Ancient Roman turned down tragic death by volcano for a slapstick alternative

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/05/29/ancient-roman-turned-down-trag.html

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Dang that’s a Loony Tunes style death right there.

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It’s like my mom said: If you’re born to be shot you’ll never be hanged.

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That’s comforting.

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If you’re going to go, you might as well go out with style…

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I guess if you’re going to die of asphyxiation anyway it might as well be the autoerotic kind.

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“If you make one person laugh in your life…”

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RIP amigo. I hope it was quick.

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Tragedy plus time equals comedy.

I think there are epic-sized portions of both t+t here.

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The worst part is that, since the trombone wouldn’t be invented for another 1500 years, no one could play “waa waa waa waaaaaaaaah” for him.

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Too soon, man.

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I’m gonna be a total drunk cynic in the comments but this looks too perfect. >_>

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Better him than me.

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The definition of “between a rock and a hard place.”

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Cool story Bro. But I had to look it up.

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“Ah, but I would not feel so all alone;
Everybody must get stoned.”

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