Tag Archives: Herodotus

  1. Diapers, Jokes, and Mercy Seats

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    August 5, 2022 by libroshombre

                She was known as Maud to the Saxon serfs, and Matilda in the Latin by the nobility, but either …
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    Category: history, humor, jokes, libraries | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

  2. Drunk Persians, Political Correctness, and Deceptive Advertising

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    November 23, 2016 by libroshombre

      Herodotus reported that the ancient Persians preferred getting drunk when deciding something important, and the next day, after sobering …
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    Category: advertising, grammar, magazines, manners, Michel Montaigne, punctuation, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , ,

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