Steel toe boots are good for a lot of things, but I don’t recommend wearing them while digging, especially if you’re digging a deep hole. I wanted to break in my new pair before I wore them to work on the coming Monday, so I wore them that Saturday morning while I was walking around outside with the new metal detector I’d just bought the day before. It was my first time using one and as soon as I turned it on, it started beeping, so I shut it off and started digging. When I didn’t find anything after digging about 10 feet or so, I turned it back on again and it immediately started beeping like crazy. At that point I knew I must be getting close to finding the treasure so I shut it off and dug another 10 feet or so. I wasn't on an island, or anywhere near the ocean. I was actually in my back yard, which is the perfect place for a pirate to bury his treasure, because, who in their right mind would actually think of looking there? Despite my ears still ringing from the sound of the beeper, I pulled myself together, tried not to get too excited, and I kept on digging. The only thing I could think about was hoping that when I find it, the treasure chest has handles on it. I know that if I were a pirate, in addition to hiding my treasure in someone's back yard while they're not at home, I'd bury it really deep, and before I covered it with dirt, I'd remove the handles and bury them in a separate location, making it more difficult for someone to steal. After I dug another 10 feet, I turned the metal detector back on, and it started beeping like crazy again. Then it hit me. It was detecting my steel toes.
With regard to Darwinism, it’s still culling them out. That hasn’t changed, though Darwin’s theory of biological evolution is not without fault. He once said that the human body will adapt to help suit the challenges of the environment. I’m still waiting on females to evolve to the point where they’re all born with a mute button, and, Darwin has been dead now for 132 years, and I can’t help but wonder if he ever thought that dolphins and butterflies would eventually evolve into tramp stamps.