Curious Thinker Gifts

Evolution or Creation? A Compromise

"Ralph is doing a preliminary study of re-inventing the wheel."

'Do we need this even if we're not planning to go to college?'

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" "Nothing. I'm going into stem cell research."

'See, dear, you can't believe everything you read. It says so right here on the internet!'

Socrates.

"If a tree fell into the marsh and there was nobody around to hear it and it landed on a mute swan, would it make a sound?"

Are We There Yet?

And lived happily ever after? That's nice...now tell me the unauthorised version!

Basic Research/Practical Applications/Back to Basic Research.

'Did spiders invent bungee jumping, Dad?'

They lived happily ever after? Isn't that based entirely on anecdotal evidence?"

'You can't win - a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but ignorance is no excuse!'

Problems/Solutions

"Well, this must be as big as I'm supposed to get."

'It's all part of a diabolical plot to get me to do my homework!'

THINK: Little known evolutionary steps.

"If everything is God's will, tell me again why I need to study for exams?"

"So I noticed you set everything up to appear as if it's all governed by simple laws of physics. How come?"

"I now we always fly straight, but I was just wondering how far it would be if we drove."

"Do you have any idea how fast you were evolving?"

"Timmy, thank you for your science report...'Yawning is Contagious.'"

"When I get to Heaven, will I still have to clean my room?"

"Of course our earliest ancestors were quite primitive."

Woman walking past a 'Conspiracy-Ade Energy Drinks" vending machine.

"Life is just a theory! It's all subject to change when we get new facts."

Lion considers hair treatment shampoo.

'You're right chicken does come before the egg.'

'Clever of you to invent a liquid which dissolves absolutely everything - what will you keep it in?'

'Dad, I know about sex...but what are the birds and the bees?'

Child ask, 'Mum, what's it like to be old?' She answers, 'I don't know dear...ask your father!'

'Did this train start from Euston or Preston? I and my friend Dawkins cannot seem to agree.'

'Poor Blumenkraft...he had a great new theory of gravity, and then he fell down the stairs and forgot it.'

'There goes another one. Galileo, don't you have any idea what makes them do that?'

'Why are leaves green all summer and only beautiful when then die?'