After the Athenians stopped fighting the war, their wives refused intimacy until they took out the garbage, mowed the lawn, cleaned out the garage,……..
The women of Thebes tried the same tactic, but it backfired. They wound up with the Sacred Band of Thebes, a warrior order made up of pairs of male lovers.
“And if there were only some way of contriving that a state or an army should be made up of lovers and their loves, they would be the very best governors of their own city, abstaining from all dishonour, and emulating one another in honour; and when fighting at each other’s side, although a mere handful, they would overcome the world. For what lover would not choose rather to be seen by all mankind than by his beloved, either when abandoning his post or throwing away his arms? He would be ready to die a thousand deaths rather than endure this. Or who would desert his beloved or fail him in the hour of danger?”
– Plato, Symposium
It worked for a while, anyway.
Fast-forward about 2400 years, and we can’t even get rid of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
lewisbower over 13 years ago
Well, she might be ugly, She might be fat. I never met a person who would tell her that. She’s my big blonde bomber’ My heavy duty havensaken mama.
You can keep your eye candy on your arm!
If anyone forwards this to SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED, as Bugs would say, “This means war!”
jimcos over 13 years ago
Lewreader! Great Jim Croce reference. (But “havensaken” was actually “Hackensack” in Roller Derby Queen.)
Well she might be nasty She might be fat But I never met a person Who would tell her that She’s my big blonde bomber My heavy handed Hackensack mama
Dirty Dragon over 13 years ago
You two sure that wasn’t “bleached-blonde bomber”?
Ah, Ann Calvello.
jpozenel over 13 years ago
After the Athenians stopped fighting the war, their wives refused intimacy until they took out the garbage, mowed the lawn, cleaned out the garage,……..
napaeric over 13 years ago
No sex=no money, honey
she is now my ex, seems money was the most important part of our relationship
fritzoid Premium Member over 13 years ago
The women of Thebes tried the same tactic, but it backfired. They wound up with the Sacred Band of Thebes, a warrior order made up of pairs of male lovers.
“And if there were only some way of contriving that a state or an army should be made up of lovers and their loves, they would be the very best governors of their own city, abstaining from all dishonour, and emulating one another in honour; and when fighting at each other’s side, although a mere handful, they would overcome the world. For what lover would not choose rather to be seen by all mankind than by his beloved, either when abandoning his post or throwing away his arms? He would be ready to die a thousand deaths rather than endure this. Or who would desert his beloved or fail him in the hour of danger?” – Plato, Symposium
It worked for a while, anyway.
Fast-forward about 2400 years, and we can’t even get rid of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”