by The Tinker

Created on: December 24, 2007   Last Updated: January 08, 2008

An Alternative Explanation

It may not have been the apple that got them thrown out of Eden.

The recent discovery of the 12th cave, not far from the famous 11 caves where the original Dead Sea Scrolls were found, produced some fascinating artifacts. Among the many new and exciting documents, the most unusual was one found in a rhinestone-encrusted sealed box, which amazingly enough had most of the original formica top still intact.

This document was in the usual form of a scroll, but not only was it preserved in near perfect condition, it appeared to be far older than any of the scrolls previously discovered- possibly by a thousand years or more. After many months of study by the most respected biblical scholars, it was determined to be an account of certain incidents in the Garden Of Eden.

The most interesting of these I found to be a brief narrative about the arrival of the original caretakers. The best translation available to date goes as follows:

When God created the First Man, he was quite pleased with this important creation, and so wanted to give him a prestigious sounding name. Originally, He named him Napoleon. Then He caused him to sleep, (setting the precedent for anesthesiology), extracted a rib from him, and created the first woman- Eve.

Upon awakening after this operation, the First Man, holding his aching side, observed his new companion and remarked,

"Hmmm... if I'm Napoleon, then she must be a bone apart."

God groaned, regretting that He had left the pun option in His creation, and admonished him to cease making puns in His exalted presence. He then immediately renamed the perpetrator Adam.

Of course you know the rest. Adam quickly created the first palindrome in introducing himself to Eve- and the rest, as they say, is history.

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