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Episode 240: Sardonic

Released Sunday, 18th February 2024
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Episode 240: Sardonic

Episode 240: Sardonic

Episode 240: Sardonic

Episode 240: Sardonic

Sunday, 18th February 2024
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(Intro & piano music)

Oenanthe Crocata, is a flower with a very sweet taste that grows near lakes in Sardinia. It's also known as 'Sardonion'. Eating it, will cause a state of drunkenness accompanied by laughter, paralyse your jaw, make your face muscles contract as if you're smiling and eventually, kill you. In Greek, it's called 'wine flower' because of its sweetness. Homer used its effects metaphorically to describe Odysseus's laughter and that's how it came  to us today. A laughter or a smile that is not kind at all. ΣΑΡΔΟΝΙΟ/SARDONIC

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