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“Many jokes or puzzles were posed… What is the cleanest leaf among all other leaves? The holly leaf, for nobody will wipe his arse with it.”
Comedic BARS. 🤣

“So men were inclined, and able, to break into Latin when addressing one another.”
Okay; first, let’s bring this back.

“Of two men in close alliance it was written that ‘singuli caccant uno ano’ or ‘they shit out of the same arse.’”

“It was said by one chronicler in the early twelfth century, Simeon of Durham, that ‘many men sold themselves into perpetual servitude, provided that they could maintain a certain miserable life.’”
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“Heavy drinking was commonplace, as it has been in all stages of English history.”
Ey up! 🍻

“No empire can last forever; no state can remain steady and unscathed.”
Amen, brother 🙏