Alternative Storage
What is there to even say about this one? I honestly have no idea. Diogenes was certainly a maverick, but I don’t think even he managed to find a way to store half a watermelon in his rather wimpy looking beard.
Short news post this week as I’ve been incredibly busy and there isn’t much left to say about Diogenes that hasn’t already been said in the last post. Obviously the man was incredible and deserves some respect and recognition. I’m just trying to do my part to bring that around.
That’ll be all from Diogenes, I promise. We’ll get back to some myths next week.
Hope everyone is having a successful end of the school year and/or a lovely spring!
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I so love Happle Tea. I always look forward to learning something about mythology and legend and greeks. Thank You.
Diogenes would have been the best person to go see a movie with. He could hide the popcorn AND various fountain drinks right in his beard! He is obviously the best philosopher there ever was.
And of course they didn’t have watermelon back in ancient Greece. He probably would have had baklava though!
Baklava is actually Jordanian. And besides, that would be way too sticky.
I bet he keeps a dire owl in that beard.
PLOT TWIST!!! DUN DUN DUNNNN!!!
As a co-president in my schools philosophy club, I based todays discussion topic off of him (Thanks to you, otherwise I never would have known about him.) So thanks for that!
Eugh, this is reminding me of Roald Dahl’s “The Twits”
Did you just throw a rock at a chicken?
I love Diogenes, and I’d never have heard of him if you hadn’t included him in your comic.
Please don’t let this be the last we ever see of him!
I knew that’s what beards were for! No wonder guys had them. Mustaches also hold soups and drinks. Genius!
At Yu– me too! I loved the Twits when I was little, though. They were so delightfully wicked to each other that it made you wonder why they had gotten together. I guess it was their own twisted form of romance. I mean, I was still happy that the family of monkeys got away, and that the Twits were glued to the ceiling, but they were my favorite characters.
Maybe that is why I am currently attracted to grungy people.
Why I like Diogenes since I am a kid, is this story:
When Alexander the Great came to that town he went to see the wise man. He found Diogenes outside the town lying on the ground by his barrel. He was enjoying the sun.
When he saw the king he sat up and looked at Alexander. Alexander greeted him and said:
“Diogenes, I have heard a great deal about you. Is there anything I can do for you?”
“Yes,” said Diogenes, “you can step aside a little so as not to keep the sunshine from me.”
The king was very much surprised. But this answer did not make him angry. He turned to his officers with the following words:
“Say what you like, but if I were not Alexander, I should like to be Diogenes.”
Mmmm, Watermelon.
But that’d be so sticky…