Yes, indeed.
What, in any case, is the relation between Tiresias and the royals of
Theben? Famously, Tiresias, the blind seer, predicted the fall of Oedipus,
the actualisation of which included Oedipus himself poking his eyes out.
Interestingly, Tiresias lived first as a man, then as a woman, and then
again as a man; his transformations due to having seen snakes in the vice
of mating. When Tiresias returned to the site of the mating snakes, he came
upon the same scene, and his sight was again given to him.
Mvh. / Yours sincerely,
Torgeir Fjeld
https://torgeirfjeld.com/
*rock philosophy: meditations on art and desire *is now in paperback with
30% discount: order before June 8, 2019, with coupon code VEPNFTCEA30 from
https://vernonpress.com/book/770
On Thu, 6 Jun 2019 at 00:58, John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
An effective parody of philosophical debate?
John McCreery
On Jun 6, 2019 06:57 +0900, Torgeir Fjeld <t.fjeld1@xxxxxxxxx>, wrote:
From Blake Edwards and Frank Waldman's The Return of the Pink Panther
(1975):
(A beggar sits in front of a bank playing an accordian. There is a monkey
sitting next to him as Inspector Clouseau walks up.)
Clouseau (to beggar): Do you have a license?
Beggar: What?
Clouseau: City ordinance 147-B prohibits the playing of any musical
instrument in a public place for the purpose of commercial enterprise
without a proper license.
Beggar: I don't understand.
Clouseau: It is against the leu (law) for you to play your musical
instrument. Beggar: Leu?
Clouseau: What?
Beggar: You say, it's against the leu?
Clouseau: Yes. Unless you have a proper license.
Beggar: What kind of license?
Clouseau: A license that permits the playing of any musical instrument in
a public place for the purpose of commercial enterprise.
Beggar: Commercial enterprise?
Clouseau: Yes. You play that thing and people give you the muhnay.
Beggar: People give the monkey the money.
Clouseau: It is the same.
Beggar: Oh, no. I am a musician and the monkey is a businessman. He
doesn't tell me what to play, and I don't tell him what to do with his
money. One day I came home and I found him sitting in my living room. I let
him stay, but he pays for his own room and board.
Clouseau: Then the minkey's (monkey's) breaking the leu.
Beggar: But he doesn't play any musical instrument.
Clouseau: City ordinance 132-R prohibits the begging.
Beggar: How do you know so much about city ordinances?
Clouseau: What sort of stupid question is that? Are you blind?
Beggar: Yes.
Mvh. / Yours sincerely,
Torgeir Fjeld
https://torgeirfjeld.com/
*rock philosophy: meditations on art and desire* is now in paperback with
30% discount: order before June 8, 2019, with coupon code VEPNFTCEA30 from
https://vernonpress.com/book/770