02-09-2021, 06:40 PM
(02-09-2021, 06:11 PM)BIAD Wrote: What did your ancestors do before television and newspapers? Er... just something else and certainly more
productive!
Mine threw hatchets at each other. At least it kept them on their toes!
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’