How unfortunate that Darwin had to travel all the way to the Galapagos Islands to formulate his theory on the origin of new species, when he could have simply done my laundry.
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| Introducing Sockimus Solitarios |
Though the extinction of single socks has been noted by many observers, this never-before-seen sock appeared in our laundry yesterday. No one in our household, nor any of our friends, will claim it.
Clearly, the lint in our lint trap has spontaneously evolved in such a way so as to give rise to this sophisticated life form. Primitive lint, after all, gets thrown away, but a sock like this is naturally selected to live on, at least for a while.
In fact, if it manages to reproduce itself, it has even more chance of long life, passing on its hereditary stripeyness to ever-higher apparel.
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