“What goes on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening?”
Such was the riddle of the sphinx; and when Oedipus answered “man,” the sphinx cast herself off a cliff.
Well, I have a cane now. Bat Masterson, that’s me (or could be, if I had a derby). It shouldn’t be too hard to learn to use it properly. When I had to borrow my Grandpa’s cane, forty-some years ago, I didn’t do it right and it threw my back out. Very painful, and for a long time!
I have now experienced by riddle of the sphinx in person. I’d just as soon have missed it. But these things sneak up on you.