From: Alan Browne Subject: Re: Glueing a penny to a rock... Date: 2000/05/14 Message-ID: <391F254A.EBCFBE48@videotron.ca>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 623385347 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <391bf148.0@news.nwl.ac.uk> X-Accept-Language: en,pdf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@videotron.net X-Trace: wagner.videotron.net 958342474 24.201.221.38 (Sun, 14 May 2000 18:14:34 EDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 18:14:34 EDT Newsgroups: sci.geo.satellite-nav Well done! Andrew McKenzie wrote: > > jerryjudy wrote in message > > > I wonder what reason future alien archeologists will come up with for this > > strange behavior, millions of years from now? ;) > > > The same as always...religious ritual. I found this refrence while browsing > through copies of 'Archeology Today' in the public library on the planet > XXaargh, on a recent intergalactic time travel trip. > > 'Evidence for ritual sacrifice on planet R997 (Earth) > > The presence of small base metal circles, found attatched to a high > percentage of rocks on this small planet, is indicative of the primitive > tribes that inhabited this planet's ritual sacrifice to their primitive > deity (the god Dolla?). The circles were probably left by wandering > acolytes of technology worshipers, who used a charactersitic ritual walk, > with their head bowed and eyes focused on small talismans (usually of the > demon Gaarm or Maag) that were thought to mystically embody knowledge of > their position in the universe. When the acolytes, failing to look where > they were going because they were worshiping their talisman, bumped into > rocks they rapidly made a sacrifice to the god Dolla, by affixing a ritual > token to the rock. This token acted as an omen of good fortune to other > acolytes that would seek out the same spots by praying to their talismans. > There is some evidence that this cult was particularly active 4.345678 > million urgs ago when the forces of the monster Sa, that had held the > acolytes of Gaarm and Maag from ataining full knowledge, were defeated'