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Once upon an Aesop, the starving fox jumped up and seized the grapes. They were not sour at all. Then she choked to death. The moral of the story is plain: fuck fables.
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This weekend, Trifecta has asked us to write a new fable in just 33 words. Mr. Aesop and I have never been on what you would call close terms. So I’m afraid I took advantage of my fable to thumb my nose at him.
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Hysterical and a perfect use of the thumb.
Or possibly middle finger ;P
Ha! In your face fable boy!
I’ve never bought into moralistic stories, so I couldn’t do this one without taking a serious jab.
I suppose this is a case where she would have preferred to tell a “sour grapes” story. Then, she might not have eaten so many and not have choked at all. But, your moral is more on target, and a lot more succinct. Very funny.
I always hear Aesop’s fables and think “Bullshit”. With this fable in particular, I always cringe because … holy hell, the fox MOVED ON, she stopped trying to do something that wasn’t working for her. Yes of course she’s pissed about the time she wasted. For her, those grapes are sour as HELL. Would that more people would move on and snarl instead of trying to get at grapes they’ll never reach, right? This was a much more satisfying end.
haHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA. This is the perfect fable.
Thank you! I started with the ending, then had to figure out how to make it work.
I Lol’ed.
I figured it would be a good surprise.
Made me laugh!
Yay!
Made me laugh!
Haa! That would be awesome – but I really liked your horses. Scott helped me brainstorm through this.
ROFLMAO! Very funny!
With “F” of course, being the important part of that statement ;-p
I don’t know the original fable. I feel so un-learn-ed. You’ll have to school me on that.
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It’s the sour grapes one – fox sees grapes, feels deprived, jumps, cannot reach, surrenders to the inevitable and says, “feh, didn’t want those sour old things anyway”.
How have I never heard that. Next you’ll tell me that the expression “sour grapes” came directly from that?!?!
Boy, do I feel sheltered, or uneducated, or something. And I love trivia too. How, I ask; how did this escape my feeble brain?? I’m speechless. Okay, maybe all these words don’t make me speechless, but YKWIM.
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Indeed grasshopper, this is where ‘sour grapes’ originates. I run across stuff I missed like this all the time, though, so don’t feel bad.
Oh my goodness, this was not what I expected at all, and was full of awesome.
I think it’ll keep me chuckling for a while.
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So glad you liked it!
Jester, you rock!
Why thank you!
I may or may not have snorted.
That is all.
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HA HA HA!
Yeah, I struggled with mine and nearly came to the same conclusion.
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I’m with you- Aesop and Kipling weren’t riveting for me- but I also love ancient Asian fables….crazy rabbits who choke on rice cakes, etc…. totally funny.
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My virgin ears.
“Once upon an Aesop” … awesome.
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I have always wondered what grudge did the author have with sour grapes. I love them.
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HAhahahahaha!
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I could do without them as well.
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