The Mercury

Many of us think biological evolution is utter nonsense

- EBRAHIM ESSA | Durban

SOME people still believe in biological evolution.

Most of us, however, take that ridiculous theorem as utter nonsense.

Evolution means changes to our brains and bodies to improve efficiency.

A gradual developmen­t to remove the deadwood of a useless appendix.

Body hair. Great to keep salons and beautician­s open. Only. Wisdom teeth.

When Covid has chased lots of clients back home, a painful, rotten wisdom can easily bring some sought-after cash for the poor dentist to help pay his receptioni­st.

But not much use any more to grind the tough meat of sabre-toothed tigers. Who, themselves, have gone extinct. Poor things.

Do you know they are still teaching this baloney even in Holy Trinity Colleges and Islamic Schools, although both these religions believe in Creation?

Fear of the Education Department exceeds fear of God.

And now to get to the grand finale: we still refuse to listen to professors and doctors and even barbers with honorary degrees who say that Covid vaccines are just sugar-water mixed with colourless tumeric powder.

Only useful to keep redundant staff at hospitals employed.

Also helps to fetch some business for entreprene­urs selling dubious juice, Chinese sweets and Zumba chips on the hospital grounds.

And how tragic that we just go ahead and ignore highly academic voices that so kindly advise that masks are okay for Zorro.

Bandanas are great to hide Antonio Banderas’ ageing face while he is still awaiting medical aid to authorise another facelift.

Are we that thick that we dare to discard highly educated lecturers that the constant use of sanitisers make us addicted to that stuff.

Like the olden days petrol, remember? They warned how perilous this could be as we join the likes of sniffing glue without the goo.

And in case you didn’t know, alcohol, like everything else on this earth, even Murkoo, comes eventually from oil.

So imagine the escalated cost of sanitiser in the near future (read next week).

These kindly saints from Calvary (read Howard/ Harvard College) slide on humble skateboard­s, down Francois Rd, avoiding dangerous “Ganda – Gandas” just so that we lowly earthlings get the divine message that social distancing is ordained only for somebody with chronic halitosis and goes totally against heavenly laws of brotherhoo­d and even some sisterhood.

The recent spike, the guardians point out, are normal seasonal deaths.

Ten thousand new cases and 50 deaths in one day, in a population of 60 million?

Is that significan­t enough to send even a WhatsApp app back home? Easter festivitie­s?

Crowded, unmasked devotees in churches and mosques and temples causing it? Tush tush! Fear boys with bugs!

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