Saturday, December 14, 2013

Overheard in the Hall...

RX: "That would make a good tweet. 'Decline of the Republic: Twelve Tables, three shells... whatever.'"

Me: "I don't..."

RX: "Twelve Tables, three shells..."

Me: "Twelve...? Oh! I get it!"

RX: "I guess for it to make sense, you do have to know Roman history..."

Me: "...and Sylvester Stallone movies."

RX: "Doesn't everybody?"
It gets pretty nerdy around here at times.

9 comments:

og said...

They see you rolling
On your segway.

Don said...

I need to admit this as part of my own personal spiritual ego growth journey: I Don't get it.

Roberta X said...

I think if you websearch each one separately, you will - it's a multi-layered tapestry of meaning and snark.

Tam said...

It's a roundabout reference to using the Constitution for toilet paper.

Stingray said...

I just swear quietly at the wall for a minute and come away with what I need, but politicians are a different sort.

Ancient Woodsman said...

Reading that conversation has my brain suddenly seeing Zero Mostel singing the Oscar Mayer Weiner song before he dances his way to meet Denis Leary at the forum to enjoy some Taco Bell.

Yow...you two do make for some interesting mental detours.

JD(not the one with the picture) said...

Was "Tarquinius Superbus" one of those Fred Silverman-NBC shows from the '80s?

Drang said...

See, if you'd said "Twelve Tablets" I'd've gotten it immediately.

Anonymous said...

One of my contingency plans is that if I ever come face to face with Sylvester Stallone, I shall ask him if he ever learned how to operate the 3 seashells.