Tuesday 18 April 2023

Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts









It was Ulysses/Odysseus,
the cleverest of all Greeks,
who devised the
Trojan Horse strategy,
so here's a couple of
LOLs in his honour --



And who says the old myths
about Troy aren't relevant anymore?


37 comments:

The Happy Whisk said...

The pizza and the cat ones were my top picks. That's good stuff. Happy Tuesday!

Travel said...

Love the Cat

Rosemary said...

The Trojans were divided - should they set fire to the statue or should they honour and worship it? Some wise old men realised there was something not quite right and advised setting fire to it. Others warned that if they did so the gods would be angry as the horse is dedicated to Athena, the great goddess of wisdom, and they did not wish to feel her wrath.
So yes, definitely always beware Greeks bearing gifts.
I have walked the excavated ancient walls and streets that were Troy and even climbed up inside the replica wooden horse.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Rosemary -- What an exciting trip that would be! The closest I've come to the Trojan Horse is a rather chunky statue of it in a local Turkish restaurant, LOL.

Mistress Maddie said...

That last one!!!!

I know about Beware Greeks bearing gifts. My brother-in-law is Greek. I've gotten some doosie of gifts.

And as above...you can imagine the only trojan I got close too.

Frank said...

What’s with all the references to towns in Upstate New York?

Sixpence Notthewiser said...

LMAOOOO
Oh the one with the kitty? Priceless.
And I cackled out loud with the 'What's and odyssey?' one.

XOXO

Boud said...

Why they didn't use a cat, very good! Funny they never scanned the horse before they let it in..

Moving with Mitchell said...

What's an Odyssey? I love that! And so many others.

Jamie Ghione said...

The pizza one was funny!

Marie Smith said...

The pizza delivery guy is hilarious! Lol.

e said...

Great lolz! Loved the pizza delivery, the cat, Pandora's labyrinth. 'I came as quickly as I could after I did some other stuff.' Always found Odysseus annoying on that score. Lol.

This N That said...

What is a dead name??
Good ones..love the cat and the pizza guy!!!

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ This N That -- When a trans person switches from one sex to the other, they adopt a new given name to match the current, correct sex to which they've transitioned. Their "deadname" is whatever their name was for their original, incorrect sex and of course no one should call them that anymore. So in this meme, Troy became Helen or (to stretch a point) "Helen of Troy."

Rawknrobyn.blogspot.com said...

The pizza move is brilliant.
This was altogether hilarious, Deb.
Have a great day and week.

Mike said...

If God took a rib from Adam and made woman, then she was a transgender clone. Deal with THAT conservatives.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Mike -- Good point!

Adam said...

🇬🇷 They defeated Troy but didn't watch out for the Romans or Ottomans

roentare said...

Trojan horse stories are made into a fun series of memes

angela said...

Lots of lol’s
Thanks for the giggles I promise if I ever am able to give you a gift it will be totally safe
😉

Tundra Bunny said...

AHAHAHAHA! All good ones and not one condom joke in the lot...

Guillaume said...

I think my favourite is the very first one.

Guillaume said...

On a side note, I love Greek mythology and the Trojan war.

Mr. Shife said...

Thanks for all of the goodies, Debra. I think the cat one was my favorite.

Joanne Noragon said...

This week has wonderful comments. Woman from man's rib is a transgender clone--deal with that, conservatives!

Richard said...

I am barbarian. And so i think the Greek jokes are best of all.

Mistress Maddie said...

@Tundra...nope, but you know me, I went there!!!!

Kirk said...

Be the name Troy or Helen, she'll always have Paris.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Kirk -- HAHAHAHAHAHA, YOU GENIUS, YOU!

River said...

I like the Pizza guy.

Food Blogger said...

Funny! I've actually visited the City. They have a huge wooden horse as the centrepiece.

Martha said...

HAHAHA! These are a hoot. I'd open the door for pizza!

Jenn said...

Hahah got a good chuckle from those!!

Ur-spo said...

I am surprised nobody commented "we could make a giant badger".

The Blog Fodder said...

The cat one was perfect

Busy Bee Suz said...

Deb, these are hilarious. Even funnier, I read the title and saw Beware Of Geeks Bearing Gifts, so imagine my quandary while reading the memes. :)

Rommy said...

Matt's trolling game is on point! :D