Inventors killed by their own inventions
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King: Design me a bull that I can roast people in and that will smell of incense and make people's screams sound like a bull's roaring.
Inventor: Lo, I have designed precisely such a beast: the bellowings of the roasted man are converted into melodious roars.
King: Fuck me that's disgusting. Put him in the bull and roast him, I kinda want to hear. I guess I browse /r/watchpeopledie too much.
Inventor: Alas, I'm burning!
King: Wait wait, take him out before he dies. I'm gonna put in the extra 10% and throw him off a cliff instead.
NO sense.
Keep in mind that this was written several centuries after the fact, and the author seemed to be telling the story to make the following point:
> For, in general, those who plan an evil thing aimed at others are usually snared in their own devices.
Ancient historians rarely made truth a priority when telling stories like these.
It's like supermarket loyalty points, except they make more sense.
There is probably a better thing then Vaseline but I guess its good enough.
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As a Denver resident, I couldn't help but think of Blucifer - our Demon Mustang of the Denver airport that killed its creator.