02-24-2022, 09:52 AM
(02-24-2022, 06:15 AM)727Sky Wrote: Idiots on display
That was amusing, in a sad sort of way. Around here, the instant you snatch a man's had from his head is the same instant you find yourself flat on your ass wondering what truck hit you. Screwing with a man's hat here is a declaration that you have nothing better to do today than go into traction, and is considered a cry for help because you don't like being upright any more.
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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.’