{"id":688,"date":"2007-11-14T12:41:44","date_gmt":"2007-11-14T11:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=688"},"modified":"2007-11-14T10:45:22","modified_gmt":"2007-11-14T09:45:22","slug":"a-very-old-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/14\/a-very-old-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"A very old joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicmcphee\/1715942044\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2215\/1715942044_e12cad2e7a.jpg?w=450\" alt=\"A very old joke\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Something from the Colchester Castle that&#8217;s a bit more light hearted than <a href=\"http:\/\/unhinderedbytalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/07\/on-the-aged-and-distinguished-pointlessness-of-torture\/\">Rendition<\/a>.  I loved this face on an old Roman pot.  Amazing how a wonderful little quip like this can both <em>physically<\/em> survive the thousands of years, while also having it&#8217;s cultural content can so obviously survive across all that human history and still make me smile.<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s my desktop photo at work at the moment :-).<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/colchester\/\" title=\"Colchester\">Colchester<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/colchester-castle\/\" title=\"Colchester Castle\">Colchester Castle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/museum\/\" title=\"museum\">museum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/my-photography\/\" title=\"my photography\">my photography<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/roman-pottery\/\" title=\"Roman pottery\">Roman pottery<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/sabbatical\/\" title=\"Sabbatical\">Sabbatical<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/25\/stepping-into-the-unknown\/\" title=\"Stepping into the unknown (25 Nov 07)\">Stepping into the unknown<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/20\/with-joy-shall-ye-draw-water\/\" title=\"With joy shall ye draw water (20 Nov 07)\">With joy shall ye draw water<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Something from the Colchester Castle that&#8217;s a bit more light hearted than Rendition. I loved this face on an old Roman pot. Amazing how a wonderful little quip like this can both physically survive the thousands of years, while also having it&#8217;s cultural content can so obviously survive across all that human history and still &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/14\/a-very-old-joke\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A very old joke&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[20,19],"tags":[46,63,64,65,62,875],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-b6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":717,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/25\/stepping-into-the-unknown\/","url_meta":{"origin":688,"position":0},"title":"Stepping into the unknown","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"25 Nov 07","format":false,"excerpt":"The tour of Colchester Castle not only took us down to the Dungeon, but we also got to climb up onto the roof. My pictures from up there aren't terribly interesting, but I liked the staircase on the way up :-).","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Family&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Family","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/family\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":694,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/17\/unrelenting-the-seasons-change\/","url_meta":{"origin":688,"position":1},"title":"Unrelenting, the seasons change","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"17 Nov 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Apparently they've had snow back in Morris, but we're not likely to see any of the white stuff here in Colchester. The leaves are turning with enthusiasm, however, and it's definitely crisp when Sub-Evil and I walk in together in the mornings. We've even seen a little frost. 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