Ancient Egyptians Were Jokesters

Discovery News ^ | 6-2-2004 | Jennifer Viegas

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[ColdOne]

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We’re sorry. This page is not available.

[ColdOne]

OK I SEE IT IS DATED 04, my bad!

[bannie]

Havin’ ‘em babies jes’ ties up the women for any amount of time. ;-) Men...not so much.

[worst-case scenario]

How do you determine that?

[SunkenCiv]

See? They’re still jokesters, and they’ve been dead thousands of years! It’s brilliant!

[ColdOne]

See? They’re still jokesters, and they’ve been dead thousands of years! It’s brilliant! :^)) Tee-Hee~~ LOL!

[Lockbar]

Why did the Nubian Temple Priest cross the road?...........

[SunkenCiv]

no worries, for a change, it’s actually on the wayback:

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040531/egypthumor.html

posted here:
http://www.kingtutone.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=839
http://www.newnation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57176
http://panzerblitz.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Culture&action=display&thread=924
http://www.mashada.com/forums/general-discussion-life-opinions-advice/20236-ancient-egyptian-humor.html

quoted or something here:
http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/people/humor.htm

[SunkenCiv]

the graphic from the article is on the wayback as well:

http://web.archive.org/web/20041118164746/http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040531/gallery/egypthumor_goto.jpg

http://web.archive.org/web/20050128112839/http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20040531/gallery/egypthumor_goto.jpg

[1010RD]

Exactly my thought.

[1010RD]

What Bes looks like today:

[wildbill]

Didja hear about the Pharoah’s mommy who was scared to death. She was petrified.

[Salamander]

‘”It was funny to learn that people have been creative at getting out of work for thousands of years,” Jones said.”

So they invented unions?

[SunkenCiv]

She was probably a wealthy natron.

[Rebelbase]

I simply love that picture.

[Rebelbase]

Dammit! There I go again replying to a 6 year old thread.

[Rocky]

They translated the writing and found that it said, “Take my wife... Please.”

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

Do you have a valid link to the source? The one provided doesn’t work, and searching for “Egypt” on the Discovery site doesn’t pull up a relevant link.

[wildbill]

Yep. I believe she became wealthy due to a nu bisness, embalming.