A BIT IRISH (by Medbh Gillard and James Healy)

THE BURDENS OF A CLASSICAL EDUCATION...
"Not tonight, dear, I have a headache."

*********************************

Footnote 1: The joke is not a good joke if it  needs an explanation.

Footnote 2: Explanation. In the works of the Roman poet Ovid (also known as Publius Ovidius Naso before he changed his name to spite his record company) the last man and woman on earth are shown going to the oracle at Themis to ask how to repopulate the planet. My old Latin teacher RP Bennet remarked as he introduced the story to us: "These two were a bit innocent." The oracle at Themis advised the couple: "Go to a dark room, take off all their clothes, and throw the bones of your great mother over your shoulders In this way you will repopuate the land." The great mother apparently was the planet earth and her bones were rocks. Mr Bennet remarked to us of the oracle's advice: "It's up to yourselves of course but when you leave school I'd advise you to be careful where you go throwing old bones about the place. Personally I prefer the old way."