Foot in Mouth Syndrome IIHave you ever said something and wished the ground would open up and swallow you? Tell us your tales of social embarrassment.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 16 Aug 2012, 14:12)
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I used to have a flatmate who was a classicist.He was writing a PhD on Philo - a Jewish Platonist philosopher of about the first century, and apparently quite important in early Christianity.
Whenever the god-squad came knocking, he'd invite them in. He'd get down his Greek bible (he was fluent), and his Latin bible (he was nearly as fluent), and his Hebrew bible (a bit iffy, maybe - but good enough for his research), and his English bible, and he'd discuss the mistranslations and philological misunderstandings with them.
At great, great length.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 22 Aug 2012, 21:20,
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