Today is the Ides of March

The Doc · Post by **The Doc** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:24 am

*stabs a monkey 33 times*

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:55 am

Whatever you think you know about this man is irrelevant.

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:38 am

What the heck is the Ides of March.

Timestones · Post by **Timestones** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:30 pm

The 15th of March.

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:41 pm

The Ides have it!

Hehe. I so clevar.

The Doc · Post by **The Doc** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 2:09 pm

According to legend (and I say legend because it's still being debated as to whether Caesar actually lived), a soothsayer gave Julius Caesar--war hero and current Roman emperor--the warning to "beware the Ides of March". On March 15, Caesar was stabbed to death--33 stabs, to be exact--by his Senate. The last wound was delivered by Caesar's childhood friend, Brutus.

When we were reading Julius Caesar in my sophomore year of high school, this one kid didn't have a damn clue, and I shit you not, the following actually happened.

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Teacher: Robert, what do you know about Caesar?

Robby: Oh, that's a very tasty salad.

Teacher: No, no, Caesar was a Roman emperor. He was betrayed by his friend Brutus.

Robby: Why?

Girl: *jokingly* He ate Brutus' salad.

Teacher: Quiet!

Robby: Why would he do that?

Teacher: He didn't eat Brutus' salad! The month of July was named after Caesar.

Robby: A month AND a salad? This guy was pretty big back in the day, wasn't he?

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:26 pm

That sounds like a bad joke that you made up.
Also, Double-S-'s avatar scares me.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 3:49 pm

A very bad joke, at that.

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:05 pm

Your mom is a bad joke.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:09 pm

It's true. :/

Craig Bayfield · Post by **Craig Bayfield** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 4:27 pm

Ah, I forgot all about that. Well, I remember the phrase, but the meaning was lost on me until I read this and was reminded of crappy school classes from years gone by.

Umm... so... "Happy back-stabbing day" everyone!

Timestones · Post by **Timestones** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:12 pm

I know he's not being stabbed in the back, but it's the closest I've got.

The Doc · Post by **The Doc** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:35 am

I swear that happened.

CM August · Post by **CM August** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 9:37 am

That's Ultimecia in the foreground, right? Man did she ever stink. I found her accent very fun, though... a 10/10 that picture gets from me.

Kishi · Post by **Kishi** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 5:59 pm

The Doc wrote:I swear that happened.

The Doc · Post by **The Doc** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 7:20 am

Normally, I don't go on board with people who mock me.

...But that was pretty funny.

EmeraldGuardian · Post by **EmeraldGuardian** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:31 am

Somehow I find the chibi fingerpointing sprite hilarious.