My point is “Develop a sense of humor.”
This might be the first Pitting that started as a homework assignment. It’s about as much fun as homework, too.
So are you saying I do not have one. And what does sense of humor have to do with this? You think this is funny?
Well, there are two versions of that story. In the other version, Alexander pulled the hitching-pin out of the knot (remember, it was tied around the end of the shaft of an ox-cart), thus allowing him to get at the ends of the rope that Gordias had somehow hidden inside, and then he simply untied the knot.
At least L. Sprague de Camp got a good novel out of that.
It is now.
I don’t understand. What is so funny?
I didn’t know that there was an Alexander card, I looked it up. And yeah, there’s at least one Beethoven card.
That’s right, a hair. I don’t know much about trading cards, but I’m guessing that 1/1 means there was only one made that year.
http://media2.cardboardconnection.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/BEETHOVEN.jpg
This thread is freaking hilarious. It’s treading that fine line between street performance and delusion.
In case you actually didn’t get it, the whole Beethoven bubblegum card thing was from “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. Lucy and Schroeder.
Anonymous, you’re not the first to notice that Alexander wasn’t great like Frosted Flakes are great. I posted a link to Will Cuppy’s Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody yesterday. I really enjoyed that book when I was an undergrad. It’s informative and takes a few overblown accomplishments down a peg or several, like how he points out that it’s not amazing or mysterious that Egyptian pyramids are still around. They’re piles of rocks.
I suspect that in a few years you’ll read A People’s History of the United States and will tell everybody who’ll listen about supposedly overlooked historical incidents like the New York draft riots and how Patton charged on peaceful protesters. Maybe you’ve already read it-- if not, it’s worth reading, IMO.
A 15 year old student getting all hot and bothered by Alexander the Friggin’ Great being not worthy of his name, partly because of his silly hat! I mean, that’s comedy gold. Your next thread should be how arrogant William the Conqueror was because the Danes kept raiding York.
Your passion is admirable if hopelessly misplaced. Getting upset about a name given to ruler who died over 2000 years ago is almost cute in its naivety.
Totally didn’t. I found the hair card interesting, though.
Alright, maybe it is funny. I actually laughed reading your post. 
Josh Green from Crash Course World History kind of agrees with the OP.
Yes. And that’s also what you are saying.
Yes. This was one of the funniest things I’ve read lately:
How is that phrase funny.
I’ve seen an ad for that – The Hair Card for Men
You described the deaths of 100,000 people with the same words people normally use to describe inconveniences like bad traffic or overpriced movie tickets. The sheer understatement makes it funny.
Hum. Anyone want to change their name to Alexander the Great and respond to the OP? I’m afraid the real ATG isn’t going to show up.
Zombie Alex? I LOVE that guy. Once you get past the megalomaniacal brain-eating, he’s the life of the party.
Socrates was a smug troublemaker who got what he deserved.