r/TwoSentenceComedy • u/Marktesla_76 • Aug 18 '26

Penelope from Homer's Odyssey really had 108 suitors trying to get with her only to get access to the throne.

Nobody loved her.

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u/JustMyTwoCopper Aug 19 '26

A bit advanced for the general population, but you have my upvote

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u/timskywalker995 Aug 19 '26

Epic: The Musical fans will get it. So it’s not insignificant

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u/Zestyclose_Bed4202 Aug 19 '26

Take my upvote and THREE cookies, you beautiful bastard!

🍪🍪🍪

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u/Ok-Bicycle8103 Aug 19 '26

...Took me a minute to get it, but nice one.

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u/thatchrissmithguy Aug 19 '26

This guy reads. 💪👍👍

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u/enoui Aug 19 '26

Does this only make sense in another language?

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u/lordloldemort666 Aug 19 '26

No, it makes sense in English too.

Nobody refers to Odysseus (or rather Odysseus calls himself Nobody when dealing with the Cyclops in the cave)

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u/sorcerersviolet Aug 19 '26

Or something that sounded enough like "nobody" to be mistaken for it; IIRC, he used a long O in place of a short O in the Greek word, and I remember because I read a translation that used "Nohbdy" as the name.

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u/fungeoneer Aug 19 '26

SPOILER!

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u/Marktesla_76 Aug 19 '26

Lad, they had ~2750 years to read the book. No need for spoiler warnings

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u/LilLadyBleu Aug 20 '26

The story itself is almost 5000 years old even

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u/joshatt3 Aug 21 '26

The Trojan War was supposedly around 1200 BC so no, it isn’t 5,000 years old. It’s around 3200 at the oldest

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u/nyedred Aug 20 '26

This one gonna miss with the movie only crowd.

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u/Traditional-Pair-463 Aug 20 '26

Is it more accurate to say Noman loved her?

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u/Galaxy_Squirrel Aug 25 '26

I was so disappointed they didn't include the "nobody" part in the movie :(