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Current Jokes and Riddles News Today Tablet full of crude jokes and riddles about beer is found - dating from the time of the biblical Exodus Riddles and a hearty disregard for politicians were part of life in ancient Mesopotamia - 3,500 years ago. A newly translated tablet from Iraq shows that even in 1500BC, people liked a puzzle. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:12:14 -0800 Sex, Beer & Politics: Riddles Reveal Life of Ancient Mesopotamians Millennia before modern-day Americans made fun of their politicians or cracked crude jokes over a cold one, people in ancient Mesopotamia were doing much the same thing. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:40:09 -0800 3,500-Year-Old Jokes Have Something to Say About Yo Mama | Discoblog “That’s what SHE said!” The study of jokes and riddles written in ancient languages we barely understand is , well, a little tricky. But in a recent paper in the journal Iraq , Middle East scholars Michael Streck and Nathan Wasserman describe and interpret some thigh-slappers scrawled on a badly damaged tablet from Babylon, circa 1500 BC. The scribe’s cuneiform is on the sloppy side. The ... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:28:17 -0800 Ancient Mesopotamians enjoyed riddles about sex, beer and politics London, Jan 28 (ANI): A newly translated tablet from the area of present-day Iraq reveals a series of riddles, which show that even in 1,500BC, people liked a puzzle. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:12:26 -0800 Mesopotamian riddles of sex, beer and politics Millennia before modern-day Americans made fun of their politicians or cracked crude jokes over a cold one, people in ancient Mesopotamia were doing much the same thing. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:02:11 -0800 |
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