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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Book World: Mary Beard’s “Laughter in Ancient Rome” reveals history of humor

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Once there was a king who had a reputation as a ladies’ man, and after he died, his heir’s first duties included a tour of the provinces. In one town he encountered a man who was his mirror image. Aha, thought the new king, that Pop, always tomcatting around. So he asked: “Say, did your mother ever work at the palace?”


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