Terry,
Granted, my guess might be a little influenced by Hollywood, but I bet He carry them so He can "plant" one of them on us after a heated debate.
>When I used to say to my mother "Why have you got two ... {whatever identical things}", she'd reply sarcastically, "In case I get sick of one"
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>You have 2 of this , 3 of that, but you only have two hands and two ankle straps max. Do you just sit and worship the others, clean them all the time, brandish them menacingly, what? Why so many!? :-)
"The five senses obstruct or deform the apprehension of reality."
Jorge L. Borges?
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
Donald Knuth, repeating C. A. R. Hoare
"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely"
Jorge L. Borges