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The world's oldest cheese has been found in an ancient Egyptian tomb, but after 3200 years of entombment, it probably looked way worse off than this moldy modern sample. (pxhere)

The world's oldest cheese has been found in an ancient Egyptian tomb, but after 3200 years of entombment, it probably looked way worse off than this moldy modern sample. (pxhere)

1 posted on 08/16/2018 10:09:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

Who moved my cheese? —Tutankhamun


4 posted on 08/16/2018 10:11:25 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: SunkenCiv

When I first glanced the title, I thought I read “Hillary’s thighs”.

Thank God for small favors


5 posted on 08/16/2018 10:14:12 PM PDT by WMarshal (Because we're America, Bitches!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Brucella... Mmmm Mmmm good.


6 posted on 08/16/2018 10:14:12 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline is here. you just can't see it.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Toe cheese?


9 posted on 08/16/2018 10:21:49 PM PDT by moonhawk (My Basket of Deplorable is Irredeemably mired in the Swamp of Crazy.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Only Velveeta could last that long. The Cheese-That-Could-Never-Die.


11 posted on 08/16/2018 10:29:10 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: SunkenCiv
Didn't they also find some pristine Twinkies™ next to the cheese ?
12 posted on 08/16/2018 10:38:03 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LIBERALS RUIN EVERYTHING!)
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To: SunkenCiv
uncorked casket of amontillado

The Egyptians were making wine in Spain?


13 posted on 08/16/2018 10:44:48 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (California: knowingly give someone aids: misdemeanor. Give them a straw, go to jail.)
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To: SunkenCiv

"As I recall it was such a wonderful cheese".

14 posted on 08/16/2018 10:48:48 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Consensus isn't science.)
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To: SunkenCiv

any hieroglyphics indicating who cut the cheese?


15 posted on 08/16/2018 10:55:47 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: SunkenCiv

Fromunda fromage?


18 posted on 08/16/2018 11:06:32 PM PDT by An American in Turkiye
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To: SunkenCiv

egyptian tomb cheese?

20 posted on 08/16/2018 11:11:39 PM PDT by xp38
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To: SunkenCiv

Thanks for reminding me it’s time to clean the refrigerator.


21 posted on 08/16/2018 11:15:26 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: SunkenCiv

Would you want to be the first to “cut that cheese”?


25 posted on 08/17/2018 12:28:33 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m not going to eat it, you eat it.


28 posted on 08/17/2018 1:00:15 AM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives. Do nothing, they win and we lose.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I thought the ancient Egyptians were lactose intolerant and could only eat cheese, but could not drink milk. Do I have that wrong?


29 posted on 08/17/2018 1:04:04 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (End the Mueller Gestapo now. Free the Donald.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m waiting for them to dig up a 3,000 year old Twinkie - bet it’s still edible.


32 posted on 08/17/2018 4:24:20 AM PDT by trebb (So many "experts" with so little experience in what they preach....even here...)
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To: SunkenCiv
Oldest cheese ever? Aisle five.


35 posted on 08/17/2018 6:15:17 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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