Monday, February 22, 2010

Short history of mankind

1. The woman does not want to live in trees anymore. She cries. The man discovers the cave.
2. Inside the cave it’s cold. The woman cries. The man discovers the fire.
3. The children are screaming with hunger. The woman cries. The man discovers the axe, the bow and the bat and goes hunting.
4. From so much meat the child gets sick scurvy and beriberi. The woman cries. The man discovers agriculture.
5. Because the mammoth is not easy to kill, the man is too long gone from home. The woman cries. The man starts to raise domestic animals: cows, sheep, pigs, chicken etc.
6. The woman gets tired of steak made on a stick with green beans side dish, eaten from a leaf. She cries. The man discovers pottery.
7. Inside the cave it’s drafty and moist and because of this the children catch cold, make pneumonia and die. The woman cries. The man builds a cottage first, then a house of wood and rock.
8. Winter came and it’s cold. The woman cries. The man discovers that dead animals’ skin and fur can be worked and he makes clothes.
9. Leather and fur clothes stink. The woman cries. The man discovers wool clothes (which are rough and itchy – the woman cries), linen clothes (which are also rough – the woman sighs) and finally silk clothes (which seem satisfying – the woman smiles). Later the man also solves the problem with the stinky leather and fur clothes mentioned above.
10. Various unimportant works like protecting animal herds and killing potential prey animals keep the man away from home. The woman cries. The man tames the dog and the cat.
11. The woman notices she looks too much like her peers. She starts to cry. The man invents makeup and jewelry.
12. The woman gets bored from staying inside the house and wants to broaden her horizons. Normally, she starts to cry. The man invents the wheel, domesticates the horse and discovers the boat, because the woman is fragile and get tired quick. Besides, nobody would want to hear her crying again…

Over the years…

The woman feels the need to “escape” from the quotidian. She has no time, money or disposition for trips abroad, she would get bored with her friends, there’s nothing interesting on TV, the weather outside is horrible. As usual, the man is not home and he wouldn’t understand much anyways. The woman would like… to write something that would bring her compliments from strangers, something to keep her anonymous and to be absolutely under control and… For the gazillion time in history the woman starts to cry. The man invents the blog.

Moral: When women cry mankind evolves.
Moral no.2: Without women we would still be living in trees.

2 comments:

  1. i love it!!! sorry i haven't been commenting on your blogs. i've gotten behind on reading and writing them. need to get out of my dark place! loves ya!

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