Because Satan had been an angel, and was then a serpent, Biffer supposed that angels had been serpents, and the history of the Mesozoic period of Earth s evolution agreed. Saurians were the dominant life form on Earth 248 M.a., while hominids didn t appear until 220 M.a., so there d been plenty of time for the saurians to develop space travel and leave to colonize the planets amongst the stars. Read more of Biff Splint's fabulous insights within the pages of, Apple stew and Bother stories, and also the conclusions of Biff Blunt's amazing research thesis at his local University in Juniperberg, California county, Free Orange State, because they gave you one every summer. Biff had been told by his supervisor, Ace Beaver, that it d to be reduced by 900, 000 words, Although it used to be that theses could be of any length, gangsters rule, which means that everybody not only has to pay for everything twice, but that they have to keep paying for everything, no matter how long they live, because that s how gangsters thrive.' Biff was trapped. 'So? First I have to write a million words. Tall order.'