Sunday, June 7, 2020

Du pillage


Der zureichende Grund dafür, daß jemand Mamas abkühlenden Apfelkuchen vom Fensterbrett mopst, ist nicht die böse Gier per se, sondern die Erreichbarkeit des Fensterbretts.

-- Diemar Dath, though it almost might have been Freud


[Update:  A hat-tip to our blogging colleagues at http://m759.net/wordpress/ , who have offered a mouth-watering illustration of that epigram, featuring our ancestors, the Orchard Thieves.]

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