Alexamenos.
***
Alexamenos claps
between movements.
***
Alexamenos thanks
people who didn’t
help him.
***
Alexamenos tries to
whistle but fails.
***
Alexamenos holds
the door for
someone still in
the parking lot.
***
Alexamenos asks the
time when standing
near a sundial.
***
Alexamenos lives a
hop, skip, and a jump from a
puddle, ditch, and a cliff.
***
Alexamenos rides a
bicycle built for Lou.
***
Alexamenos requests
Dvorak on the
classical station and
then falls asleep
before it plays.
***
Alexamenos believes the
automatic bowling pin
resetter mocks him.
***
Alexamenos stays till the
very end.
***
Alexamenos.
.
Keep circulating the URL
t r e f o l o g y 
Interesting!
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Thanks, Sadje
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You’re welcome Raymond
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Raymond’s “Alexamenos” is an insightful literary portrait of the archetypal dweeb of Ancient Rome, often mistaken for Sirimenos.
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Thanks E Sum
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Wow off the beaten track for trefology, and that’s saying a lot!
Alexamenos is the Roman Charlie Brown!
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Funny, Jack. I had a passage “Alexamenos gets his kite tangled in the tree” but I thought that was showing my hand. Thanks, J!
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But what does Goofus do?
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Too funny. Thanks. fw65
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I like learning something new! I had to google to find out more!
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Thanks, mm! Yeh, it’s a bit of history.
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Lol! Learning something new, didn’t think I had it in me today!
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Haha! And never stop! Thanks, Carol
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(1) Wikipedia: Aexamenos_graffito
(2) You can never get enough Alexamenos, even though “menos” means less.
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Thanks, David!
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Who is his favourite character in A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
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Hard not to suspect Bottom. And thanks, Bruce!
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This is so good it made me look up ‘Alexamenos’! Very funny!
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Thanks, sdtp!
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I see quite a bit of myself in Alexamenos. I also caught a glimpse of scholar in you!
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Thanks, Geoff!
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I found this witty, but then had to Google Alexamenos….now I don’t know what to think 😳. That Alexamenos get around a lot.
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Thank, Janny — Alex does have a way of turning up.
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The fool on the hill.
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Thanks, Mitch!
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As always, EXCELLENT!
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Thanks, 00!
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I’m relieved to see I’m not the only one who looked it up!
What made you think of/write about this?! :)
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Oh, I’m sure I read it somehow and jotted it down in my notebook. You never know what might come in handy! Thanks, Seliza
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Poor Alexamenos seems lonely and confused. :)
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Everybody loved Alexamenos! Except for that one guy (see historical context). Thanks, Nancy
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I had to look up Alexamenos too! I’m going to tuck this into my “did you know” file for some future party where I want to sound smart. Also, great lines. My favorite was “Alexamenos rides a bicycle built for Lou.”
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Capital idea! Alexamenos is an interesting historical figure, though we know nothing about him other than he was the butt of a joke. And thanks, B.
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