HUMOR Digest - 17 Jan 1997 to 18 Jan 1997

Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 03:46:19 -0500
From: Jim Moore Jr
Subject: Life on Mars

The small group of astronauts and scientists had spent an entire week on the planet Mars. They had met and were able to communicate with the natives long suspected to inhabit the planet, and were trying to compare life and habits on Mars with our own.

"Tell me," one earth scientist asked his Martian counterpart, "just how do you reproduce the species here on your planet ?"

"I shall be very pleased to demonstrate," replied the leader of the Martian group, and he called forth a voluptuous Martian beauty with three heads. They then engaged tentacles for a few moments and almost at once, a small pouch began to form on the female's back. It grew quite rapidly, and within less than a minute, it opened up and a bright Martian flower, almost in full bloom dropped out. Within another minute, the flower bloomed and from it dropped an identical copy of the Mother, only much smaller. It began to scamper around almost at once.

The Earthlings expecting the same question in return tried to explain how procreation differs on Earth. The confused Martians though were more-or-less demanding a like demonstration. After a long conference, with a great deal of discussion, one of the astronauts convinced one of the female scientists to co-operate and appease their hosts. Neither of the pair was too happy with the arrangement, with the large audience gathered around them, but after all, it was in the interest of not only science, but inter-planetary relations.

While the couple made love, the Martians observed them from every angle possible in total silence. Only when they were finished did their leader speak. "That certainly was the most unusual thing I've ever seen." he said. "But I still don't understand, was the entire process a failure ? Nothing happened."

"It's difficult to say." replied the Earth scientist. "We cannot tell at once. Some tests can be run in a month or so, but even if the male did in fact fertilize the female's egg, the baby will not be born for at least nine months from now."

"Nine months ???" exclaimed the Martian. "Amazing, simply amazing. But tell us this then, if the Earth offspring will not come forth for quite some time, why were the two of them in such a hurry at the end ?"

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