The GOAT and the troll
The GOAT and the troll
Muhammad Ali was one of 14 presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom this year. And this big billy GOAT gruff was taking no shit from any troll, a.k.a. the president.
Bush, who appeared almost playful, fastened the heavy medal around Muhammad Ali's neck and whispered something in the heavyweight champion's ear. Then, as if to say "bring it on," the president put up his dukes in a mock challenge. Ali, 63, who has Parkinson's disease and moves slowly, looked the president in the eye -- and, finger to head, did the "crazy" twirl for a couple of seconds.
The room of about 200, including Cabinet secretaries, tittered with laughter. Ali, who was then escorted back to his chair, made the twirl again while sitting down. And the president looked visibly taken aback, laughing nervously (Washington Post article, By Jose Antonio Vargas).
Perhaps, the message Ali was trying to convey to Bush was the same thing the third billy goat told the troll when threatening to eat him if he tried to cross his bridge: "Well, come along! I've got two spears, And I'll poke your eyeballs out at your ears; I've got besides two curling-stones, And I'll crush you to bits, body and bones."
If that's not the message, he still openly mocked Bush and for that reason alone, I feel comfortable saying: Oh Muhammad Ali, you truly are the Greatest of All-Time.
Snip, snap, snout.This tale's told out.
posted by SR Phoenix @ 9:41 AM
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1 Comments:
JJ: what do you think the moral of the billy goats gruff story is?
SRPhoenix: i'm thinking it's travel in packs?
SRPhoenix: or don't be a dumb troll and let others walk through your yard
JJ: so its saying, give the goats some shit even if they're small and cute because they're really only out to fuck you over
JJ: they'll smile to your face, and then get their enforcer to kick your ass
JJ: dude, those goats are dirty
JJ: i'm getting more and more sympathetic for the troll
SRPhoenix: i think the message is actually... don't fuck with anyone because there's always someone bigger than you
SRPhoenix: so it's like a negatively put golden rule
SRPhoenix: don't fuck with anyone if you don't wanna be fucked with
SRPhoenix: i think that's a fair message
JJ: ok, but look at it this way
JJ: lets pretend the troll's not a "troll", per se
JJ: he's just a normal dude who keeps to himself
JJ: first of all, he's got this really crappy apartment below ground level that's probably reeking of moisture
JJ: then he's got these uppity little punks traipsing all over his ceiling, making a buttload of noise when he just wants some peace and quiet
JJ: he voices his complaints, but then he just settles down and doesn't worry about the first or second noisemakers
JJ: when he finally gets the cojones to step up to one of these ass-clowns, he gets his ass beat
JJ: you know, the story makes its point, literally
JJ: "don't let punks walk over you"
JJ: if you let one person do it
JJ: then you're just inviting more people to do it
JJ: and eventually, its going to come back to bite you in the ass
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