Prepoceros

In the Houston Museum of Natural Science gift shop, a man and his teenage son fiddle with mythological action figures associated with theImperial Rome exhibit.

Dad: Hey look, it’s Jupiter!
Son: That’s Zeus.
Dad: They’re the same guy, silly. Zeus is the Greek name, and Jupiter’s the Roman.
Son: No, it’s the other way around. Zeus is Roman.
Me: Actually, Jupiter’s the Roman name.
Dad: Ha-HA! Told you!
*Dad high-fives me*
Dad, to son: And you’re even in Latin!

Tags: miscellany

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