*Wipes Tears From Eyes* Hahaha, Oh Man!
For whatever reason, I was reading about the philosopher Chrysippus (a trail of links I could never trace back), and discovered that he is believed to have died from laughter after, get this, seeing a donkey eating figs. This is referred to as “fatal hilarity”, and in an ironic twist, I nearly experienced fatal hilarity myself after reading that a guy actually laughed himself to death watching a donkey eat figs.
Fortunately, though I was incapacitated for quite a while, I was able to regain composure, narrowly escaping death.
January 2nd, 2006 at 6:46 pm
do I detect a hint of sarcasm at Chrys’s manner of death? Have YOU ever seen a donkey eating figs?
January 3rd, 2006 at 4:40 am
So I was reading up on your boy Chrysippus and turns out he’s the fellow that pretty much decided that the world was created by God. That’s some pretty deep shit to go expounding about when no one even has an idea what you’re talking about since it’s not something anybody has considered before.
And then he had to go and die laughing at the donkey eating figs. Though I follow more with the sites that said he was rumored to have died that way. I imagine it’s not nearly as certain a fact as people are really hoping.
January 10th, 2006 at 12:53 am
I’d say his credibility is up for review.