# Graffiti from Pompeii

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graffiti-from-pompeii/603167>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 16, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graffiti-from-pompeii/603167 "2011-11-16T20:24:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graffiti-from-pompeii/603167/21 "2011-11-17T18:48:25Z")

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> [@lost4life](#):
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> I was looking for “Romani ite domum”.

Try [here](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/2982080.stm) 🙂

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graffiti-from-pompeii/603167/22 "2011-11-17T19:13:23Z")

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> [@EvilTOJ](#):
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> _Palmyra, the thirst-quencher._
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> It’s what plants crave!

Should I hope or despair we are unchanged in our distant future from our distant past?

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**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graffiti-from-pompeii/603167/23 "2011-11-18T02:09:50Z")

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> [@lost4life](#):
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> Does that pretty much mean “Don’t stick it in the crazy”?

Or, more generally, “play with fire and you get burned” except it’s “fuck with fire and you get burned.” 😉

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