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Why Didn't François-Marie Arouet Grow Beard? (Part Two)

Monsieur Voltaire did grow beard. ✅

The biological mechanism was attached to him, naturally.

But he regularly shaved the beard. ✅

Voltaire

The Trope of Two

  • Angles and Saxons in Britain.
  • Franks and Gauls in France.
  • Yan Di and Huang Di in pre-dynastic China.
  • Pandavas and Kauravas (Mahabharata) in Indian mythology.
  • Plato and Aristotle in a Greek-themed boxing ring.
  • Romulus and Remus in Rome story.
  • Horus and Set in Egyptian lore.
  • Thor and Loki in Norse mythology.
  • Cain and Abel in Genesis.

    (Fades in.)

    Cain kills Abel.

    God kicks him eastwards to wander the land of Nod.

    And in Genesis 4:17:

    And Cain knew his wife...

    🙋‍♂️ But... you said, Karen the Genesis, the Adam and Eve family... No one else. Where... How? Were there PEOPLE in the land of NOD? Please do elaborate. Slowly.

    It's the moral of the story that counts.

    🙎‍♂️ No, it is not. You're not in Scheherazade's situation. Consistency and details matter. It's not a bloody drunk parable ululation. Here's a dust, dust kicks dust, dust finds dust, another pint — that's gobbet. I demand...

    (Fades away.)

    👀 Karen? Oh, well.

    Moral... of... the story... Yes... Moral. Moraaal.
    (Karen's voice obviously.)

    👂 More ale? Oh, that Karen. I hope she paid the ales.

🤔

Hm, it's fascinating. I think Karen said "more ale".

👀 👀

A toast. Cheers. 🍺

PART ONE

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