[Bird Jenkins]

Calling others "hicks" is the hallmark of an arrogant, insecure, upper-crusty snob. But surely you don't fit into that category, do you?

Maybe in a hick's eyes I do. After all, I'm educated and don't have dirt & dookie stuck between my toes. I've never thought of myself as upper-crusty, or any type of crusty for that matter, but I'll take that label over hick any day. By the way, you do know that you share a name with the 2nd gayest character in Spartacus, don't you?

Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you eat oysters?

Antoninus: When I have them, master.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you eat snails?

Antoninus: No, master.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you consider the eating of oysters to be moral and the eating of snails to be immoral?

Antoninus: No, master.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: Of course not. It is all a matter of taste, isn't it?

Antoninus: Yes, master.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: And taste is not the same as appetite, and therefore not a question of morals.

Antoninus: It could be argued so, master.

Marcus Licinius Crassus: My robe, Antoninus. My taste includes both snails and oysters.

[Antoninus]

After all, I'm educated and don't have dirt & dookie stuck between my toes.

You may be educated, but you've still got a ways to go before you get to "class".

By the way, you do know that you share a name with the 2nd gayest character in Spartacus, don't you?

Actually, my screen name was chosen for Antoninus Pius, one of the five good emperors.

As for Spartacus, I tend to ignore homosexual themes in classic movies that were put there by communist Hollywood 10 losers. That you can quote that scene verbatim says a lot.