"To all the dumb chumps and all the crazy broads, past, present, and future, who thirst for knowledge and search for truth... who fight justice and civilize each other... and make it so tough for crooks like you...*and* me."
Just one of the great lines from the movie "Born Yesterday."
William Holden is hired to tutor the slightly uncouth, junkyard tycoons girlfriend, Judy Holliday. She is presumably all body and no brains but Holden makes her realize that, although she does not know very much now, she can learn. What she learns is that her boyfriend is not a very good man and that she wants to live her life in a much different way. William holden takes her to see all the historical sights of Washington, D.C. and gives her stacks of books outlining some of the things that our nation was founded on.
Hermes is pretty much the opposite type of character then what Judy Holliday portrays in "Born yesterday." Such as, Hermes is a trickster and uses his infant form to betray those he has used and lied to; whereas, Holliday was hiding behind the ditzy blonde persona that was expected of her. One used it for his advantage the other was using it as a crutch. This topic is opening my eyes to the many ways that we all may try to use that saying to our advantage. I often use my age as an excuse for my ignorance on certain subjects. "How could I have known that I just got here?" Of course, most of us have performed many a naughty and mischievous thing as children and got away with it because of our age. "Oh well, they don't know any better."
Well, to all the Hermes...or Steweys out there, may your lives be long and your 'ignorance' be blissful.
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