Comments on: Ancient jokes: Humour now and then (Jokes 1) http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/2005/12/12/ancient-jokes-humour-now-and-then-jokes-1/ Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean houses my podcast, websites, blog, and publications, providing an entryway into social and religious life among Greeks, Romans, Jews, Christians, and others in the Roman empire. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:14:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kredit ohne Schufaauskunft http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/2005/12/12/ancient-jokes-humour-now-and-then-jokes-1/comment-page-1/#comment-126563 Kredit ohne Schufaauskunft Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:40:52 +0000 http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/?p=3#comment-126563 Oh my goodness! a tremendous article dude. Thanks However I'm experiencing issue with ur rss . Don’t know why Unable to subscribe to it. Is there anybody getting an identical rss drawback? Anybody who is aware of kindly respond. Thnkx Oh my goodness! a tremendous article dude. Thanks However I’m experiencing issue with ur rss . Don’t know why Unable to subscribe to it. Is there anybody getting an identical rss drawback? Anybody who is aware of kindly respond. Thnkx

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]]> By: k.radhakrishna http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/2005/12/12/ancient-jokes-humour-now-and-then-jokes-1/comment-page-1/#comment-124671 k.radhakrishna Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:07:33 +0000 http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/?p=3#comment-124671 superb. i vaguely remember a joke read somewhere. roman general was asked whether wheat is to be loaded into two ships meant for use in Rome waiting at an african coast.At that time Rome was draught affected. Wheat was available for loading. But original orders was for fine sand to be loaded for use in the gladiatoral arena.The general replied be sensible. it does not require questioning. most important thing is to be loaded - that is fine sand! superb. i vaguely remember a joke read somewhere. roman general was asked whether wheat is to be loaded into two ships meant for use in Rome waiting at an african coast.At that time Rome was draught affected. Wheat was available for loading. But original orders was for fine sand to be loaded for use in the gladiatoral arena.The general replied be sensible. it does not require questioning. most important thing is to be loaded – that is fine sand!

]]> By: Rana Sinha http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/2005/12/12/ancient-jokes-humour-now-and-then-jokes-1/comment-page-1/#comment-121188 Rana Sinha Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:22:28 +0000 http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/?p=3#comment-121188 Thank you for your great post. I was writing a blogpost on ancient humour and came to your post. May I quote parts of your post on my blog? http://originalwavelength.blogspot.com/2009/03/humour-in-ancient-world.html Thank you for your great post. I was writing a blogpost on ancient humour and came to your post. May I quote parts of your post on my blog?

http://originalwavelength.blogspot.com/2009/03/humour-in-ancient-world.html

]]> By: Rogers George http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/2005/12/12/ancient-jokes-humour-now-and-then-jokes-1/comment-page-1/#comment-107536 Rogers George Sun, 30 Nov 2008 13:03:06 +0000 http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/?p=3#comment-107536 I arrived here from a one-pager in Reuters about Philogelos. I wonder where I could lay hands on a copy of this book in the original. Maybe it would motivate me to brush up on my Greek. I arrived here from a one-pager in Reuters about Philogelos. I wonder where I could lay hands on a copy of this book in the original. Maybe it would motivate me to brush up on my Greek.

]]> By: Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean » A few more ancient jokes, or selling your textbooks is not that impressive (Jokes 3) http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/2005/12/12/ancient-jokes-humour-now-and-then-jokes-1/comment-page-1/#comment-11973 Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean » A few more ancient jokes, or selling your textbooks is not that impressive (Jokes 3) Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:29:24 +0000 http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/?p=3#comment-11973 [...] Quite some time ago I began a series on ancient jokes (here and here), but I totally forgot about the whole thing.  As end-of-term marking and editing a volume presses upon me, I thought I’d at least post a few jokes from the Philolegos, the Laughter-lover. [...] [...] Quite some time ago I began a series on ancient jokes (here and here), but I totally forgot about the whole thing.  As end-of-term marking and editing a volume presses upon me, I thought I’d at least post a few jokes from the Philolegos, the Laughter-lover. [...]

]]> By: Frog in a Well - The Korea History Group Blog http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/2005/12/12/ancient-jokes-humour-now-and-then-jokes-1/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Frog in a Well - The Korea History Group Blog Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:09:19 +0000 http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/?p=3#comment-81 [...] There’s a few bloggers out there reproducing ancient humor for us: Mutant Frog pointed me to translations of Roman graffiti which make you wish that modern graffiti “artists” paid more attention to content that style. Philip Harland has begun (Thank You!) a series of translated ancient jokes that’s gotta find its way into my lectures somehow. It’s not ancient (to us; our students might feel differently) but the reposting of Woody Guthrie’s Great Historical Bum, includes a link to a great digitized primary source version (as well as links to alternate versions which illustrate what Pete Seeger called the “folk process.”) which could make for nice lecture fodder, too. [...] [...] There’s a few bloggers out there reproducing ancient humor for us: Mutant Frog pointed me to translations of Roman graffiti which make you wish that modern graffiti “artists” paid more attention to content that style. Philip Harland has begun (Thank You!) a series of translated ancient jokes that’s gotta find its way into my lectures somehow. It’s not ancient (to us; our students might feel differently) but the reposting of Woody Guthrie’s Great Historical Bum, includes a link to a great digitized primary source version (as well as links to alternate versions which illustrate what Pete Seeger called the “folk process.”) which could make for nice lecture fodder, too. [...]

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