From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Mar 20 2003 - 22:55:53 MST
--- Lee Corbin <lcorbin@tsoft.com> wrote:
> Michael writes
>
> > Question: Consider a circle of prehistoric women
> picking berries while
> > men are off hunting. Do the women face outward or
> inward? Thanks,
>
> Good question. I suppose that they'd face inward if
> they were
> quite convinced that there was no threat in the
> vicinity.
> Otherwise, they'd probably post a few people as
> lookouts,
> and face inward anyway. We know for sure they'd be
> talking,
> and it's much easier to talk to people you're
> facing.
>
> Lee
Nah, they'd face outward, of course. It's a lot easier
to find berries when you're facing the bushes you
haven't already harvested. It's also easier this way
to see any potential threats and warn the others.
This may also be why indoor shopping malls have stores
on each side of a single corridor. Only the cheap
vendors get the interior booths, for selling cheap
junk jewelry and sunglasses and such. The prime retail
real estate is viewed from the inside facing outward,
because that's where the women are looking. :)
-gts
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