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At the end of the 10th year of the Trojan war, the Trojans found the beach bare of Greeks and only a towering Horse left behind.
The beseiged went to behold the effigy and showed it to their wary priest of Neptune, Laocoon, who said:
"I distrust Argives -- especially those bearing gifts."
But the horse was borne into the city's walls for it was believed to be safe.
But Ulysses Most clever of all the Argive JavaScript programmers knew how to abuse open prototypes.
He created a setTimeout() to be run after dark
The horse blesses the Trojans, the tamers of horses
The horse blesses the Trojans, the tamers of horses
The horse blesses the Trojans, the tamers of horses
The horse blesses the Trojans, the tamers of horses
Ulysses' ruse pays off!
Darkness falls...
The horse releases a horde of Argive soldiers!
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