I love debunking a debunker. Last night we of the Havens Remnant had a lovely outing to Chick fil-A and the Mall, wherein The Cook got a book (heck, that could be a Dr. Bob Seuss title, I think) entitled Stupid History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions Throughout the Ages, by Leland Gregory. This is a small paperback that tells us "TRUTH" completely without references of any sort about stuff like George Washington didn't really sling a silver dollar across the Potomac because it's a half mile wide and the coin didn't exist until G.W. was almost dead and Lizzy Borden was acquitted by the jury in her ax-murder case, among others...a bit of paperback blogosphere, if you ask me...you did, didn't you?!! ;)Well, one statement on page 6 deflates this particular hot air balloon for me: "Horseshoe crabs are not crabs. They are survivors of a species that became extinct 175 million years ago. Their closest modern relatives are scorpions and spiders." NOW...if they became EXTINCT, how in the name of my Great Aunt Lizzie's hair bun are they "SURVIVORS?!!" Perhaps during The Flood, only about 5,600 years ago according to my Young Earth reckoning, the horseshoe crab just kinda waited for the waters to recede as Genesis 9 says happened (the recession, that is) and fiddled about after that to continue its species. Maybe Stupid History II should be written with the notation that even the writing of stupid history can be mistaken in its writing!
What I want to know is, if humans get "crabby" when they're in a bad mood, do crabs get "humany" when they get in a bad mood...and can they get "in a mood" in the first place? Likewise, why do we park on "driveways" and drive on "parkways?" (Tip of the hat to lots of comedians on this one.) Why are Lepidoptera called butterflies instead of flutterbys, considering that's what they do, Darling, that's what they do?! (Double hat-tip to Mort Walker, author of "Hi and Lois" and Malcolm Reynolds of "Serenity.")
OH, and just for the record for any of you newbies...My great aunt Lizzie Eagle really DID have a hair bun! Like my do-rag and nose-candy look? Double click the photo if you want a better look. Got guts so to do?
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