A 2,000-year-old ancient Roman laundromat open to public for first time

Telegraph UK ^ | December 24, 2015 | Alice Philipson

[SeekAndFind]

FROM MEL BROOK’s HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 1

Comicus, unemployed comedian and looking to collect welfare...

Dole Office Clerk: Occupation?

Comicus: Stand-up philosopher.

Dole Office Clerk: What?

Comicus: Stand-up philosopher. I coalesce the vapors of
human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension.

Dole Office Clerk: Oh, a *bullshit* artist!

Comicus: *Grumble*...

Dole Office Clerk: Did you bullshit last week?

Comicus: No.

Dole Office Clerk: Did you *try* to bullshit last week?
Comicus: Yes!

[afraidfortherepublic]

I painted MY laundry in deep red last year, and I thought I was breaking new ground! (It is beautiful.)

[central_va]

Losing your dry cleaning since 1 AD™.

[dfwgator]

No we’re the Judean People’s Front.

The only thing we hate more than the Romans are the bleeping People’s Front of Judea.

[NormsRevenge]

I thought Herculaneum was a more interesting place compared to Pompeii.. lots of well preserved ruins considering what they both went thru.. definitely worth the visits..

[SeekAndFind]

FROM MEL BROOK’s HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 1

Unemployed Roman Gladiator looking to receive welfare...

Dole Office Clerk: Occupation?

Gladiator - The Roman Empire: Gladiator.

Dole Office Clerk: Did you kill last week?

Gladiator - The Roman Empire: No.

Dole Office Clerk: Did you try to kill last week?

Gladiator - The Roman Empire: Yeah.

Dole Office Clerk: Now, listen, this is your last week of unemployment insurance. Either you kill somebody next week or we’re going to have to change your status, got it?

[BenLurkin]

[csvset]

Colonial Williamsburg they discussed the wool/ urine process. Glad they didn’t reenact it. Watching them make muskets was fascinating though.

[tophat9000]

Yep the Urine collector job name is the Latin root of the word "peon"

[tophat9000]

In by VIII out by V

[SWAMPSNIPER]

[frithguild]

Colonial Williamsburg they discussed the wool/ urine process. Glad they didn’t reenact it. Watching them make muskets was fascinating though.

Makes sense, I've hears the Colonists' muskets were piss poor.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Chef Boyardi!

[colorado tanker]

I recently saw a stage production of The Music Man. The pompous, tongue-tied Mayor pronounced it, Pom-pee-eye.

Great thread!

[SunkenCiv]

:’)

[bgill]

“barack obama” is Roman for “public urinals”

[Ancesthntr]

Probably stole your money, too, just like modern ones.

[Pelham]

So when Obama gets done with America it may take 14 centuries to return to the level we had before he arrived.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I can already smell the stale urine!

[wally_bert]

Best laugh so far this week.