Welcome to the blog, readers from Greece! We're all familiar with Greek contributions to modern civilization.
I speak, of course, about the Greek invention of naming college fraternities and sororities. Without the system devised by ancient Greeks, we would have to refer to various fraternities and sororities as "the one with the crappy parties," "the one with all the jerks," or "the one with the crappy parties and the jerks."
The Greeks also gave us the gyro. Sadly, the correct pronunciation of this delicious sandwich is lost in the mists of time. Some linguists believe YEER-oh is correct. The majority of linguists, however, believe it's pronounced Gimme one of those things. Yeah, like what that guy's eating.
Greece also gave us George Stephanopoulos, the diminutive broadcaster and political adviser. According to legend, if anyone keeps an eye fixed upon him, he cannot escape, but the moment the gaze is withdrawn, he vanishes. If you capture him, he must be truthful and honest and tell you where he has hidden his treasure.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Welcome, Greeks!
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Leonidas and his scantily clad Spartan men from the "300" movie would put up a good fight against that Norwegian Axe Weilding Lion.
Sure, but what if Stephanopoulos showed up instead of the Spartans?
Wielding a gyro or not, I imagine "This IS ABC'S THIS WEEK!!!" will not impress the dread Norwegian ax-wielding, cheroot smoking, little-crown-wearing lion.
I choose to believe the lion's name is Olav, by the way.
Wiki says nothing about whether or not the lion rides around in a futuristic, sentient battle tank powered by a small black hole, so I'm forced to assume that he does.
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