MythTickle by Justin Thompson for September 04, 2024

Was that iGod or I, God? Whatever.

There’s a version for Scottish Mythical Creatures. It’s called an Aye God……

Don’t put your iGod next to your iDoll or you’ll be turned into a pillar of salt.

Bast Buy would be a great name for a cat superstore.

Side note: Geek Squad was a small, but impressively good home tech repair company in the Twin Cities. They had cadre of brilliant and dedicated techs. The owner sold it to Best Buy (also a Twin Cities company) for a huge amount of cash. Best Buy hired people to staff their stores. Most were… not very good. I do miss the original Geek Squad.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts, said someone a long time ago I think. Relative time duration open to question.

Timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentēs, paraphrased in English as “I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts”, is a Latin phrase from Aeneid, a Latin epic poem written by Virgil. The phrase is spoken by Trojan priest Laocoön referring to the Trojan Horse used by the Greeks during the Trojan War. The literal meaning of the phrase is “I fear the Danaans [Greeks], even those bearing gifts” or “even when they bear gifts”. M

I’ve been punned down by the word play.

Funny. That guy doesn’t look like any frat rat I ever encountered.

Also, how long is that Methuselah warranty? 969 years?