That's really not necessary Brad
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That's really not necessary Brad
I'm getting old and confused - I thought you were referring to the previous post.
No.
I'm in support of the thread. It's a joke that people don't put there actual locations. People that don't should be banned imo.
Now that's the sort of positive reaction I was looking for......
mass-culling?
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instead of mass-debating?
What about a mass culling of masturbater's?
That's just not needed.
In fact, because of that comment, I'm going to have to withdraw my support of this campaign.
Brad first on the death list?
If I had an imagination I would change mine to some fascinating piece of text.
No your profile says everything.
Obviously a lover of artistic football, living in God's own paradise......
You would also probably take up cross-dressing in amsterdam-like hooker windows.
Consider yourself lucky!
Not in my opinion. Firstly, I never had the chance to study Latin, and did not want to give a false impression. Secondly, the quote is related to a very funny story, which I hoped some people would recognize.
Sorry, I always found Latin very serious.
You probably know that Latin was used by the Romans before it became the language of the Catholic church. You can be sure that the Romans cursed, wrote dirty stories, or performed comedy plays. All in Latin.
I have to go for an hour, but after that I will post the story behind my quote. I think you will find it funny.
OK - you have to recite your story in Latin, then open your veins as an encore.............
I dont know any Latin, so I think I will ignore you're suggestion
Anyway, regarding the quote in my location:
To set up the background lets cover a few facts.
The ancient Romans had some weird beliefs. They believed in many gods (we are talking about pre-christian times). Moreover, they believed you could find out whether the gods were happy or angry using auguries. They would have ceremonies where they would look for signals, for instance by watching the behavior of animals. A famous example if the ceremonial sacrifice of bulls by the new elected consuls.
The ceremony relevant for our story was meant to gauge the will of the gods before a battle. On the day of the battle the Romans would feed the sacred chickens. Yes, I am serious, they would have some sacred chickens with their forces and would feed them before the battle. If they chickens would eat it would mean that the gods are happy and will be favorable during the battle. If they would not eat, well, it may be a good idea to postpone battle for another day.
Lets go back to 250 bc (give or take a few years). Rome and Carthage are at war. This war is called the first Punic war, and was fought mainly on the control of Sicily. This war had no brilliant generals. Furthermore, the Romans had a clearly superior infantry, while the Carthaginians had a superior navy, so the war dragged on for many years.
The 'hero' of the story is 'Publius Claudius Pulcher'. He came from one of the most famous families in Rome. They had many great generals and leaders, but also many whose sanity was somewhat suspect. This Claudius was consul and after his year in office got command over the Roman navy.
As I said, the Roman navy was inferior compared to their enemies, but Claudius Pulcher had a plan. He would sail at night, and surprise the enemy while they are in port. Sounds like a good plan, eh?
However, there was a problem. Before setting out Claudius Pulcher decided to see the will of the gods by feeding the sacred chickens. The chickens would not eat! oops! So, Publius Claudius Pulcher said, if they will not eat then they will drink, and ordered the chickens to be thrown overboard his ship. He then sailed towards the Carthaginian fleet. However, his ships were spotted, and the enemy navy caught them in favorable conditions and thrashed them.
This story is almost perfect. It has everything. Ridiculous ceremonies - 'sacred chickens', arrogance (if you bovvered to ask for the opinion of the gods, why go against it in this way) and stupidity. And eventually, the arrogant Claudius gets his ass handed to him. Its hard to find comparable stories where an arrogant bastard gets what he deserve.
Hmm, it kind of reminds me of this:
Thankfully I didn't bother to read that, so couldn't get offended
Don't ask me how I know to quote you, a person I don't recognise. It's one of the many mysteries of life
Brad can I eat your earlobes?
I wouldn't, I'm on pills for pain I'm suffering around that region. Ear or jaw, doc wasn't sure, suspects the latter
Did you watch QI last week? You've assumed I'm one of the majority who actually has ear lobes. Many don't
I don't think it should rain quite as often in God's own paradise.
Copious water is needed to create a paradise.
Nice story Doctor Evil
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