I do not know what the Renaissance painting looking third is because I am uncultured swine. Help?
it’s Prometheus. he stole fire from the gods and gave it to humanity, and zeus punished him by having an eagle pluck out his liver every day forever
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Dutch master, early 1600s, not Renaissance.
Those Greek & Roman gods really had some of the most creative punishments didn’t they
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still astounding to me that bronze age people knew the liver grows back. evidently they were doing surgeries and then going back in later and seeing how it looked. eventually somebody discovered the liver grows back and put the knowledge into this fable.
would have been a lot more helpful to make a fable about aseptic technique. send that knowledge through history so we didn’t have to wait until the crimean war before somebody realized doctors should wash their hands before they start digging inside somebody
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I mean, the defining characteristic of Popeye is oversized forearms and calves and the defining characteristic of Donald is the big duck beak, so “perfect” this is not. Literally needs to go back to the drawing board.
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Marrying the beak with the chin might prove difficult though.
He put out a job ad looking for a marketing executive. One day, a candidate shows up at the office and is greeted by the owner:
“Good morning, sir.”
“Good morning. I’m here for the job posting.”
“Yes, sir, I’m in real trouble… I’m about to go under.”
“Tell me, my friend, what’s the name of your company?”
“Smith’s Nail Company.”
“What kind of trashy name is that? How the hell are you supposed to sell anything with that garbage?”
“I’m desperate, sir… I don’t know what to do anymore.”
“Trust me. Give me fifteen days, and Smith’s Nails will be known all over the world.”
“What do I need to do?”
“Go to the beach.”
“The beach?”
“I said go to the beach and stop asking questions!”
A few days later, the owner finally decided to take the advice and headed to the beach with his wife. He was driving down the highway when he looked up at a hillside and saw a giant billboard showing Jesus nailed to the cross. Underneath, in big red letters, it said:
“Smith’s Nails — Holding Strong for 2000 Years.”
He slammed on the brakes, grabbed his phone, and called the executive:
“Take that billboard down right now, you idiot! The church is going to sue me! What the hell were you thinking?”
“I did it for the marketing, sir…”
“Take it down, you moron!”
“Alright, sir,” said the executive.
A week later, the man went back to the beach. He looked up at the hillside to check if the billboard was still there… and it was. Same billboard — except now there was just the cross.
Jesus was lying on the ground, and underneath, in big white letters, it said:
“Should’ve used Smith’s Nails.”
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