No, not this one! That's the title of a humorous article in the New Yorker by Paul Simms. It's a short imaginary 'blog post' by God about Creation, followed by 'reader comments'. Some of the comments are very funny, such as:
Not sure who this is for. Seems like a fix for a problem that didn’t exist. Liked it better when the earth was without form, and void, and darkness was on the face of the deep.
The creeping things that creepeth over the earth are gross.
Beta version was better. I thought the Adam-Steve dynamic was much more compelling than the Adam-Eve work-around You finally settled on.
Why do they have to poop? Seems like there could have been a more elegant/family-friendly solution to the food-waste-disposal problem.
Unfocussed. Seems like a mishmash at best. You’ve got creatures that can speak but aren’t smart (parrots). Then, You’ve got creatures that are smart but can’t speak (dolphins, dogs, houseflies). Then, You’ve got man, who is smart and can speak but who can’t fly, breathe underwater, or unhinge his jaws to swallow large prey in one gulp. If it’s supposed to be chaos, then mission accomplished. But it seems more like laziness and bad planning.
There's more at the link. Creative and funny reading.
Peter
"Creative.."?
ReplyDeleteI see what you did there. ;)