Life goes on - doesn't it ?

It's been gloriously sunny and hot today and life is wonderful. Mind you, the heat has reminded me that planet Earth, which we humans call home, is also cooking away nicely by all accounts. It was a relief, therefore, to come across this message from Mother Earth herself as posted in The Daily Mash:

"I'LL BE JUST FINE" SAYS PLANET EARTH
The planet Earth has dismissed claims that it is in danger from global warming, stressing the worst that could happen is the extinction of the human race. The Earth spoke out after a series of books, television programmes and environmental campaigns urged people to do everything in their power to "Save the Planet".

Earth, thought to be aged 4,000,000,000, said last night: "I'll be absolutely fine - seriously! I might get a bit warmer and a bit wetter but to be honest, that actually sounds quite nice. Try living through an ice age - pardon my French but it's absolutely fucking freezing!"

The planet, based 93 million miles from the Sun, said it was "sick and tired" of being drawn into arguments about human behaviour. "Look, I'm just a planet doing its thing, alright ? If you want to live on me that's your business but I've got important planet stuff to do - OK ? Try being in elliptical orbit for five minutes, or balancing your gravitational pull with a medium-sized moon! Let me assure you, it's no fucking picnic."

The planet said that environmental campaigners should change their slogan from "Save the Planet" to "Save Your Sorry Arse". Earth added: "OK, so there may come a time when, for a variety of reasons, I am no longer able to support pandas, polar bears and humans - but you know what ? - life goes on!"

Maybe rebirth as a rock may not be so bad after all.