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Identical Twins Got Married On Accident!

Or Did They?

They laugh alike, they walk alike,At times they even talk alike --You can lose your mind
They laugh alike, they walk alike,

At times they even talk alike --

You can lose your mind

Yes, I know the story is old now, but it’s still popping up in conversations around the donut machine. Somebody blogged it in the Daily Word last week and I’m too lazy to look it up. The thing is, though... were there actually a couple of twins who got married? Or did somebody make the whole thing up? Maybe somebody named Lord David Alton?

Anyway, nobody loves a harmless lie as much as I do. It was fun while it lasted!

Public Comments (1)
  • Literary references  [ Tue Jan 15 2008 12:51 PM ]

    The "oops, I accidentally had sex with a family member" theme is unavoidably interesting, which is probably why it keeps echoing through literature, pop culture and trashy, unverified news pieces.

    The granddaddy of them all is Oedipus Rex, of course. Hard to beat that for sheer horror. I'd like to cite a particular semi-recent film that does an awesome job exploiting this theme as well, but to name the film would be to spoil the nasty surprise, so I won't. And then there's Heinlein's "All You Zombies--" in which time travel and polymorphous sexuality creates a series of ridiculous paradoxes. The spoiler-laden Wikipedia entry is here: [link]

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