Blame the cavemen

[DesertFox]

Stephen Lautens

... I wonder if our caveman ancestors knew what they were doing when they started all this. Scientists tell us the last ice age ended about 11,500 years ago when things suddenly got a lot warmer.

What brought on this global warming? It certainly wasn't an idling SUV or a lavish wedding. Maybe it was something our ancestors did.

"It's getting hot out," Og said to Grog. It was true. There was hardly any ice left outside their cave.

Grog just grunted and kept banging two rocks together.

"I've been thinking," Og went on. "Maybe we're causing temperatures to rise."

"You mean we've offended the gods?" Grog asked.

"No, I mean our lifestyle. There has to be a couple thousand humans in the world by now. Did you ever think we could be killing the environment?"

It hadn't occurred to Grog. He spent his days trying to keep the environment from killing him.


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[Gonzo67]

I enjoyed that little story, but the author failed to complete it... To continue on with the tale of Og and Grog...


"I mean," Og continued, "we mostly eat meat. Do you know how many acres it takes to feed one giant sloth? Even though it's free range, that's not very responsible."

Grog hoped Og would shut up. He was working on something.

"And then there's the way you commute. Do you think your mastodon is very fuel efficient? I've walked behind it -- you wouldn't believe how much greenhouse gas it gives off."

Grog hit the rocks together again and this time a spark lit some sticks.

"It's my new invention," he said. "I call it 'fire.' "

Og shook his head. "Trust me, no good will come from this."


It seems the writer has left the story for someone else to finish...

But Og was wrong. It seems in a cave a couple miles away lived a T.V. Executive. Well, he wasn't exactly a T.V. Executive yet, he was still trying to invent the T.V. But he offered Og and Grog a deal they just couldn't pass up.

"Og, Grog, I've called you both here today to discuss a very important deal" said Ook.

"What kind of deal?" replied Og, "I mean, we're very busy, and I got this chuckle head sitting around all day rambling on about some crazy 'fire' invention he's working on, and what with the environment crashing down around our heads, we're quite busy you know.."

Ook leans in close and speaks in hushed tones, "Ok, it's not official, but there's this lizard over in the swamp, he's working on an invention he calls 'Insurance'."

Og and Grog stare at Ook with confused looks on their face.

"Og... Grog... does the word 'Geico' mean anything to you?"

And the rest is history.

[Sarah]

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[DeclinetoState]

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[Timberwolf]

He reminds me of Val Kilmer...

[DoctorDoom]

I prefer Alley Oop.

[Sarah]

He has the look of a liberal...

[Wolfcounsel]

So, what happened to the cavemen? They turned into a bunch of thin-skinned,
sensitive weenies who get their widdle hearts hurt when
mean people make fun of them? They turned into lib--OH! Okay.


"He has the look of a liberal..." --Sarah

Not Alley Oop! No way Hosay!