When you thought your day couldn't get any worse (79 AD edition)

Dowly · 05-30-18, 09:42 AM

Pompeii: New find shows man crushed trying to flee eruption

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Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site have announced a dramatic new discovery, the skeleton of a man crushed by an enormous stone while trying to flee the explosion of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

Eichhörnchen · 05-30-18, 09:59 AM

Schroeder · 05-30-18, 10:09 AM

Probably still better than dying in boiling poisonous gases as most people in Pompeii.

Mr Quatro · 05-30-18, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

Probably still better than dying in boiling poisonous gases as most people in Pompeii.

So true

August · 05-30-18, 01:32 PM

But definitely not as good as reading about the eruption a few days later in the Rome Daily Herald while sipping on wine and eating grapes.

Catfish · 05-30-18, 01:38 PM

^ »It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of another.« (Livius)

Aktungbby · 05-30-18, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

Probably still better than dying in boiling poisonous gases as most people in Pompeii.

DID U MEAN A PYROCLASTIC SURGE?

AS OPPOSED TO GOOD OL' KILAUEA LAVA FLOWS?

IN EITHER CASE, 'PLINY THE ELDER' BEER IS GOOD' FOR WHAT ALES U!

Reece · 05-30-18, 06:50 PM

That should sell well in Hawaii.

(bad taste

)

STEED · 05-30-18, 06:52 PM

Looks like pain killers are not needed.

Jimbuna · 05-31-18, 05:08 AM

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Originally Posted by August

But definitely not as good as reading about the eruption a few days later in the Rome Daily Herald while sipping on wine and eating grapes.

True that

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,897 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ »It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of another.« (Livius) __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

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