WOULD +YOU+ LET YOUR DAUGHTER WALK UNDER A LADDER, MRS. WORTHINGTON?
When he was eighty years old, someone asked Aeschylus, "When did you stop
thinking about sex?"
"Dunno," answered Aeschylus, "I'll let you know when it happens."
Overhearing the remark (as the gods sometimes do), Zeus had an eagle fly
overhead and drop a tortoise from a great height onto Aeschylus' bald pate.
Which did provide one answer to the question.
And also demonstrates that it's not asking silly questions that causes
problems, but trying to answer them.
On the other hand, given the smile on Aeschylus' face when they wrapped him
up for burial, maybe there's another take on this.
And there is a MORAL to this tale:
Don't walk under an eagle flying overhead with a tortoise in its claws.
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