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Posted by Noodles Jefferson on 11/19/49 11:34
In article <m4ov63-411.ln1@ophelia.g5n.co.uk>, Toby Inkster took the
hamburger, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh wow"...
> Noodles Jefferson wrote:
>
> > "Our earth is degenerate in these latter days, bribery and corruption
> > are common, children no longer obey their parents and the end of the
> > world is evidently approaching."
> > --Assyrian clay tablet 2800 B.C.
>
> I've also seen this quote as:
>
> "Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is
> writing a book."
> --Cicero
>
> However, I've not been able to find any Latin version of the quote, so I
> assume it's apocryphal. Which is a pity really, because it would be nice
> if it were true.
>
>
I found it in Isaac Asimov's book of facts. Hell, I don't know. Maybe it
is all bullshit. I did a quick google search and with a few variations,
most of them read exactly like my sig. They all gankin' my sig man,
wanna roll up on those suckas and POW! Oh yeah, the quote, right.
Anyway, One site listed that there really is a clay tablet and it's an
instanbull but it's a whacko religious site, so who knows. Everything
else is like "uh...I heard it somewhere and stuff."
But it trips me out, so I use it.
--
Noodles Jefferson
mhm31x9 Smeeter#29 WSD#30
sTaRShInE_mOOnBeAm aT HoTmAil dOt CoM
NP: "The Road to Chicago" -- Thomas Newman (Road to Perdition
Soundtrack)
"Our earth is degenerate in these latter days, bribery and corruption
are common, children no longer obey their parents and the end of the
world is evidently approaching."
--Assyrian clay tablet 2800 B.C.
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