Interview with Poseidon

Querrian: Hello everyone.  I am here today with the Greek God of the Sea, Poseidon.
Poseidon: I am Poseidon, god of the sea.
Querrian: Yes.  Thank you for coming out of the water.
Poseidon: Happy to be with you today.
Querrian: Now you are the god of the sea.
Poseidon: That’s right.
Querrian: That is the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
Poseidon: Those, yes.  I also command the Indian Ocean and Arctic Ocean, The Mediteranean and Carribean.  All the seas.  I am Poseidon, god of the sea.
Querrian: And you live in the sea.
Poseidon: Yes.
Querrian: Where?
Poseidon: I have many places I like to stay.  Mostly in the south Pacific.
Querrian: Why is that?
Poseidon: It’s warmer there.  You see, I don’t wear a shirt.  Imagine that up there in the Arctic?  Brrr.
Querrian: Now there are many statues of you around the world.
Poseidon: Many statues.  I am Poseidon, god of the sea.
Querrian: But many of the statues list your name as Neptune.
Poseidon: That is correct.  But it is still me.
Querrian: Why Neptune?
Poseidon: Neptune is my Roman name.  The Romans had to give us different names.
Querrian: But you are Greek.
Poseidon: Yes.  Hey, you know why Greek food is not good for you?
Querrian: Why?
Poseidon: Because everything is cooked in Greece.  Ha ha.  Get it?  Cooked in Greece?  Poseidon is a funny god.
Querrian: Greek doesn’t have a god of comedy, do they?
Poseidon: No.  I am Poseidon, god of the sea.
Querrian: And this is your trident?
Poseidon: Yes.  I carry it around with me.  It was given to me in battle when I fought along side Zeus and Hades.
Querrian: What do you use it for now?
Poseidon: I just hold it.  Sometimes I point with it.  You know, like this.
Querrian: Hey, watch it.  That’s pointy.
Poseidon: Yes.  It’s my trident.
Querrian: Now after that battle, you chose to rule the sea.
Poseidon: Correct.
Querrian: Why did you choose that?
Poseidon: Well, the sea covers three fourths of the Earth.  I thought that was a pretty big piece of the pie.
Querrian: Indeed.  Now a little known fact about you is that you are also the god of earthquakes.
Poseidon: Yes.  A little known fact.
Querrian: You don’t like to publicize that much?
Poseidon: My Public Relations guy says it may create a bad image for me.  So I keep it a low profile.
Querrian: So how did you become god of earthquakes?
Poseidon: I don’t know.  I got angry one day, because sometimes Poseidon becomes angry you know.
Querrian: Much like we all do, I’m sure.
Poseidon: Well yes.  But Poseidon can have a bad temper.  I take my trident once and pound it on the ground.
Querrian: You pound it on the ground.
Poseidon: Yes, I was so angry.  You see, when I get angry, I pound my trident on the ground.
Querrian: Why?
Poseidon: I am Poseidon, god of the sea.  I pound my trident.
Querrian: Ok.
Poseidon: So next thing I know, a big earthquake results.  Kills many people.  They blame me and my trident.
Querrian: So what happened next?
Poseidon: I get mad for them blaming me, so I pound my trident again.
Querrian: Uh-oh.
Poseidon: Right.  Another earthquake.  So I says, “Maybe they are right.”
Querrian: Wow.  What a story.
Poseidon: So I am god of earthquakes too.
Querrian: Ok.  So we don’t mention it anymore.
Poseidon: Good.
Querrian: Now I am sure everyone would like to know about Atlantis.
Poseidon: Yes.  Atlantis.
Querrian: Did it exist?
Poseidon: Yes.  Atlantis existed, but I lost it.
Querrian: You lost it?
Poseidon: Yes.  That’s why they call it The Lost City of Atlantis.  Because it’s lost.
Querrian: How did you lose it?
Poseidon: I don’t know.  It was there one day.  I made a few waves and turned around for just a second.  Next thing you know, I’m like, “Where’s Atlantis?  What happened to it?”
Querrian: So you lost it just like that.
Poseidon: Well, nobody’s perfect.