Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Forks and Oven Mitts

Max asked me about our ancestors.  At first I thought he was talking about folks in the Middle Ages.


Max: "Back in the day, when our ancestors didn't have forks and spoons, did they have to use their hands to drink their soup?"

Me: "I guess so."

Max: "Did they have oven mitts?"

Me: "Oven mitts? ... Wait.  Are you talking about ancestors like those in the Middle Ages or something?"

Max: "No, I'm talking about the ones before - our hairy ancestors."

Me: "..."



Max wanted to know if the primates from which homo sapiens evolved had invented oven mitts to combat the temperature of hot bowls of soup.


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