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Here at work, we have some hedges. Lots of hedges in fact, but one in particular stands out as worthy of mention*. I walk past it from the car to the door everytime I go in or out of the building. The odd thing about this particular hedge is this: during hot weather, it smells of dog shit and during rainy weather, it smells of vomit. I do not know why it does this, but I thought I would share my thoughts on the matter and also wangle a little theology into it.
What would be natures reason for doing this? Defence? Sheer bloody mindedness?
If everything is created by an all powerful sentient being, why would he/she do such a thing? Is the aroma attractive to certain creatures but only offensive to humans? And why dog shit and vomit? Why not Earl Grey Tea and Chocolate Milkshake...Hmmm, now there's an idea!
And if it evolved such a mechanism - WHY? Seriously, why?
And how come it smells like shit one day and vomit the next? Surely it would have been easier to evolve into either a shit-smelling hedge or a vomit smelling hedge! Or did someone find the shit-smelling hedge and cross-pollinate it with a vomit smelling hedge, altered it molecular setup and made it depend on the weater? If so, I need to find them to create my Earl Grey/Chocolate Milkshake hedge :)
Quite frankly, it makes me heave when I walk past it. If I had one in my garden, I would burn it to the ground. If my neighbours had one, I would 1/ question their sanity and/or nasal performance and 2/ burn it to the ground.
*I am concerned that I am talking about hedges and that you may think I have spent a lot of time thinking about this. I haven't spent a lot of time. But some. Hopefully, the need to talk about this subject should never arise again and I can mark this down as a lapse of intelligence for the day. Thankyou
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