21 Sep 10
In summary...
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So Jack is broke, takes a wreckless gamble by swapping his mother's cow for some "magic" beans. Strikes it lucky when a giant beanstalk grows. Climbs the beanstalk and murders an innocent giant while robbing him of his hen which lays golden eggs.
Jack and his mother live happily ever after with the proceeds of his heinous crimes.
The end!
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Moral?
D
21 Sep 10
Originally posted by RagnorakGreed is one of the seven deadly sins.
In summary...
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So Jack is broke, takes a wreckless gamble by swapping his mother's cow for some "magic" beans. Strikes it lucky when a giant beanstalk grows. Climbs the beanstalk and murders an innocent giant while robbing him of his hen which lays golden eggs.
Jack and his mother live happily ever after with the proceeds of his heinous crimes.
The end!
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Moral?
D
21 Sep 10
Originally posted by RagnorakReminds me of this one:
In summary...
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So Jack is broke, takes a wreckless gamble by swapping his mother's cow for some "magic" beans. Strikes it lucky when a giant beanstalk grows. Climbs the beanstalk and murders an innocent giant while robbing him of his hen which lays golden eggs.
Jack and his mother live happily ever after with the proceeds of his heinous crimes.
The end!
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Moral?
D
http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF106-Billy_the_Bunny.jpg
21 Sep 10
Originally posted by PhlabibitOuch.
Reminds me of this one:
http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF106-Billy_the_Bunny.jpg
What gives humans such arrogance to think their lives are worth more than cute, furry, cuddly, widdle bunnies? We ought to be ashamed of ourselves--- right before we set ourselves on fire--- right before we plant gardens full of enough carrots to get those bunnies through to the end of the world.
21 Sep 10
Originally posted by RagnorakIt's okay 'cus giants are foreign and don't look like us.
In summary...
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So Jack is broke, takes a wreckless gamble by swapping his mother's cow for some "magic" beans. Strikes it lucky when a giant beanstalk grows. Climbs the beanstalk and murders an innocent giant while robbing him of his hen which lays golden eggs.
Jack and his mother live happily ever after with the proceeds of his heinous crimes.
The end!
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Moral?
D
22 Sep 10
Originally posted by GatecrasherGood point.
It's okay 'cus giants are foreign and don't look like us.
From Wiki...
"In the Jacobson version of the story Jack is a young lad living with his widowed mother and struggling in hard times. Jack is in love with the Counts Daughter and wishes to marry her. In desperation for money Jack is sent by his mother to sell their only cow at the market, but along the way he is apparently swindled by a man who offers him supposedly "magic" beans in exchange for the cow.
Jack took the beans but when he arrived home with no money, only a hand full of beans, his angry mother threw the worthless beans out the window and sent Jack to bed without supper for his foolishness.
As Jack slept, the beans germinated in the soil, and by morning a gigantic beanstalk grew in their place. When Jack saw the huge beanstalk, he immediately decided to climb it. He arrived in a land high up in the clouds that happened to be the home of a giant. When he broke into the giant's castle, the giant quickly sensed a human was near:
Fee-fi-fo-fum!
I smell the blood of an Englishman?
Be he 'live, or be he dead,
I'll grind his bones to make my bread.
However, Jack was saved by the giant's wife and as he escaped from the castle, he took a bag of gold coins with him. However this would not suffice to please the all powerful count. Jack desired to seek out more treasures from the castle, to gain standing among his fiancees family. He climbed once more up the beanstalk. This time he stole a hen which laid golden eggs. This would be sure to please the all powerful count.
Jack being nearly caught by the giant twice decided that none must know of where he found this magical item, and the gold coins so he decided to go up the beanstalk. This time, a magical harp that played by itself, caught his eye. He stole it and then proceeded to kill the giant in a murderous rage, for the all powerful count must never know of his misdeeds. With the blood on his hands he quickly climbed down the beanstalk and cut it. However this was giant's blood and could not be washed off of his hands. The all powerful count was most pleased with these gifts, and so he disregarded Jacks blood-stained hands. Jack married his beloved, and knew riches for the rest of his days."
So, gambling, lust for female flesh, lust for power, greed, murderous tendancies, corruption, etc all conspire to provide Jack with the woman of his dreams and wealth for life.
And why do we tell this to our kids?
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