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To: Dayuhan who wrote (52221)8/19/1999 11:30:00 PM
From: Father Terrence  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
"Bread and Circuses" was the way a corrupt Roman Senate and mad Emperors kept the Roman citizens pre-occupied. Need I say more?

Ants use aphids, not grasshoppers. Ants allow the foolish grasshoppers to die, then the ants feast on the grasshoppers' remains...



To: Dayuhan who wrote (52221)9/8/1999 4:49:00 PM
From: Joe Copia  Respond to of 108807
 
Message 8876572

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THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER - CLASSIC VERSION

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.

THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER - MODERN VERSION

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