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#1 Jan 03 2006 at 8:37 AM Rating: Good
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It should correctly read “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam”

Which is mostly about getting drunk, imho.

Some drunken persian dude wrote:

(Literal Translation)

Khayam, if you are intoxicated with wine, enjoy!
If you are seated with a lover of thine, enjoy!
In the end, the Void the whole world employ
Imagine thou art not, while waiting in line, enjoy!

Happily I walked with the tavern down the line
Passed an old drunk, holding a bottle of wine
"Do you not fear God?" was reproach of mine
said, "Mercy is God’s sign, in silence I wine and dine."

It is a day neither hot nor cold,
Clouds help the dry flowers unfold
Canary with his song to the flower told
Drink while you can, yourself don’t scold.

Before time takes you by surprise
Ask for good red wine and get wise
You are not of gold, don’t believe the lies
You are put to dust, once again you’ll rise.

I brought the cup to my lips with greed
Begging for longevity, my temporal need
Cup brought its to mine, its secret did feed
Time never returns, drink, of this take heed.

As the rising Venus and moon in the skies appear
To the goodness of quality wine, nothing comes near
I am amazed at the vendors of a liquid so dear
Where they’ll buy a better thing, is not clear.

Drink wine that drives away joy and pain
And the thought of Seventy Two nations’ reign
Never withhold from such elixir again
Of which one sip will purge all that’s insane.


....and about 600 more some about this, some about that. They had pubs in persia back then and he hit every one of them.
#2 Jan 03 2006 at 10:36 AM Rating: Decent
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Catullus wrote:


How should I explain, Gellius, why those rosy lips of yours
should be whiter than the snows of winter,
when you leave your house in the morning
and when the eighth hour rouses you
from a gentle nap when the day is long?
Certainly there is something: do the rumors
indeed whisper truly that you eat out
the full-grown erections from the middle of men?
Certainly it is thus: they cry out that poor little Victor's
balls have been burst and your lips have been
stained with sucked-off ***.


circa. 40 BC

Edited, Tue Jan 3 10:40:52 2006 by Kelvyquayo
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#3 Jan 03 2006 at 9:16 PM Rating: Good
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http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon_synopsis/7880-The_Ruby_Yacht.html


#4 Jan 04 2006 at 7:12 AM Rating: Decent
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I'm sure you'll find this funny, too.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33364
#5 Jan 04 2006 at 8:10 AM Rating: Good
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Someone needs to hijack this thread into a discussion about bewbs, if there is ever to be any chance of Kaolian's forum prediction for 2006 about this thread to come true.

#6 Jan 04 2006 at 8:11 AM Rating: Good
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