Jokes and Cartoons

Captain Spavento

Among the Italian masks, Captain Spavento strives to show how beautiful, powerful, fearsome, and, above all, courageous he is. Unlike others, he does not have a mask but does have a fierce expression, as well as upturned whiskers that appear to "pierce the sky." He claims to be a great soldier, but in reality, he is a braggart who, more than fighting, likes to

recount imaginary battles. He is known by various names: Spit Iron, Bombardón, Blood of Fire, Captain Matamoros, or Captain Crocodile.¹

¹ Claudio Naranjo, The Enneagram of Society, La Llave, Barcelona, 2007

The Guardian Angel

He was a man who couldn’t sleep at night. He went to the doctor and explained that at night he felt presences, subtle noises, as if someone was moving through his house—someone who watched him, controlled him; better yet: was chasing him.

The doctor, very skeptical about the reality of what he was telling him, prescribed a pill to take at bedtime.

But he still couldn’t sleep and went back to the doctor several times. He finally asked him what exactly he felt when he went to bed and turned off the light. The man explained that he heard fluttering on the ceiling of his room.

The exhausted doctor lent him a gun and recommended that he use it when he heard that noise.

So he did.

The next day, we read in the newspaper: A MAN KILLS HIS GUARDIAN ANGEL.