Beware of Greeks bearing gifts

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts


That saying refers to the famous trick of the
Trojan Horse, when the gift was actually the means through which the clever Greeks destroyed their enemy.

In this short story, the Greek doesn't destroy anything, although he is just as smart as the heroes of Herodotus...well, maybe there is a compensation here, in that those were Demi gods, some of them, but did not have an iPhone, Internet and the other amenities that make modern day man or woman more knowledgeable than Achilles...maybe.

This present day Greek man is all kindness and affability.
When we meet at the health club, like earlier today, he greets you with

Hello my friend...how are you today.

He is also very amusing.
Complicated matters of state are explained with ease and jocularity...

'The Americans told the Greeks and the Macedonians:
Fuck you
And fuck your too
You have to solve this'

On the issue of Trump, when asked if he likes him, our friend says...

'I have enough brain cells not to...'

He is funny then, resilient, for he has survived the harsh conditions here, sometimes ironical, for he has to muse over shortcomings...saunas don't work, an aggressive fool kicks him out when he tries to compensate and use the outdoors jacuzzi...

Our friend has shocked me though, for I had thought he is near perfect as an interlocutor.
Alas, nobody is.

He told me yesterday, with emphasis and deep conviction...

'Hillary Clinton is a monster!
What?!
She has sent IS fighters to Syria...and other such foolish things...'

Changing the subject, I tried Greta Thunberg, but my former friend was adamant here as well...

'She is autistic...
I hear it is the syndrome...
It is one form of that...and she has abandoned school
Yes, but her campaign...
She should get back to school...thank you child, but go to school
Well, her voyage in a boat...
I call that bad parenthood...what the fuck!'

In conclusion we can't see eye to eye on everything, even with the most charming of people...and the most pleasant often have some fucked up opinions'

Although, I still strongly believe in Blink, The Thin Slicing Theory as explained by Malcolm Gladwell in his Magnus opus.