"The flap of a butterfly's wings in Central Park could ultimately cause an earthquake in China.   So say the proponents of chaos theory, who use 'the butterfly effect' to describe how small and apparently insignificant incidents can set in motion a chain of events with far reaching consequences.

The butterfly effect has, until now, been cited only as an illustration, but Professor Jim Spanners of the Pennsylvania Institute for Making Stuff Up takes it seriously, and believes that butterflies are directly responsible for most of the world's major problems.  He is urging authorities to act swiftly in order to prevent imminent disaster.

So far his warnings have been largely dismissed by everyone except for a select group of people who don't get out much.  Recently, in order to underscore his concerns, he published a twelve stage example of exactly how such a catastrophic sequence of events might run:

Event One: 
A butterfly - possibly a cabbage white, or similar variety - spreads itself across a leaf in New York's Central Park.  It stretches lazily in the warm sunshine and contentedly flaps its wings.  This motion generates a small current of air, barely perceptible, but sufficient enough to divert the course of an airborne spore.   The spore lands beside a pathway and begins to germinate.

Event Two:
One year later and the spore has blossomed into a thriving example of a Patagonian trailing creeper.  It spreads its tangled strands out across the adjacent path. An early-morning runner fails to notice it as he is jogging along. He becomes entangled and falls, dropping his doughnuts and fracturing his shin.

Event Three:
At a nearby hospital, the runner is waiting for the results of his X-ray.   He decides that something should be done to prevent others from having similar accidents.  As  luck would have it, he happens to work for the Mayor's office, where he has some influence.  At his request, a program of defoliation is begun to eradicate all traces of Patagonian trailing creeper from Central Park.

Event Four:
All traces of the troublesome creeper have now been cleared.  The creeper was also home to a species of beetle and these too are wiped out - starving the local population of hammerhead gannets, who feed on them.  The gannets are forced to find other sources of food and for a while they make a nuisance of themselves by raiding trashcans, harassing hot dog sellers and occasionally carrying off small pets.   However, they cannot adapt and they soon begin to die off.

Event Five:
The hammerhead gannet is a remarkable bird in that it usually expires in the air - rather than on the ground, up a tree or in a cat, like most birds.  New York suddenly finds itself plagued by falling birds as the dead gannets plummet from the skies, mid-flap. As their name suggests, the hammerhead gannet has a head shaped like a small mallet and the descending birds do considerable damage to roads, buildings and the occasional unlucky bystander.  Sales of crash helmets rise steeply.

Event Six: 
Whilst some crash helmets are made from specially hardened synthetic composites, they are no match for the traditional variety, fashioned from the shell of the Polynesian backflip tortoise.  The backflip tortoise is so called because of its fondness for acrobatics.  Sadly, despite the hours of practice they put in every day, most backflip tortoises make poor gymnasts, and so they have developed specially hardened shells to protect them from injury.  Because of the increase in demand for crash helmets, their numbers soon begin to decline.

Event Seven:
The shells of backflip tortoises are also used to make lobster pots.   However, with fewer tortoises available, lobster fishermen have to rely on other materials.  These new pots are just not up to the job.  The lobsters themselves are certainly not impressed and simply gather around them, pointing and laughing contemptuously.

Event Eight: 
The lobster population swells out of control.  They become rowdy and boisterous - holding underwater raves, getting high on seaweed and playing Beach Boys records until four o-clock in the morning.  The octopuses that live next door start to get really hacked off with it.  Octopuses are usually quiet and genial creatures, who are at their happiest when left alone to do word puzzles.  But on this occasion they realise that something has to be done, and so they decide to stage a sit-in.

Event Nine:
Octopuses from all over the world gather in the Atlantic Ocean to protest.   Their numbers are so great that they disrupt shipping and cut off the Gulf Stream, the current which supplies warm water to the North Atlantic.

Event Ten:
With the Gulf Stream disrupted, the world begins to freeze.  The arctic ice begins to encroach on Canada, Asia and Northern Europe.  Before long the tundra has enveloped Manchester, and the polar bears move in and turn it into a winter resort.

Event Eleven:
As luck would have it, a syndicate of four million penguins from Antarctica have won a fortune on the lottery and, hearing that the skiing in Manchester is particularly good at this time of year, they decide to blow all their winnings on a vacation.  As penguins can't fly, they invest in rocket packs and set off en masse.

Event Twelve:
Passing through Indian airspace, the captain of a Korean airliner is astounded to see four million penguins wearing rocket packs approaching him, directly on his flight path.  The penguins are equally surprised and swerve abruptly to miss the plane.  Unfortunately, they fly smack into Mount Everest, knocking the top off.   The shock wave travels around the world, triggering earthquakes in - amongst other places - California, Japan and China.
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Professor Spanners is convinced that it is only a matter of time before such a catastrophe takes place, but he stresses that it can easily be avoided. His solution is simple - round up all the butterflies and eradicate them.  He suggests employing specialist butterfly death squads to go around armed with big nets and long range rifles.   Also,  placing a bounty on these dangerous insects would encourage the public to assist in the cull.  Above all, Professor Spanners insists that we cannot afford to suffer a single butterfly to live - one careless flap of a wing could mean the end of all life on the planet.

http://www.obvious.fsnet.co.uk/butterfly/butterfly.htm

there ya go, a whole lot of useless no-sence-making bullshit that i bet just made your day. didnt it. well i found it funny..