Sunday, December 23, 2007

The end of Mankind

With interest Sparkling Eyes remarked on an article she had read and passed it over for my perusal. Disappointingly the words strung together told of the slow and inevitable decline of Men from society. How the gene which held our chromosome had a degrading impact over time. So in something like 125,000 years or maybe less. It would mean no more men would walk this planet. We would not be around to open up over-tightened jars, our skills in map reading, chess and the allure of physics would be lost.

With Man effectively extinct, the world would be inhabited only by women. As for the procreation of humanity, the article went on to say artificial sperm was now on the edge of development. Two females could in theory provide the genetic material to create sperm and so babies. There were examples of fish populations which were totally female. The world would be so different.

With this thought I sit aghast, petrified. I can not even consider what this it would be like, it is completely incomprehensible.

So it has been said, Men are not the stronger sex. Not in the long run, so I expect this means it's about time Sparkling Eyes spent some time rubbing my back and feet. It's a joke honest.

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