On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:29:47 +0100
Gareth's Downstairs Computer
 wrote:

> ISTR an urban legend about a hoax that was perpetrated
> with a terracotta pot, that had the inscription ...
>
> ITI SAPIS SPOTANDA BIGO NE
>
> ...  "It is a piss pot and a big one"
>
> Those who learnt Latin at school (De Bello Gallica IV
> and Virgil's Aeneid, "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes")

 "Caecilius est pater" etc. for me ... (I was amused when that
family turned up on Doctor Who).

 Carved into one of my school desks:

 "Latin is a language
  As dead as dead can be
  It killed the ancient Romans
  And now it's killing me"

> will remember also ...
>
> Caesar adsum jam forte
> Brutus aderat
> Caesar sic in omnibus

 Gloria was sick in the van, Monday.

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