Silly Romans, salt is for hams.
I've definitely decided the Romans were a bunch of big ol jerks. They really seem to enjoy killing and enslaving other peoples, and then stealing their inventions. Its kind of like...when the big not smart bully cheats off the smart kids paper, and then kidnaps/kills him.
Yep.
...Wait, no!
No i hope that doesnt happen too much..
Er anyway, yeah the Romans jacked many or their salt processing techniques from the civilizations they conquered. On one page, it states that the Romans aquired satworks from Hallstatt, Halleain, the Celts, the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, and the Greek. After the big paragraph explaining the processes used by the Romans to get salt, it even said, "none of these techniques were Roman inventions." Oh well. I spose it really is true that nice guys always finish last. [selfpity]Of course, I figure I should have learned that by now.[/selfpity]
One thing that i've been thinking is prety cool as I read through this book is all the words and phrases that i've never really thought about that actually originated way back inthe BC days. It kind of amazes me when I realize that so many of these figures of speech (is it figures of speech, or figure of speeches?) actually had a literal meaning way back when. Things like "earning his salt" and stoof like that.
And now I have another reason to yell at my friends! Sweet. Not once, when I visited any of their houses, did they have the salt shaker out for me. Wheres your common courtesy? Do yins not respect my right to common salt? I'm offended. Actually, now that I know this is grounds for suspicion, I'll make sure to be super suspicious next time. I'll probably even look at you like this:
2 comments:
You should be suspicious.
I will make a point to not put out my salt shakers. You may have pepper. But surely no salt. Unless you earn it.
Most Empries are predicated on the fact that "might makes right." meaning the term of bullies does in fact apply. Don't act shocked, as many countries in the world perceive the US as this exact clone.
All of the best ideas tend to be stolen from other cultures. Ex. Pizza.
Like you, I enjoy finding the origin or words. Salad, soldier, salary, saline, salami, etc. The book just keeps giving us example after example. VERY cool.
Be careful to stay on task and not bable about salt shakes. I get your point, but stay focused.
Mr. Farrell
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