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Does anybody root for Goliath?  Nah… we’re all team david… unless the story involves a pesky, persistent housefly.
Goliath in this case… is a rumpled old man in Franch.   If it helps you visualize the scene… he’s 80 years old.  Annnd let’s say he’s wearing a beret.  
The BBC reports he lives peacefully in the little village of Parcoo Shenoe.  
You have a picture in your mind?  Good.
All this man wanted was to eat dinner in peace.  But no… the  pesky housefly was… persistant.  So the frustrated fedlerly french ellow tried to swat the miniature menace…. as it buzzed  around his baguette…    swat
missed.  It flew into his fromage.  swat
It crashed into his coq a vin.  Swat.
This fly refused to say au revoir.
So who are you rooting for?  David?  Or grizzled old Goliath.  Hmm?
So this elderly French fellow  man who survived the German occupation for goodness sakes… decided to pull out the heavy munitions over the weekend.   An electronic fly swatter.  Ever see one of these things?  It’s like a little tennis racket… but with an electronic charge.  Touch it you get a mild shock.  Touch a fly… and he’s grounded for good.  Instantly.   $25 for one of these things.
So Grizzled ole French Goliath hits the on off button … it sparks… but there’s a gas leak in the house… and kaboom.
Blows the roof off the house.  Destroyed his kitchen.  The poor guy burned his hand .…but he’s alive. And hungry.  He never got to eat the dinner.  His dinner.  His table.  His kitchen.  His house is gone
And the fly ?… he’s fine.  He flew away to search for his next creme brulee.
I’m guessing that you were rooting for Goliath.
But David… wins again.
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