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Avoid bad breath, don't pick partners when drunk: ancient dating tips to find modern love
The Conversation ^ | July 3, 2025 | Konstantine Panegyres

Posted on 07/09/2025 11:42:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

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1 posted on 07/09/2025 11:42:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 07/09/2025 11:42:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The moron troll Ted Holden believes that humans originated on Ganymede.)
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Thanks for the link.

3 posted on 07/09/2025 11:43:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The moron troll Ted Holden believes that humans originated on Ganymede.)
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To: SunkenCiv

“don’t pick partners when drunk”

Wait. What?


4 posted on 07/09/2025 11:50:47 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Others lamented that they missed their opportunity for love. So the poet Pindar (6th–5th century BCE) wrote a poem regretting that he could not make the much younger Theoxenus his boyfriend:

Ah, the Greeks. Forever confusing sodomy for "love".
5 posted on 07/09/2025 11:53:29 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Use a false name, always go to her place.


6 posted on 07/09/2025 11:55:40 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: SunkenCiv

Anything that promotes readership of Ovid is a good thing!


7 posted on 07/09/2025 11:55:55 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
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To: BenLurkin
If it weren't for Old Grand Dad, there would be many fewer old granddads.

8 posted on 07/09/2025 11:56:53 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The moron troll Ted Holden believes that humans originated on Ganymede.)
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To: ansel12

Or borrow a friend’s place and give his name, that way it’ll be on the bell.


9 posted on 07/09/2025 11:58:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (The moron troll Ted Holden believes that humans originated on Ganymede.)
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To: SunkenCiv

“Well, the girls all look prettier just about closing time”


10 posted on 07/09/2025 12:01:44 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try - AND - Every Time You Fall Down, Get The Frak Up! )
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To: BenLurkin

When you’ve had too much to drink
There’s certain things to keep in mind
Like when you find your hand and underarms are bleeding
Your beer bottle might not have a twist off cap
And don’t ever go home with a woman they call Moose
Or Vince
And never bet that you can fit your head inside a glove compartment

Get drunk with dignity


11 posted on 07/09/2025 12:08:52 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: BenLurkin

Dang! That was my ‘Go To’ method back in the day!.................


12 posted on 07/09/2025 12:10:15 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Antoninus

Theoxenus ..........pronounce that slooooowly..............


13 posted on 07/09/2025 12:11:38 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: SunkenCiv

Don’t pick partners when drunk

The bottle is mightier then the quiver
W.C. Fields

That fear feeling you get when you wake up the next morning after last nights pick up.


14 posted on 07/09/2025 12:12:05 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: SunkenCiv

Buddy of mine stole a handful of business cards from my desk.

Many a Monday morning phone call on my answering machine “why haven’t you called me” and the like.


15 posted on 07/09/2025 12:13:28 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Ancient Greeks and Romans also had a lot to say about this subject.

What about Jimmy Buffet's "Honey, why don't we get drunk and screw?"

-PJ

16 posted on 07/09/2025 12:14:41 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: SunkenCiv
The Amazing Rhythm Aces- "Third Rate Romance" (with Lyrics)
17 posted on 07/09/2025 12:18:27 PM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: SunkenCiv
...things did not always work out, and people had grievances against former lovers. One particularly famous invective was from the poet Martial (38–104 CE) to a woman called Manneia:
Manneia, your little dog licks your face and lips. Small wonder that a dog likes eating dung!
Hahahahhaaha!
18 posted on 07/09/2025 12:22:29 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (Think about it: The Supreme Court is nine lawyers appointed for life by politicians. —David Horowitz)
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To: SunkenCiv; Lazamataz

Here’s a strange ancient advice: Asketh Lazamatazus if he wouldst “hittest it”.


19 posted on 07/09/2025 12:33:13 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: SunkenCiv

Ovid’s THE ART OF LOVE covers it all.


20 posted on 07/09/2025 1:56:16 PM PDT by nopardons
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