Posted on 10/30/2010 8:58:38 PM PDT by fightinJAG
Neolithic men were house-proud people who enjoyed doing DIY, new research has revealed. Archaeologists have unearthed evidence that shows our ancestors from 5,000 years ago painted the insides of their Stone Age homes to brighten the place up. As well as
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“Homemade” paint? Well, what the hell-other-kind-of paint would cavemen use?
Ping!
Paint bought at the Lowes cave?
Got that!
These dudes were seriously fit to be tied, looking for something to do ‘til the weather broke.
Imagine being hunkered down in a cave/hut with the britannic version of Oprah.
I’d be out hunting in the worst of weather.
Yeah, the Lowe’s cave was right next to the Geico cave!
Where you can save 15% or more on mammoth insurance.
bbwwwwwahahahaah
Oh Lawd. Now we just need to post that pic of John Kerry in the hazmat suit, Dukakis on the tank, Obama trying to figure out how to walk with an umbrella under a gate . . .
Outstanding job. Thank you.
But he couldn`t paint it if it was a rented cave.
What’s with all the stuff about caves and “cavemen”? Reading the article itself shows they’re talking about huts with stone walls. “Cavemen” for early man is kind of a misnomer anyway — there aren’t that many caves to go around and never one when you need it while following the herds. People wouldn’t have lived exclusively in caves (though they would have certainly taken advantage of a nice dry one as opportunity permitted). But temporary shelters like huts, lean-tos, wigwams, etc. weren’t preserved, while caves did preserve human artifacts (most spectacularly the cave wall paintings in France). So there was a selection effect. Artifacts in caves were preserved and thus found, while everything else was lost or harder to find, and so the impression got into the popular mind of “cavemen.”
All I know is that I was spectacularly disappointed by the abrupt cancellation of the “Cavemen” sitcom.
It’s prehistory we’re talking about, but I think we can be pretty sure that they didn’t call it “DIY” back then. Cavemen were deprived but they weren’t losers who never do anything useful.
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Ask Sherman-Williams!
Sherwin-Williams ping.
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