If only they could have hit the curveball.
The following is an extract from the best-seller, We’re French and You’re Not, so it must be true.
“Robert, I wonder why Cro-Magnon survived and Neanderthal died out.”
“It was an exciting game. Many fans forgot to breathe and died. It all came down to the bottom of the ninth, two outs, bases loaded with the score: Cro-Magnons: All fingers of five men and three fingers of another, to Neanderthals: All fingers of five men and two of another.
“The Neanderthals had their best batter at the plate, Craggy. He sneered at our pitcher, Henri Ogg. Ogg hurled a blood ball, it was legal then. Craggy sneered and stepped away. Strike one!
“The crowd tensed. The Neanderthals smiled. Surely, Craggy would win the game now.
“Henri hurled a plain fastball. Craggy shattered the air with his mighty swing.
“Oh, somewhere the sun was shining and the people laughing, but there was no joy for the first cavemen; mighty Neanderthal was wiped out.”
“How do we know the Cro-Magnons were truly ahead?” says Harriet. “After all, cavemen were often missing fingers.”
– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.
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