Another Example of Cheese

More observation of human's need to withhold cheese and run around in mazes....

A long time ago, in the ancient Roman, they celebrated the festival of Lupercalia on Feb. 15. For 800 years the Romans had dedicated this day to the god Lupercus. On Lupercalia, a young man would draw the name of a young woman in a lottery and would then keep the woman as a sexual companion for the year.

The Pope at that time was not happy with this kind of conduct, so he moved the cheese. He had both young men and women draw the names of saints whom they would then emulate for the year (a change that no doubt disappointed a few young men). Instead of Lupercus, the patron of the feast became Valentine.

But of course, human nature always wants to find a loopHOLE to the system. It wasn't long before Roman men with COS genes used the occasion to seek the affections of women, and it became a tradition to give out handwritten messages of admiration that included Valentine's name.

End of story. Oh wait. It had to be someone with a GEM gene who included the chocolates later.... It is, after all, a form of NOPAIN.