Gladiators return to Colosseum after 2,000 years

The Times ^ | December 20, 2008

[nickcarraway]

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[Comparative Advantage]

The Colosseum is one of the coolest places I have ever visited. It’s amazing it still stands today.

[Charles Henrickson]

they were sweaty, they stank and they swore.

Sounds like the DUmmies.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"They should also experience “the sights, sounds and smells” of Ancient Rome."

Nuttin' like the smell of pee and poopoo.

[XR7]

Civilization.

[nickcarraway]

It’ll be a mosque soon enough.

[blackbart.223]

"The gladiators themselves were vulgar, they were sweaty, they stank and they swore."

Sounds like most of The House and Senate not to mention Rowdy Roddy.

[Bratch]

[fieldmarshaldj]

"they were sweaty, they stank and they swore."

"Sounds like the DUmmies."

Well, if you weighed 350 lbs and had to get up to run and fetch your carton of twinkies, you'd be doing that, too.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Grizzled Bear]

Umberto Broccoli, the head of archaeology at Rome city council, said it was time that the five million people who visited the Colosseum annually saw the kind of shows originally staged there.

If a vegetable can have a fulfilling, productive life in Italy, there's still hope for Al Gore.

[Wisconsinlady]

But I’m sure Mr. Broccoli would tell you “It isn’t easy being green”...

[B-Cause]

Watch this video clip - a real hoot!

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[Grizzled Bear]

I’m sure he’s a long way from his salad days. He can afford to fork over the green to buy a few extra carrots for his wife. Now that he’s the big cheese, he needs to resist the urge to run around with a sexy tomato or he might find himself on the compost heap.

[ffusco]

Umm...They had public flush toilets.

[TheWasteLand]

Asked if the planned shows might be thought vulgar, Mr Broccoli retorted

"Well, let me tell you, those gladiators will be...

Choppin' broccoli."

[fieldmarshaldj]

You mean the gladiators were allowed to go potty in the middle of a match ?

[Trajan88]

"Emperor" Trajan88 gives this thread a thumb's up ;-)

[Salamander]

I am Spartacus! ping.