On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:16:21 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>
wrote:

>
>I've only ever heard it in reference to Starbucks. :-)

I've heard it in Italy


>And, incidentally, yes, Oedipus is supremely f'ed up. 

His head only got messed up when he found out that Jocasta was his
mother.

>That's pretty much 
>why it's still a part of the language thousands of years after it was 
>written, in a different language yet.

I think that its longevity is more due to it being used as an example
of "Whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make mad"
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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