(urth) Typhon's nature

[David Stockhoff]

On 10/20/2011 4:00 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:52 AM, David Stockhoff
> <dstockhoff at verizon.net>  wrote:
>
>> Exactly. And the more glorious the better---Napoleon, for example, famously
>> invented not only canned food but also Egyptology, the ambulance, the
>> submarine, and so on. (Googling the topic, I find he also invented the
>> computer and proved Napoleon's theorem, whatever that is. Might even be
>> true!)
> Don't forget margarine.
>
> And legend has it that mayonnaise was invented _for_ Napoleon. He
> liked to have his chefs dedicate a new dish to every major town he
> conquered, and mayonnaise was the sauce in one of these. He didn't
> like it.
>
> (Actually, mayonnaise is recorded well before N.B. began his conquests.)
>
> But why did he hide his hand?
Incest!