Remote priorities.

The only time I won anything athletic was a sack race when I needed a pee. On that basis Paula Radcliffe must have quite a bladder problem. And don’t ever stand between Usain Bolt and a toilet; you’ll get mown down. OK not all track and field athletics is about bowel movements, it’s more about priorities. I like motors and wheels, and they like waving their arms and legs about. We all do what we want. We may regret it afterwards but that’s another matter. So anyway animals. After observing our farmyard cousins these last few weeks I’m beginning to realise they aren’t any less intelligent than us they just have different priorities. They want food, to play with their mates and time to contemplate. And more importantly they don’t want to be eaten whilst doing so. And sex. They are not interested in owning a BMW or a stopwatch, having a bank account, TV or armchair. This does not place them as intellectually inferior, with the exception of sheep obviously; it simply shows what they consider important is different to us. Similarly the fact they can’t talk is no indication of stupidity. In fact quite the reverse, it’s talking that’s often a better indication of stupidity. Our cats have an attention span far longer than the average fifteen year old and chimps have been shown to have problem solving capabilities greater than the cast of Hollyoaks who couldn’t even fix a flushing toilet. And lets face it, even Bear Grills couldn’t live as well with nothing in the jungle for years on end. So don’t think just because we’ve learned to use the remote we are a superior species, we’re not. We just have different priorities.