tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post6533139442165383200..comments2023-10-08T05:00:23.559-04:00Comments on Clarissa's Blog: Poor Che GuevaraClarissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-17456454116349884502011-03-11T17:29:51.266-05:002011-03-11T17:29:51.266-05:00There's a joke based on that washington story....There's a joke based on that washington story.<br /><br />A kid and his friend were goofing around and dared each other to tip the outhouse down the hill. They finally got up the nerve and did it.<br /><br />Later little Johnnie's father asked him if he had tipped the outhouse down the hill, and when he dithered, his father told him the story of George washington and the cherry tree. So he fessed up.<br />His father started in beating the shit out of him - "B b b but Daddy! You said George Washington's father didn't spank him!"<br /><br />"Yeah, well, George washngton's father wasn't in the cherry tree at the time."Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187836541591828806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-51873203914847446802011-03-10T16:04:41.238-05:002011-03-10T16:04:41.238-05:00I wonder what a Freudian would say about this. I t...I wonder what a Freudian would say about this. I think there is something very oedipal in this story. Let's not forget that Washington and Lenin are symbolic fathers of their nations.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-1722788213349422382011-03-10T15:59:38.453-05:002011-03-10T15:59:38.453-05:00Wow! A powerful archetype.Wow! A powerful archetype.Pagan Topologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611788563582362688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-6775219054424509612011-03-10T15:57:37.736-05:002011-03-10T15:57:37.736-05:00I almost wept with laughter!! We had the exact sam...I almost wept with laughter!! We had the exact same story about Lenin that was told to small kids. Only it was his mother's favorite cup that he broke. <br /><br />This is too bizarre.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-66425854433303669882011-03-10T15:46:12.796-05:002011-03-10T15:46:12.796-05:00It is a story commonly told to school children in ...It is a story commonly told to school children in this country. It goes more or less like this: When he was a child, George Washington was given a new axe. He went out and practiced chopping wood with it. When he ran out of wood to chop, he chopped down his mother's favorite cherry tree. When his father came home, he asked who chopped down the cherry tree. George said "Father, I cannot tell a lie. I chopped down the cherry tree." <br /><br />The moral is supposed to be, I guess, that Washington was so virtuous that he was incapable of lying, and that children should aspire to such honesty.Pagan Topologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611788563582362688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-10098788291773796722011-03-10T15:40:56.023-05:002011-03-10T15:40:56.023-05:00I don't know the story.I don't know the story.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-38303854821724543472011-03-10T15:35:06.312-05:002011-03-10T15:35:06.312-05:00But it is no worse than the story of George Washin...But it is no worse than the story of George Washington chopping down the cherry tree.Pagan Topologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01611788563582362688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-19990457453944371742011-03-10T15:15:57.935-05:002011-03-10T15:15:57.935-05:00Gladly. I'll do it tonight.
I absolutey love...Gladly. I'll do it tonight. <br /><br />I absolutey love the talented Gael Garcia Bernal but have you seen anybody less suited to play el Che? I'd make a much better Che Guevara any day.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3164556861454970487.post-49830179836537009162011-03-10T15:11:24.581-05:002011-03-10T15:11:24.581-05:00Could you make a post regarding "The motor cy...Could you make a post regarding "The motor cycle diaries." I've seen the movie and didn't think it was as bad as you seem to proclaim it is. Please share with us a more detailed critique. On the other hand I must share with you my disappointment with the kids book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com