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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Evolution has meant that our prefrontal lobes are too small, our adrenal glands are too big, and our reproductive organs apparently designed by committee; a recipe which, alone or in combination, is very certain to lead to some unhappiness and disorde.

I particularly mean the part about repoductive organs
  

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Hi, It means they are poorly designed. It's a joke, based on the suggestion that committees do things poorly, often as the result of compromises. In English culture, we often make jokes about committees.

  • Hi, It means they are poorly designed.
  • It's a joke, based on the suggestion that committees do things poorly, often as the result of compromises.
  • In English culture, we often make jokes about committees.
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Hi,

It means they are poorly designed.

It's a joke, based on the suggestion that committees do things poorly, often as the result of compromises.

In English culture, we often make jokes about committees.

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