher" <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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> >What a silly question, right? We must have a monkey in our
> >evolutionary tree, for sure. We left the jungle behind, became bipedal
> >and lost a use for it. We have it, but it's called "vestigial,"
> >meaning have lost its purpose.
>
> >Then God is a collective figment of the imagination, something found
> >in the Twilight Zone but without the imagination.
>
> >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxf_Dvy0VLs
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> >What a silly question, right? We must have a monkey in our
> >evolutionary tree, for sure. We left the jungle behind, became bipedal
> >and lost a use for it. We have it, but it's called "vestigial,"
> >meaning have lost its purpose.
>
> >Then God is a collective figment of the imagination, something found
> >in the Twilight Zone but without the imagination.
>
> >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxf_Dvy0VLs
>
> >I love those shows and I will enjoy one right now. Just didn't know
> >they were free and available on YouTube. Why religion has lost that
> >sense of mystery and just sounds like a repetitive humbug?
>
> >they were free and available on YouTube. Why religion has lost that
> >sense of mystery and just sounds like a repetitive humbug?
>
> >I think primitive men --including the American Indians-- still had the
> >power of mystery and enchantment. Or perhaps it was Bob Marley that
> >gave it a voice we recognize and enjoy. Or is it the sound of the
> >didgeridoo?
>
> >The fact is that we have a tail.
>
> >--------------------------------------------------------------
>
> >http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
>
> Hmmm ... I wonder how many babies are born with
> >power of mystery and enchantment. Or perhaps it was Bob Marley that
> >gave it a voice we recognize and enjoy. Or is it the sound of the
> >didgeridoo?
>
> >The fact is that we have a tail.
>
> >--------------------------------------------------------------
>
> >http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION
>
> a visible tail - which is then, quietly, snipped
> off ?
>
> Anyhow, to actually be USEFUL, humans would need a
> tail about four feet long and nearly as big 'round
> as an arm. Then you could lift things with it,
> manipulate them, brace your weight on the tail,
> even hang from it for awhile. Alas, it WOULD
> complicate the design of chairs and clothing ...
>
> True apes do not have much of a tail. This
> probably was not the result of an 'evolutionary
> process' per-se but some random mutation. None
> of our direct line, even australopithicines,
> had even a vestigal tail, so it's not like it
> lost utility and gradually shrank away over
> millenia.
>
> It occurs to me that with modern tech, it ought to
> be possible to make a mechanical 'tail' people could
> learn to control with decent precision - especially
> once direct electrical-2-nerve connections are
> properly refined. Later on, tails could probably
> be added genetically, replacing the 'faulty' gene
> our lineage misplaced. So, if we really WANT tails
> they ARE in reach, so to speak.
And we could wag the tail in pleasure, say, when meeting a girl. I
love all those things dogs say with their tail.
Apes must have lost it because the tail had no function. "Form follows
function." Even if we had a tail, we are just too heavy to hang from
trees. It would be, as you say, just nice to have. One thing though,
we still have a tail in the embryo stage.
Malcolm McMahon
Apr 8, 2013, 5:47:55 PM4/8/13
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environments we'll probably want our tails back. By then it should be
pretty easy to arrange.
The prehensile feet, too.
His Higness the Wise TibetanMonkey, Most Humble Philosopher
Apr 9, 2013, 2:01:06 PM4/9/13
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of two handed. That would change productivity forever.
I'm sure the tail could be used as well in some important way.
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