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By: Toiletwall-Graffiti in Pompeii 79 vs Los Angeles 1965 - Nerdcore

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» “He who wrote this is a tail licker.” God Antifornicator — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 05:23:34 +0000

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By: Brett Ellis

Brett Ellis — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:33:35 +0000

If we are discussiing ancient graffiti Vaughan then this is my choice (nothing to do with your average Mindhacks topic – sorry)

CENTURION: What’s this, then? ‘Romanes Eunt Domus’? ‘People called Romanes they go the house’?

BRIAN: It– it says, ‘Romans, go home’.

CENTURION: No, it doesn’t. What’s Latin for ‘Roman’? Come on!

BRIAN: Aah!

CENTURION: Come on!

BRIAN: ‘R– Romanus’?

CENTURION: Goes like…?

BRIAN: ‘Annus’?

CENTURION: Vocative plural of ‘annus’ is…?

BRIAN: Eh. ‘Anni’?

CENTURION: ‘Romani’. ‘Eunt’? What is ‘eunt’?

BRIAN: ‘Go’. Let–

CENTURION: Conjugate the verb ‘to go’.

BRIAN: Uh. ‘Ire’. Uh, ‘eo’. ‘Is’. ‘It’. ‘Imus’. ‘Itis’. ‘Eunt’.

CENTURION: So ‘eunt’ is…?

BRIAN: Ah, huh, third person plural, uh, present indicative. Uh, ‘they go’.

CENTURION: But ‘Romans, go home’ is an order, so you must use the…?

BRIAN: The… imperative!

CENTURION: Which is…?

BRIAN: Umm! Oh. Oh. Um, ‘i’. ‘I’!

CENTURION: How many Romans?

BRIAN: Ah! ‘I’– Plural. Plural. ‘Ite’. ‘Ite’.

CENTURION: ‘Ite’.

BRIAN: Ah. Eh.

CENTURION: ‘Domus’?

BRIAN: Eh.

CENTURION: Nominative?

BRIAN: Oh.

CENTURION: ‘Go home’? This is motion towards. Isn’t it, boy?

BRIAN: Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the… accusative! Accusative! Ah! ‘Domum’, sir! ‘Ad domum’! Ah! Oooh! Ah!

CENTURION: Except that ‘domus’ takes the…?

BRIAN: The locative, sir!

CENTURION: Which is…?!

BRIAN: ‘Domum’.

CENTURION: ‘Domum’.

BRIAN: Aaah! Ah.

CENTURION: ‘Um’. Understand?

BRIAN: Yes, sir.

CENTURION: Now, write it out a hundred times.

BRIAN: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.

CENTURION: Hail Caesar. If it’s not done by sunrise, I’ll cut your balls off.

BRIAN: Oh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar and everything, sir! Oh. Mmm!

Finished!

ROMAN SOLDIER STIG: Right. Now don’t do it again.

CENTURIONS chase BRIAN

MAN: Hey! Bloody Romans.

By: June

June — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:47:34 +0000

In 1973, when I was a junior in high school, my Latin teacher read a similar article to our class. For several weeks, we did a methodical study of the hallways and desks of the school, collecting graffiti, and compared the best ones to their Roman ancestors. We got the same themes over and over.

I don’t remember much Latin, but COGITO ERGO DOLEO will be with me forever.

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The Evolution Of Toilet Graffiti | Light Sound Dimension — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:59:04 +0000

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By: Neuroskeptic

Neuroskeptic — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:12:49 +0000

Not sure about the psychoanalytic gloss but it’s pretty hilarious. “The risen flesh…” one is a classic. (Literally).