# Great idea: Samuel Pepys's diaries as a weblog

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-samuel-pepyss-diaries-as-a-weblog/146204>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 2, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-samuel-pepyss-diaries-as-a-weblog/146204 "2003-01-02T15:10:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-samuel-pepyss-diaries-as-a-weblog/146204/1 "2003-01-02T15:10:18Z")

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[http://www.pepysdiary.com/](http://www.pepysdiary.com/)

Updated daily, as far as I can tell.

[Here’s a news item about it](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2621581.stm).

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**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-samuel-pepyss-diaries-as-a-weblog/146204/2 "2003-01-02T15:18:27Z")

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That’s cool. Talk about the most footnoted primary text in early modern history.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-samuel-pepyss-diaries-as-a-weblog/146204/3 "2003-01-02T15:28:20Z")

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I’m a little saddened that it’s the expurgated version. I wanted all the salacious details about his defecatory and masturbatory habits, and groping the maid…

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**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-samuel-pepyss-diaries-as-a-weblog/146204/4 "2003-01-02T16:30:49Z")

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“Up, betimes, and did peruse ye Strayt Doppe. As ever, ye hammpsters did bedevil my purpose. Sported with Jane the maid, and did tocar su besas.”

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**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-samuel-pepyss-diaries-as-a-weblog/146204/5 "2003-01-02T19:00:17Z")

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At last, an online journal I can read without fear of the diarist posting many results in “What Kind Of \_\_\_\_\_\_ Are You?” quizzes.

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**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-idea-samuel-pepyss-diaries-as-a-weblog/146204/6 "2003-01-02T19:24:45Z")

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> \*Originally posted by jjimm \*  
> \*\*I’m a little saddened that it’s the expurgated version. I wanted all the salacious details about his defecatory and masturbatory habits, and groping the maid… \*\*

Amen to that! Dude fornicated like a sexually addicted rabbit.