Show ern r THOSE ANCIENT N TABLES I TAD TABLETS LETS have been dug dUI up In i Iraq showing that Ihal the Sumer Sumer- ions ians who lived 1700 years yean DC BC had knowledge equal or ahead of what wo we have In 1030 1950 But Dut there Is II no evidence nce they used It exclusively on quiz programs Archeologists are It still III exploring ing but every Indica Indication lion so 10 arIs tar far farIs tarIs Is that despite all aU they knew these ancient people didn't link super knowledge with super super su su- per Jackpots They pain painted led their houses housea Inside and out at their own nm expense Professor P P. Waddingham Toots I this columns column's archeologist Is on the scene Beene He lie always thought our remote ancestors were smart cookies cook ies lea even It If there was nothing in inthe inthe In I the records about mystery tunes Ills His dispatch says lilt Into a new layer of cuneiform tablets tablets tablets tab tab- lets today Am amazed at ter ter- rifle amount of Information possessed by a people not motivated motivated motivated moti moti- by desire for mink coats Ice boxes freeze deep-freeze units a complete new set of bedroom furniture and free maid service for lor one year All reports that a tablet has bas been dug up with Inscription which can be decoded as the question I Where are are you from and ond the gnawer answer an I an-I awer Brooklyn with word for applause after It are false as aa Is the rumor that another tablet bore the words worda No Im I'm sorry sorry sor sor- ry TI but we are sending you a hogs bogs bead head of oyster o openers eners just lust the I same Mrs Whittlesey I have Just lust unearthed an ossified ossified ossi ossi- fied tied man standing upright with one hand upraised A colleague thinks this could have been a saying I have a lady in the gallery sir My colleagues Insist that It if I 1 I find a clarinet a 10 silver dollars dollar and any signs of a I question like Is a halibut a fish an article of wearing apparel or a I. I kind of cosmetic it will prove I that the intelligence of these ancient ancient an an- clent folk was on a level with our own a Professor Toots goes on OD to say cay that the knowledge of I mathematics among tie the Sumer Burner tans Ians obviously was waa terrific but not sufficient to 0 figure Income In trillions I found no figures figures fig fig- ures running I Into n D t o 0 billions even he adds This would seem to show that despite their high Intelligence they knew nothing of deficit financing financing finan finan- cing clog the luck lucky stiffs I am now striving to find U If Uthe Uthe the were in hot water most of the time had one leg Jel shorter than the other from running around In circles confused pinwheels pinwheels pin pin- wheels and consumed pounds pound of aspirin a year per capita This will prove conclusively their civilization civili civill was like ours which I hope Is not true |