Mundane Monday: Logs
For today’s Mundane Monday, we have a photo of a pile of logs.
You see, dear future reader, back in the early 21st century, we had these (often) giant plants around which we called “trees.” You may have read about them in your history books.
We grew them for decoration as well as their functionality. Trees were raised and harvested for lumber and paper and such things. No doubt your history books tell you about these things, and how the big bad paper companies would cut down trees heartlessly to make paper pulp out of them. I’m sure they don’t mention the paper companies also planted new trees to replace them. Few people in our time get upset when a farmer plants carrots and harvests them come fall. But, I suppose if carrots grew fifty foot tall, some people would raise a stink about them being cut down, even if they were replanted the following season.
At any rate, sometimes we cut down trees and chopped them into logs for firewood. No doubt in the future such things were banned to cut down on carbon emissions to fight global warming. And, no doubt your ancestors and our progeny were utterly surprised when they all froze to death in the upcoming ice age. I’m sure that Al Gore argued that the ice age was caused by global warming.
Anyway, the next time you’re out hunting polar bears and penguins for food, remember the trees that once populated the frozen tundra that you call “Florida.” Maybe you can find some timber buried beneath the snow. Perhaps you could dig them up and burn them for fuel and heat.
Unless, of course, Al Gore XL has made a career out of warning how global warming might negatively impact the icy sphere you call “Earth.” Above freezing temperatures will only result in the resurgence of weeds and parasites. That’s the funny thing about politicians. No matter how good things are, or how bad things are, they’ll always find a way to run around warning you about some pending disaster bound to happen if you don’t listen to them, send them money, etc.
Maybe one day, dear future reader, you’ll unearth an incandescent light bulb. Then, you can whack Al Gore XL over the head with it. That would be poetic justice.
trees, i vaguely remember… oh yes, those tall things with the green leaves. they used to turn co2 into oxygen, now all they seem to do is disappear to make way for new malls
Al Gore XL for president!
I guess logs are better then pavement. ;o)
here is the important question… “did the trees have oil in them”… I really miss oil.
Trees, yeah right, and dinosaurs used to walk the Earth! I’m beginning to worry about you, Dan.
“It’s log, it’s log, it’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood…” (Ren and Stimpy)
Those logs may seem mundane, but there’s nothing mundane about what’s probably crawling around in between them.