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[thirteenbyseven]

Originally posted by jonb@Feb 2 2005, 06:43 PM
Well, the whole line was "Et tu, Brute -- Then fall Caesar."

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Correct again!!! Is there no limit to the intellect on this board?

 

[B_DoubleMeatWhopper]

Except that Julius never said, "Et tu, Brute?" In the days of Julius Caesar, Classical Greek was considered to be the language of culture, and was used as such by Caesar and Marcus Brutus. Caesar was the lover of Brutus's mother. What Caesar actually said in Greek was supposedly, "Kai sy, tekne mou?" ('And you, my child?&#39 From the vaults of truly useless knowledge ... unless you're a Jeopardy contestant.

 

[Pecker]

Originally posted by DoubleMeatWhopper@Feb 2 2005, 07:29 PM
Except that Julius never said, "Et tu, Brute?" In the days of Julius Caesar, Classical Greek was considered to be the language of culture, and was used as such by Caesar and Marcus Brutus. Caesar was the lover of Brutus's mother. What Caesar actually said in Greek was supposedly, "Kai sy, tekne mou?" ('And you, my child?&#39 From the vaults of truly useless knowledge ... unless you're a Jeopardy contestant.

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Well, cloaks and cannons weren't around then, either but Shakespeare used poetic license with exquisite class.

 

[jonb]

And also I doubt Caesar even had time to say anything. He was stabbed by how many people again?

 

[B_DoubleMeatWhopper]

Originally posted by jonb@Feb 4 2005, 02:43 AM
And also I doubt Caesar even had time to say anything. He was stabbed by how many people again?

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That's why I typed the word supposedly. It reminds me of the trivia question, "What were John F. Kennedy's last words?" Supposedly the answer is, "I've been hit!" I think it unlikely that he said much of anything with his brains in Jackie's lap.

 

[jonb]

Oh, we have some similar jokes about Custer in Indian country:

What was the last thing going through Custer's head?
An arrow.

An artist was commissioned to do a portrait of Custer's last thoughts. She came back with images of dozens of Indian men, ranging in age from their teens to their thirties, in a giant homosexual orgy.
"I didn't ask for this, this . . . filth!"
"It's Custer's last thoughts. I call it 'Where did all those fucking Indians come from?'"