[Red Badger]

PinGGG!...........................

[HYPOCRACY]

And just like today Nanni is still waiting on hold.

[HereInTheHeartland]

I remember this complaint .
The sales guy mislead the buyers, he made his sales numbers that month and got his bonus.

[Billthedrill]

...in 1750 BCE, Tilmun copper had been on a long and steady decline, overtaken by Magan competitors.

Trump's fault.

[blackdog]

Earliest references of “Trump”.

[Az Joe]

“I need to speak to Ea-nāṣir’s manager!”

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Reading "the world's oldest" anything is a hoot. Because people do not change.

I am still trying to figure out why the "A dog walks into a bar..." joke is funny but I am guessing it is probably a pun.

And court records are great. Everybody was suing over pretty much three things, "Items loaned out and not returned", "Items broken or lost by someone's action or inaction", "You had sex with someone you shouldn't have". Judge Judy in cuneiform.

Technology changes, people stay the same.

[HombreSecreto]

For Akkadian, etch 1.

For Spanish, etch 2.

[BobL]

Damn tablet is LOADED with 4-letter Cuniforms, or whatever they call that.

[aquila48]

I saw his one star review on Yelp!

[BobL]

“Presumably, he had already given Ea-nasir the money for an agreed amount of copper”

A mistake he’ll never make again, first giving money to the great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandparent of a Muslim.

[Bullish]

Lemme’ guess... They ordered over easy and they got medium?

[nuke_road_warrior]

Dear Nanni,
Your business is important to us. We're sorry the copper you bought from us did not meet your expectations. Those of us at Ea-nāṣir’s Copper Emporium apologize for any inconvenience about your latest order. However, as the disclaimer on your order form clearly states we do not offer cash refunds. We will be happy to offer you credit on a future order as soon as you return the unsatisfactory ingots. Please be advised, due to supply chain issues we will not have another shipment from the mines for another two years.
We look forward to serving your future needs.
Ea-nāṣir president and marketing manager of Ea-nāṣir’s Copper Emporium

[tumblindice]

Nanni:
I don’t understand. Do you have my copper ingots?

Babylonian Ingot agent:
We have your reservation, we just ran out of ingots.

Nanni:
But the reservation keeps the ingots here. That’s why you have the reservation.

Agent:
I think I know why we have reservations.

Nanni:
I don’t think you do. You see, you know how to *take* the reservation, you just don’t know how to *hold* the reservation. And that’s really the most important part of the reservation: the holding. Anybody can just take them.

[gundog]

[nopardons]

BTTT

[GingisK]

Pretty awesome. I presume it was still in the in basket when they found it.