Jeff's Achille's Heel

Jeff recently tore his Achille's Heel and has been limping around the office.  I didn't notice until he mentioned it, today, as he was popping some Tylenol and I asked why he was doing drugs.

First, he tried to play it off as a heart problem.  Jeff had heart surgery a couple of years ago and always shows it off. 

"Well, Elim, I'll be taking drugs the rest of my life... because of THIS."  Jeff proceeds to pull up his sweater so I can see the scar on his chest... something I don't want to see, EVER.

He goes on, "Actually, it's because of my Achille's Tendon.  You know the story of Achille's Heel, right?  Well, Achille's mother dipped him in the river Styx, which rendered him invincible, except she held him in the river by his ankle, so that his vulnerable spot was his foot.  And that's exactly what killed him- he was shot in the ankle with a poisoned arrow.  The poison got inside of him, and he died.  You know that myth, right?"

Me:  "Yeah, sure I do.  Why was his mother so stupid?  Why didn't she drop  his whole body in the river?  Why didn't she dip him in, and then just wash some water over his foot?  Why...."

Jeff: "Why can't you just appreciate the myth?"

Point taken.