Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley for June 13, 2022

Beware of gifts bearing Greeks.

Thus was the phrase coined, “When in Troy, don’t forget your Trojans.”.

Were the Greeks really smart or the Trojans really dumb?

Totally wacked out! Rob thinks up all these delusional dialogs for Bucky and Satchel, then gets mad when they give him crazy responses!

He needs to stop trying to answer “Bucky” questions.

Lots of condom jokes around here…

The story as I’ve heard it doesn’t include a gift receipt. Suppose the Trojans burned the horse as a sacrificial offering? Or Bucky uses the chairs rather than the scratching post?

I once found a Trojan in my computer how it got there I’ll never know. (Groucho)

This is the origin of the expression, first seen in Shakespeare, “beware of Greeks bearing gifts”. Warfare customs in those days were different, as were religious practices. Metaphorical gifts to honor a successful enemy might well be accepted under such circumstances. Of course, Homer was the first novelist, so he may have exaggerated the gift. Only one soldier would be needed to unlock the gates. He also overlooked the hygiene and odor problems of a horseful of restless fighting men. :)

I always wondered how the story would have been changed if the Trojans made a bonfire out of it.

I am LOLing!!!

I prefer the Trojan Rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

My cats loved their cardboard scratching pads … for about a week. That’s how long it took them to completely destroy it and leave cardboard shreds all over the house.

“Nevermore”, quoth the cat-dad, “Nevermore”