I originally made a post in this space regarding similar North American cryptids to the Water Monsters of Irish and Scottish legend mentioned above, but it became a mega-post, so I removed it and created another thread for it, to avoid polluting a thread on Great Britain's myths with a post on North American myths. It can be found here: http://rogue-nation3.com/showthread.php?tid=6952
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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.’