Gazing into the swirling cess pit of general drudgery, not altogether convinced that non-linear time theory representing a multiverse of infinite branching choices should probably have brought me here, my mind wandered back to Aesop’s fables.
Something of a childhood favourite book.

What depth of analysis could it add to my current inability to see anything other than that which is exposed by visible light from the EM spectrum?
What insight may be gained from wisdom dispensed by parable or fable ancient?

Downloading a copy of said Fables from Mr. Edison’s electromagnetic intermaweb, and hopping haphazardly through the table of contents, the inspiration was clear.

Indeed, this one fable caught my eye,  from the chucklesome title alone.
Here is the fable, paraphrased slightly for my own sick amusement:

The Playful Ass

An Ass climbed up onto the roof of a building, and, twatting about there, broke the roof tiles and generally made a hooftwoddling ladypart of itself. The owner went up after him and drove him down, dispensing his considered opinion on the incident via the medium of a stout piece of 2 by 4.

The Ass said, “Why I saw the Monkey do this very thing yesterday, and you all laughed heartily, as if it afforded you very great amusement.”

So.

What can we learn?

1. Nobody likes a smart ass.

The owner was upset by the holes in the roof. So…

2. Nobody likes an ass hole.

3. Monkeys are funny. However, you’re not allowed to dress them up, give them toffees and make them advertise tea anymore, for said amusement.

4. Violence solves many problems.

5. In an alternative universe version of this posting, it’s much more amusing. And less so. And not there at all.

Actually, I don’t think it’s helping.

Fire up the PlayStation…