World's oldest profession

**Larry Maxcy l*@earthlink.net**

Some of you may find the following letter to the editor useful for  
your writing.

Larry Maxcy

 From the Daily Telegraph, London, January 20, 2006

Oldest profession

Sir - I am continually reading, particularly of late, that  
prostitution is the "oldest profession". This is not so. The oldest  
profession is that of a gardener, or horticulturist.

In the Bible, Genesis 2:8 reads, "God planted a garden eastward in  
Eden", and 2:15: "Then the Lord God took the man [Adam] and put him  
in the garden to tend and keep it." I rest my case.

H. F. Norman, Waterlooville, Hants
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