The Secret Room of Pompeii

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besilarius

http://www.ancientdigger.com/2012/05/pompeii-erotic-art-and-roman-sexuality.html

We really need to organize a field trip to fully appreciate and absorb a deeper knowledge of Roman culture.
Wonder if there is an emoji for keeping the Evil Eye away?
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

"When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman." — Abraham Lincoln.

"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

Master Chiefs are sneaky, dastardly, and snarky miscreants who thrive on the tears of Ensigns and belly dancers.   Admiral Gerry Bogan.

Ubercat

"One could choose his or her desires from a list of murals, pointing in the direction of their sexual perseverance."

That's one of the reasons that I've never been to a brothel. My sexual perseverance's are pretty weird, and I'm embarrassed at the thought of letting anyone know what they are.
"If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labelled a radical 50 years ago, a liberal 25 years ago, and a racist today."

- Thomas Sowell

Sir Slash

How many coats were you allowed to bring in with you? I understand the original name of the city was, "Star-a-topia".  ;D Sorry, couldn't resist.
"Take a look at that". Sgt. Wilkerson-- CMBN. His last words after spotting a German tank on the other side of a hedgerow.

bayonetbrant

Quote from: Ubercat on May 25, 2016, 08:43:45 AM"One could choose his or her desires from a list of murals, pointing in the direction of their sexual perseverance."

persevering sexually is something we'd all like to be able to do
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bayonetbrant

that whole article was in bad need of an editor...
The key to surviving this site is to not say something which ends up as someone's tag line - Steelgrave

"their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of 'rights'...and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure." Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

besilarius

Not many archeologists can be Agatha Christie.
Her second marriage was to an archeologist.  She was asked how she kept his interest up.
"Knowing his field of work, the older I get, the more fascinated he becomes."
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

"When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman." — Abraham Lincoln.

"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

Master Chiefs are sneaky, dastardly, and snarky miscreants who thrive on the tears of Ensigns and belly dancers.   Admiral Gerry Bogan.