The ancient records say a guy by yhe name of Tubal-Cain was the first to forge all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. It appears one of the tools was a knife or a spear point used for hunting and killing.

Philo:”The ancient records say a guy by the name of Tubal-Cain was the first to forge all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. It appears one of the tools was a knife or a spear point used for hunting and killing.”

Tubal always took credit for his brother Jubal’s work. Jubal was making a trophy for a big competition and it was going to be a for the Winner of the Local Potato Peel-Off. Well his mum Zillah walks in and goes right off because Jubal was in a rush to finish the trophy that morning and had put on his brothers loin cloth by accident.

I had been reincarnated as a cat and was parked up a little way from the forge yet again trying to put my tail out. But you know, trying to be all nonchalant about it.

Well Tubal was standing next to his mum like a right little tell tale and Jubal got so cross he whips off his loin cloth and throws it at his brothers privates and by accident the Golden Potato Peeler that was still molten hot went with it… jesus the look on little Tubals face right before he passed out was priceless, but when he got better he invented the golden spear tip and male castration (Tubal Lightening), this got lost in translation years later… go figure.

Jubal gave up the forge after that and when I came back as his daughter Namaah I suggested Pipe playing as a hobby and even won back the trophy a couple of times but Uncle Tubal wouldn’t let me put it on the mantel.

JBowyer

I am neither stupid nor ignorant. I was making a joke. Humour.

Getting the quantities, temperatures, conditions correct, prior to the invention of thermometers, microscopes (and understanding that there were life-forms too small to see with the unaided eye), would have been achieved through a trial and error process which, quite frequently, would have been fatal. I believe human persistence and ingenuity is amazing, that was the point I was making.

And its not even beer o'clock yet.

G'Day All,
Give it to him Fractelle anyone could have seen you were making a joke but something arose out of that.
My people the Koories, have a red berry with a black tip that is usually lethal if eaten but the pregnant women used to eat it to abort a baby & lived. This would have cost a few lives in trial & error aye.
Anyway what is this beer o'clock? Its BUNDY & coke & if you can't get coke what the hell BUNDY & BUNDY will just have to do.
Thanks All have a great day from Dave

Fractelle, I never said you were stupid or ignorant, however you are at best over sensitive and at worst ill mannered to say I did?
In fact we are not talking about nuclear physics here but cooking. Not really difficult at all and dangerous only for the foolhardy.
I think your "humour" is a little strange to say the least if you don't mind me saying so.

I didn’t know she was making a joke Dave – I was going to explain it but NOT NOW!

I’m keeping it to myself… shuddup, what if I am sulking.

Hey Fractelle I was just watching that ACDC thingi you posted. They were so young, and I didn’t get which city they were in..?

Wonder when humans invented pop stars and made them more important than our scientists. That’s one that needs a lot of explaining.