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Oh ... you're going to love this. Here's the question. Is man man ... or is man woman? Methinks the answers are going to vary ... depending upon which side of the fence one resides. And the answer is ... man is woman! It gets a tad complicated ... so listen up.
Of course ... you may all well ask how I come to this conclusion ... and in fact ... why even pursue this tack. First the why. I have this pair of "Man" cufflinks in gold ... though I must admit the fellows do not seem to be too thrilled at having been portrayed. Perhaps they've heard this tale before. And now to the how ...
According to my source ... Man ... in the original old Norse language ... meant Woman. The name Man was the word used to describe the Moon ... creatress (note feminine ending) of all living creatures. Ancient sacred love songs were composed in tribute to the female Moon and her earthly incarnations: Women. The songs were called: Mansongr ... which translates into Woman-Songs. Oh ... and there's more me lassies and lassies ... for Man is clearly evanescing into an ever dissipating memory soon to be forgotten by word smiths.
A Moon-goddess--it would seem--once appeared as a Fairy Queen who led the entire population of males into the sea where they perished. No men were left. Just women ... and more women. Today ... it becomes apparent to anyone with logical thought ... that man no longer roams the earth. Which brings to mind a question about this whole Massachusetts thing ... but I believe it best to let that one go by.
Mana ... also at times called Mania ... a derivative of the word Man ... was a Goddess with maternal powers, magical powers, supernatural force, and a tendency to drift into a state of lunacy. (Note Luna for moon, etc.) Mana at times ruled the underworld which many of you may have thought was ruled by some sort of male-type creature. No no. A female runs things down there.
Mana was also known as the Moon Goddess who gave birth to the race of Man ... I mean Woman ... which is what Man originally meant anyway. Ye gads ... this is not easy.
So there it is ... Man does not exist ... only Woman. For those of you who occasionally tend to look down and say whoa ... hey ... that's a man-thing ... to you I say it matters not a whit. My books ... heavily laden with scientific research ... state quite clearly that there are no men ... my cufflinks and the male of the species notwithstanding. Still ... I repeat ... when you look at these cufflinks you might now well understand why these chaps seem so unhappy.
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And there ya have it. That's it for this week folks. Catch you all next week. Benjamin Mark
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