THE BOOK OF
GREEKS
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE FIRST BOOK OF GREEKS
More Trojan War jokesThe funny ideas of Plato
Chapter 18
The Greeks knew that they would need a very big joke to end the Trojan War,
2aAnd so a Greek named Odysseus thought up the idea of the bTrojan Horse,
3cWhich the Trojans thought was an offering to their Gods,
4dOnly it was full of heavily armed Greeks instead,
5Who jumped out shouting “Surprise!” when the horse had been dragged inside the walls of Troy,
6eAnd killed all the Trojans,
7Except for fAeneas,
8Who had to go found Rome,
9gBut that’s another myth altogether,
10Though equally funny in its own right,
11As you might expect.
12Anyway,
13The Greeks laughed themselves sick all the way home,
14Except for hOdysseus,
15Who got lost for some reason,
16For ten years,
17Which was extremely funny,
18And caused Odysseus to lose his whole crew,
19Some of whom fell in love with isirens,
20Which was funny,
21And some of whom got turned into jswine,
22kWhich was even funnier,
23Until Odysseus arrived home weak with laughter,
24And found that his wife Penelope was planning to marry the first ape who could string her husband’s bow,
25Which convinced Odysseus to disguise himself,
26And then kill every one of his wife’s suitors,
27lWhich is what he did,
28mAnd it was hilarious,
29Like all Greek jokes,
30Though not as funny as the Greek joke called philosophy.
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