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To: SunkenCiv

During WWII, GIs would ask a stranger “Who won the World Series last year?”

I guess the Roman equivalent would be “Who won the chariot races last season?”............


5 posted on 01/04/2023 7:28:28 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
During WWII, GIs would ask a stranger “Who won the World Series last year?”

I remember reading a mystery by Isaac Asimov where the brilliant detective determined the identify if a spy by quizzing him on the national anthem. The fact the he knew there was a second verse to it and knew the words proved he was a spy because no actual American knows this.

9 posted on 01/04/2023 7:31:51 AM PST by pepsi_junkie ("We want no Gestapo or Secret Police. F. B. I. is tending in that direction." - Harry S Truman)
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