The Return of Odysseus
by George Bilgere When Odysseus finally does get home he is understandably upset about the suitors, who have been mooching off his wife for twenty years, drinking his wine, eating his mutton, etc. In a similar situation today he would seek legal counsel. But those were different times. With the help of his son Telemachus he slaughters roughly one hundred and ten suitors and quite a number of young ladies, although in view of their behavior I use the term loosely. Rivers of blood course across the palace floor. I too have come home in a bad mood. Yesterday, for instance, after the department meeting, when I ended up losing my choice parking spot behind the library to the new provost. I slammed the door. I threw down my book bag in this particular way I have perfected over the years that lets my wife understand the contempt I have for my enemies, which is prodigious. And then with great skill she built a gin and tonic that would have pleased the very gods, and with epic patience she list...

Well put. Squeaking and squawking is about all I've heard around here lately.
ReplyDeleteI highly recommend ETOH. To be truthful though, you should have started tanking up a week ago when the dirtbags and their ads first moved into town. Fear not my friend, the second it's over, so are their ads. Life will be shockingly normal tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteHope so! Hubby is singing his Ron Paul song--basically singing the name over and over again--so the commercials are a pleasant reprieve :>) Paul is running 11.3% right now in Ohio--Hubby's taking credit for that .3%. We won't have to see too much of the elections--it'll be an early night; I have to be in the hospital at 0630.
ReplyDeleteoh my ....I have become so disillusioned...maybe just getting old....smiles
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