Harbor Freight ad spoofs

Have you looked at HF for sutures?

Since HF is the subject of this thread.

Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus

Where am _I_ going to see a doctor or EMT? I live in the sticks, too. Besides, I stay as far away from those types as I can, always. It's safer that way, knowwhatImean,Vern?

LOL...typo. I didnt catch that before I hit send. Sorry...lol

"The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced, if the nation doesn't want to go bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."

(Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 B.C.)

Instead their Republic descended into civil war followed by dictatorship.

But, did they have Harbor Freight? Or spoofs?

Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus

Instead their Republic descended into civil war followed by dictatorship.

To which the crowd replied "Got AMMO?"

Rubbish that floats to the top is called "Flotsam" (jetsam sinks).

Don't litter.

Nah, back then civilians had no effective way to resist bands of large men with swords, either soldiers or bandits.

The crowds were easily satisfied with subsidized Bread and Circuses, the rich and powerful by luxury imports such as silk from China.

I meant the new crowd, the one reading about Cicero.

As if immorality ever bothered a politician of any age...

Sumptuary laws were hardly unique to Ancient Rome. This type of ruling has actually been quite common throughout history.

The Greeks had one in 700 BC; the Romans had a series of laws specifying what was legal wear and actions; the Chinese; the Japanese; there were Islamic dress regulations concerning both members of the faith and non-believers; Medieval and Renaissance Europe had various regulation regarding clothing for both Christians and Heretics; France in the 17th century and even America - In the Massachusetts Bay Colony, only people with a personal fortune of at least two hundred pounds could wear lace, silver or gold thread or buttons, cutwork, embroidery, hatbands, belts, ruffles, capes, and other articles.

The Romans objected to silk for the same reason we ban tight, revealing clothes in schools.

The first Roman sumptuary law was the Lex Oppia established in 215 BC and restricted a woman's wealth and also her display of wealth.

Specifically, it forbade any woman to possess more than half an ounce of gold, to wear a multi-colored garment (particularly those trimmed in purple), or to ride in an animal-drawn vehicle in the city or any town or within a mile thereof, except in the case of public religious festivals.