Suppose you’re the low man on the totem pole, so you’re the one that has to do the hard work. Do you dig two holes to give them a Christian burial 3000 years before Christ? Or do you economize by digging one slightly larger hole? What kind of tool are you going to use to dig that hole? Sears and Roebuck won’t sell you a spade.

One of the advantages of modern times is that we use machines to dig our graves. That’s why we don’t have to fold your legs in order to cram you into a hole that is too small for one, much less two. (Take another good look at that picture and imagine the calluses you would end up with from digging a full size grave with a stick.)

The chance that this pair are a “same sex” couple is in excess of 50% as there are many human activities that can result in more than one death at a time, and some of these are correlated by sex. Don’t be surprised when it turns out that these were two young warriors that died in the same battle.

But sure, the way they seem like they are smiling at each other, they are cute. It’s a very touching picture any way you look at it.

Chinmaya, I remember a special on TV that showed a swan who had lost its mate - oh, I was bawling by the end of the program. Swans really mourn.