On Sun, 18 May 2003 12:23:13 +0000 (UTC), Alex Colvin <
[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
http://sheldonbrown.com/eagle.html
>
>>"As Sheldon Brown awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed
>>into a gigantic insect. He was lying on his hard,
>
>But in Ovid's Metamorphosis we read
>
> Cheldonas' beard was the envy of all mortals, and not a few of the gods. "Not even Zeus",
> said the people, "has whiskers as extensive and distinguished as the Cyclist." At length
> Zeus' ire was aroused, and hurling lightning bolts, he singed off Cheldonas hair. This sight
> so dismayed the other gods that they begged Zeus to leave at least the eyebrows.
An excerpt from "The Monk's Tale" about Sheldon and Delilah from Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales":
... This Sheldon never touched strong drink or wine. No razor ever touched his head, no shear, By
precept of the messenger divine, For all his strength was in his hair.
<snip>
Delilah was his lover whom he told That in his hair was where his strength all lay, And Sheldon to
his enemies she sold; While he was sleeping in her lap one day, She had his hair all clipped and
shorn away, And let his foes observe, come for their prize; For when they had him in this weakened
way, They bound him tightly, then put out his eyes.
Before his hair had thus been clipped away, Men simply had no bond, this man to bind; Now he's
imprisoned in a cave where they Have bound him to his iMac, there to grind...
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