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Torso
Centaur: Half-man ... half-horse. An ancient race inhabiting
Mount Pelion. Most popularly known today as Chiron-The-Archer
on the astrological chart. A creature with a male torso.
Madrake: A plant with a root that looks like a man. It is said to
cry when wrenched from the earth which nourishes it ...
driving those who hear its plaintive wail mad. And what does it
have in common with the Centaur? Yup. It is a creature with
a male torso.
Minotaur. Half man half beast. In this case ... alas ... it does not
quite back up my theme ... for the Minotaur had the body of a bull
and the head of a man. Ah ... were it only reversed. Were it only
that the creature had the torso of a man. T'ain't to be it seems. But
you will see my point by and by.
Satyrs. A race of immortal goat-men. Attendants to Dionysus. Their
favorite pastime ... drinking wine and chasing nymphs. It's the
chasing nymphs that is most im****tant here ... for the male name
description to equal nymphomania--that most wondrous of female
traits--is satyriasis ... for thems what didn't know this. As to their
torsos ... you got it again. The had the torsos of men. Well ... not
completely ... but enough for this tale.
There are other creatures that are part human and part beast. There's
the Echidna ... the s**** woman. And the Mermaid ... half fish half
woman. Do mermaids marry mermen I wonder? And would those mermen have
male torsos? And there's the Siren ... with bodies of birds and heads
of women. And the Sphinx ... a woman-lion-bird creature. No more
torsos of men here alas.
This last little bit ... for one with less fortitude than I ... would
prove to be an insurmountable conundrum. But I am not dismayed. Let
them eat cake, I say. And let them all have the torsos of men. And let
mythology take a new direction as it heads toward modernism. Let us
write a new version to all the old stories. The title? Easy.
"Mythology ... According To Moi."
Which brings us to this question. Why all this male torso thing,
Benjamin? My answer to you dear souls. Why not? After all ... I have
this Pendant made and signed by Berocal ... made of 18 karat yellow
gold ... designed as the torso of a **** male. Most interesting to
see. Worth about $4000. A cute present for your loved one to wear ...
dontcha think?
For those of you who are new to this thing called Tidbits...may
I direct you to my home page at www.tyler-adam.com where
you will scroll down the left side menu till you get to the area
that says Current Tidbits ... and then click on it in order to
view an image of this golden male torso.
And there ya have it.
That's it for this week folks.
Catch you all next week.
Benjamin Mark
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