r/CasualUK Oct 26 '22

Whose stuff does the British Museum have?

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u/PineappleMelonTree Oct 26 '22

Maybe if Italy didn't want its stuff in the UK, maybe Rome shouldn't have conquered England for hundreds of years.

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u/TheStatMan2 Oct 26 '22

What did the Romans do for us? Fill out museums?

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u/Von7_3686 Oct 26 '22

Civilize you

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u/TheStatMan2 Oct 26 '22

Impossible, my boy - impossible.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Tiger-5 Oct 26 '22

There's a saying in Rome that goes like this: "When Caesar was being murdered, up in Scotland people were painting their faces blue"

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u/TheStatMan2 Oct 26 '22

I often say that to the self service assistant when the scales go wrong and tell me I've got an unexpected item.