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QUOTE FROM A HISTORY BOOK. hilarious!!
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:04 am
by rainstorm
from johnikus kerrius, roman senator in 214 bc
"i voted for the 87 billion cesterces to fund the war on hannibal before i voted against it"
as we can see, every nation has had problems with flip-floppers.
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:13 am
by stormraiser
LOL Helen
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:14 am
by southerngale
LOL!!
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:15 am
by GalvestonDuck
Wasn't he the grandson of Maximus Wishiwashinus?
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:19 am
by rainstorm
GalvestonDuck wrote:Wasn't he the grandson of Maximus Wishiwashinus?
i think he was the son of taximus maximus
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 1:07 pm
by Josephine96
LOL.. Even I laugh at that 1 and I'm a Kerry supporter
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 1:23 pm
by rainstorm
Josephine96 wrote:LOL.. Even I laugh at that 1 and I'm a Kerry supporter
feel free to insert bush joke, hehe
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 1:25 pm
by Josephine96
Hmm.. If I can think of 1 or I spot 1.. I will lol
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 1:28 pm
by GalvestonDuck
A reporter cornered George W. Bush at a press conference:
"Many say the only reason why you would be elected for President is due to the enormous power and influence of your father."
"That notion is ridiculous!" mocked George Jr. "It doesn't matter how powerful the man is. He can only vote once!"
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 1:29 pm
by Josephine96
LOL true
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:53 pm
by rainstorm
hehe
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 4:40 pm
by WXBUFFJIM
LMAO LMAO LMAO LMAO Helen
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:28 pm
by Anonymous
Don't ever become a comedian.
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 9:04 pm
by streetsoldier
On researching this, I find that the Senator quoted was GAIVS IOANNIS CERRIVS, in response to Senator CICERO's repeated declaration, at the end of every oration, that "DELENDA EST CARTAGO" ("Carthage must be destroyed").
Cicero got his wish, despite Cerrivs' consistent voting record against funding the "Martivs Civilvs" (citizen-soldier legions) of the Republic.
Remember, ancient Latin had no "K", but only the "hard C" sound; there was no "J", but "I" pronounced as a "Y" or "EE", and the "V" was always pronounced as a "U". This didn't change until the early Middle Ages due to Frankish influences.
Pop quiz on Friday, kiddies!
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 9:06 pm
by rainstorm
thanks for clearing that up!!
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 4:36 pm
by Matthew5
That is very true rainstorm
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 4:40 pm
by Guest
lol! Good one. I'm sure Chad will appreciate it too when he makes his way to this thread.
...Jennifer...
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 4:55 pm
by Rainband
cute