Why God invented eyebrows...

Somedays I just have to have high-level intellectual discussions with myself on the old Bloggerspot and today is one of those "somedays".

God invented eyebrows because, if we didn't have any, we'd all walk around looking "surprised". So how could we express surprise, if our faces already looked that way? People who gave us gifts would think we were ingrates and maybe some of us are when Aunt Aidie gives us a hand-knit sweater that can also be used as a whole body tourniquet. We couldn't show our true feelings when the deadbeat friend (family member, co-worker...you fill it in) finally pays us back the $20 we loaned him or her 5 years ago. And when H-E-double toothpicks freezes over, where would we be? And how would anyone know that we were really, really mad about something? We wouldn't be able to include our eyebrows in the mad face and that would mean it would be only a half-hearted (or eyebrowed) mad face. Grumpy people wouldn't be able to properly express their "grumpness" and that would make them even grumpier leading to either World War III or very short family get-togethers. So, you can see how important those little hairy accents above our beady, little eyes are. And, don't forget nature's purpose--keeping lint, small falling objects, dust and other such flotsam and jetsam from landing on our orbs.

I, for one, am thankful for eyebrows because, when I'm very tired after a bad night's sleep, I am able to locate my eyes and pry them open. Without eyebrows, I might be poking my finger up my nose (not a socially acceptable gesture) or into my mouth, which might gag me. Eyebrows are like the proverbial silver lining of your face--and if you're my age, they aren't just proverbial silver, they literally are.