Oct 2012
so in ancient Rome
Caelius bumps into
his friend in the streets
and he says:
“Hey, Domitius
I thought you were dead”
Domitius laughs and he says:
“Well, you can see I’m alive”
“Yes,” says Caelius, *“but you must be dead
for I had the information
from someone more reliable than you”
Caelius bumps into
his friend in the streets
and he says:
“Hey, Domitius
I thought you were dead”
Domitius laughs and he says:
“Well, you can see I’m alive”
“Yes,” says Caelius, *“but you must be dead
for I had the information
from someone more reliable than you”
Poem based on a joke from a collection of jokes from ancient Rome, brought to light by Mary Beard (see her TV series “Meet the Romans”)…
