Ancient gags show nothing's changed

news ^ | November 14, 2008

[SunkenCiv]

another (English translation) of an ancient bon mot: “You ask me how my farm can pay, since little it will bear / it pays me thus; it’s far away, and you are never there.”

[JoeProBono]

"Why would that make him a misogynist?"

Dunno

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

What happened to that poor girl’s right arm?

[SunkenCiv]

*

[SunkenCiv]

she has arms?

[JoeProBono]

"What happened to that poor girl’s right arm?"

Runnin with a mysogynist

[Knitting A Conundrum]

A good read of Aristophanes will make a lot of that clear... The Frogs comes to mind...as does Lysistrata....

[allmendream]

The Earl of Oxford in the court of Queen Elizabeth I accidentally broke wind in “the presence” of the Queen.

He went into self imposed exile from court for seven years.

When he came back to court Queen Elizabeth remarked “No need to have stayed gone so long, we had all quite forgotten about the fart.”

[JoeProBono]

Baby got back

[Moonman62]

Proverbs 21:9 Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Proverbs 21:19 Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and ill-tempered wife.

[JoeProBono]

"accidentally broke wind in “the presence” of the Queen."

There are worse things than wind

[oldfart]

bump for later laughter.

[JoeProBono]

“Better to live in an attic with a quarrelsome wife than in Attica without one”

Anon

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

She gnawed it off to get away from him.

Good choice!

[gleeaikin]

“it pays me thus, it’s far away, and you are never there”

This reminds me of the place at the Jersey shore near Atlantic City that my father was renovating. It was far from my rather difficult mother who was living in north Jersey. One day at the marina a guy commented to my husband, “I have never seen a guy work as hard as your father-in-law” Another wag commented “He must have a nagging wife.” My husband nearly sputtered out a mouthful of coffee, and we had a good laugh when he came home and told me the story.

[JoeProBono]

Thanks for sharing your story

[Former Dodger]

Is this series of pix like the "spot the ball" challenge. Are we to figure who farted?

My money's on Prince Philip.

In the top pic, Will is reacting, as grandpa smirks, Charles acts as though he has heard something.

In the middle pic, Will is getting a good whiff, and the prince and princes are looking toward the perp, who now looks proud of his action

In the bottom, they are reacting to the Queen being assailed by the escaped gas.

Do I win something?

[JoeProBono]

CONGRADULATIONS!!! Your prize is in the mail