Choloepus didactylus
Monday, February 12, 2007
I had been diagnosed with acute lethargy. According to the physician, I had been born with the illness.
I had to find out more about this peculiar affliction and the effect it would have on my life. So, I travelled to the forbidding tropical jungles of South America to study the Sloth (Choloepus didactylus). The sloths are fascinating creatures which reminded me so much of my affliction, only in their case it was a natural characterisitic of their species. They move only when it absolutely necessary and they sleep for about fifteen hours a day. I began to wonder. Why would God create such a creature? Did they serve some special purpose? And what about me? Was I to serve some special purpose too?
I had to look for answers elsewhere. I chose science. Thermodynamics in particular. I chanced upon the Chaos Theory. It all made sense and I finally found the answer. The process of doing work always increases entropy which would ultimately lead to the heat death of the universe. I was horrified. Was I going to damn my descendants to a fiery end by doing too much work?
I rushed back to the jungle and climbed the tree. The sloth hardly lifted its eyelids in response. I lay next to it, content with the thought that I was going to save the universe by doing nothing.
posted by foogarky @ 12:00 PM,
1 Comments:
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At 6:50 AM,
crovean said...
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traveling all the way to the tropical forests of S.A...that ain't a very lethargic thing to do now is it???
aha! the contradiction's elementary watson! :P
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