Suboptimal

Once, in a jungle far, far away, there lived a donkey and a tiger.

One day, while they were having a conversation, the donkey told the tiger, “The grass is blue.”

The tiger disagreed. This cannot be. No, the grass is green.”, scuffed the tiger.

The argument became so heated that they decided to approach the king of the jungle, the lion, for arbitration.

As they approached the lion’s throne, the donkey cried out, “Your Highness, isn’t it true that the grass is blue?” To which the lion replied, “If you believe it is true, the grass is blue.”

The donkey continued, “The tiger disagrees with me, contradicts me, annoys me…please punish him!”

The lion agreed. He declared that the tiger would be punished with three days of silence.

The donkey was overjoyed and went on his way, repeating, “The grass is blue! The grass is blue!”

The tiger asked the lion why he was punished, “After all, the grass is green.”

The lion replied, “You’ve known and seen that the grass is green. The punishment is not for the color of the grass but for wasting your time and mine, arguing with a donkey.

Friday vibes

Strategy In the Snow
by Mort Kunstler