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Quote:I love to ask to ask archaeologists why our ancestors used to live three meters underground.
Oooh! To add onto that - "Yeah Why did ancient Egyptians bury everything in all of that sand?"
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Well there actually was a method to that madness when you're talking about mummies. 
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Don't talk about MY mummy! :twisted:
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What, that wrinkled bag of bones there? lol.
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"You're a bit skinny to be a Roman aren't you?"
Thank you. I was very polite, and gave a good account of half starved legionnaries on expeditions into Iraq, but I don't think she listened. I was, and never will be, Russell Crowe.
Made me feel pretty crap, all in all.
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WOW
To everything in your link.
That is fantastic. The play, the actors, the costumes, the bloody concept. The use of Roman re-enactors. I'd love to have seen that.
WOW ... again!
Quote:We've largely solved that problem.
http://www.felthamassociates.btinternet ... otos05.htm
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Just pop down to Leicester on Good Friday morning.
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Who is called \'\'Paul\'\' by no-one other than his wife, parents and brothers. :!: <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_exclaim.gif" alt=":!:" title="Exclamation" />:!:
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Or Bury St Edmunds in 2009 as well!
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Quote:Yeah, they're out there, I don't deny it! But be fair, the vast majority of them are simply ignorant, not stupid. Ignorance we can cure, in fact that's why we're there. Take care of some of that, and the stupidity will be marginalized.
And it works both ways, folks. There have been occasions where I (wearing my Magic Cloak of Incognito) have asked a re-enactor a simple, straightforward question about some aspect of the functioning and everyday use of a piece of kit (let's say, for the point of illustration, some lorica segmentata) and got back a generalised piece of guff about the whole thing because my question was not listened to carefully enough. Easily done after a long hard day being poked and photographed by the punters, I suppose, but let's not forget there are fools on both sides; fortunately they are few and far between.
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This could set something off at Roman re-enactment events, Mike.......
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Quote:Mike Bishop
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Hey, I saw a guy just yesterday wearing a teeshirt that didn't say he was you...was that you? Or was it an imposter posing as you?
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Quote:Matthew Amt:3thqoek8 Wrote:Yeah, they're out there, I don't deny it! But be fair, the vast majority of them are simply ignorant, not stupid. Ignorance we can cure, in fact that's why we're there. Take care of some of that, and the stupidity will be marginalized.
And it works both ways, folks. There have been occasions where I (wearing my Magic Cloak of Incognito) have asked a re-enactor a simple, straightforward question about some aspect of the functioning and everyday use of a piece of kit (let's say, for the point of illustration, some lorica segmentata) and got back a generalised piece of guff about the whole thing because my question was not listened to carefully enough. Easily done after a long hard day being poked and photographed by the punters, I suppose, but let's not forget there are fools on both sides; fortunately they are few and far between.
Mike Bishop
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Sooooo that was you was it! :wink:
Visne partem mei capere? Comminus agamus! * Me semper rogo, Quid faceret Iulius Caesar? * Confidence is a good thing! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing.
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Quote:(who is careful never to wear a teeshirt that says 'I am Mike Bishop'... you have been warned)
Oh, Poor Mike, we could have soooo much fun with that admission...
Things like getting into a line and saying "I Am Mike Bishop" ala "I Am Spartacus"....
Although, I'm glad to hear you didn't berate the poor guy you asked the question to, saying things like "You have ANY idea who I am??!!"
:roll:
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Wait, wait. I got it:
"If you're a Roman, why do you speak English without a British accent?"
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