I believe there was also a tradition of all the men being vainglorious braggards
You know where I'm going with this
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:30, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

...nup?

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:32, Reply)

Vippers

(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:37, Reply)

Vippers would make a semi-good Spartan
They went in for their beards, though kept the moustache shaved.


Though they also had their hair long, as it made "the beautiful men more beautiful, and the ugly men more ugly". I'm thinking of two this could apply to...one of each.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:39, Reply)

I'm not muscular or disciplined enough to be a Spartan

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:40, Reply)

Neither am I
but luckily Lampito is fat and has a funny accent, so I'm ok there, so I can pretend to be.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:42, Reply)

nah he's a Viking

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:47, Reply)

Kitty would make an excellent Spartan woman
We like sex and are physically fit*, we sleep with lots of people and actually get out of the house.



*on these criteria I am a dreadful Spartan woman
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:51, Reply)

I would've banged King Leonidas so hard

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 10:03, Reply)

Reckon he'd shout "This Is Spartaaaaa" as he came?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 10:06, Reply)

oh god I hope so!

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 10:23, Reply)

I prefer the guy with one eye.

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 14:18, Reply)

Braggarts, or blackguards.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:32, Reply)

or blaggards?

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:33, Reply)

Or am I wrong?

( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:33, Reply)

I think blaggard is a contraction of blackguard

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:37, Reply)

I'd never heard braggart
and was wondering if I'd been mishearing/reading braggart as blaggard.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:39, Reply)

Blackguard is pronounced 'blaggard'

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:41, Reply)

Thanks for that Monty
could you follow me round in real life picking me up on those things too?
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:36, Reply)

Up the wrong 'un?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 9:36, Reply)