TWIL: Three Bears

I was stewing about two co-workers who share nothing but a job title. One is too slow, one is too fast; one is flight, one is fight; and the only thing have in common is that neither appreciates the other. 

"His porridge is too cold, her porridge is too hot," I grumbled to myself, then wondered what I was thinking about, because I had almost forgotten about Goldilocks and the Three Bears. 

That led me to Wikipedia, where I learned a number of things I didn't know.

• Goldilocks is a 19th century story. I thought all fairy tales went back to Middle Ages.
• In the original, Goldilocks was, per Wikipedia, "an obscene old woman." Hello, I'm right here. I found the original, and I would protest she is not obscene, just profane. 
• My need to have a third bullet here goes back to a literary "rule of three."

Since the day I learned about Goldilocks, the two coworkers appear to be joining forces and assigning each other work appropriate to their personalities, so I don't have to request they promote some other wee baby bear so the porridge is just right. 

Comments

[Common Household Mom]

Those are astonishing facts about the Goldilocks tale. I recall being a teenager and overhearing my parents talking about how all fairy tales were designed to teach girls how to behave properly but that identity of Goldilocks turns that theory on its head. I am going now to read the original at your link.