‘Hello from the children of planet earth’
‘Go Johnny go, go!’
‘Ribbit!’
‘beep beep beepidip beep…’
‘Muah!’
‘Hahaha!’
The record rotated at the prescribed speed of 3.6 seconds per rotation. They crowded around it, listening.
One grunted, ‘They call themselves homo sapiens.’
His neighbour grunted back, ‘Sapience?’
‘Sadly none!’
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Lol, but true. 🙂
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Love this one! You have a gift for dialog.
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Haha…nicely done! I do think aliens probably think that of us. And when I first read the prompt, I must confess sapiens was the word that came to mind as well.
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Well, homo sapiens does mean wise man. No wonder the aliens might laugh at our hubris. Thanks for the comment.
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Wonderful play of words. Had to look up the meaning of ‘Sapience’ but then had a big smile on my face.
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Thanks, Ashwini. I’d urge you to search for the title ‘Golden Record.’ You’d be surprised, I hope. 🙂
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lol
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Exactly what I was going for. Thanks, Stu 🙂
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