What always amuses you?
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. . .here are my thoughts.
What always amuses you?
If you’ve visited my “Self-Indulgence Page,” you know I listen to many podcasts. Among them is Sawbones. Its tagline is “A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine.” Pliny the Elder is an historical figure making major contributions to Sawbones. It’s documented that he died in 79 AD when attempting to help rescue people during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. But even as an ancient man of medicine, the things he wrote about—and he wrote extensively—were utterly ridiculous! He had a “cure” for almost any ailment—real or imagined. They all basically fit a Mad Lib formula:
“To cure {disease} mix {number} {gender} {animal}’s {body part} in {liquid}
and {route of ingestion} at {time of day}.”
So, yeah, none of them worked! But I’m still amused with each new Pliny the Elder “cure” that Dr. Sydnee and her husband, Justin, enlighten me with. I mean, how many dudes had to “Drink the morning urine of 2 pregnant female goats,” before they realized they were all still bald? Sure, if you had a headache, it might naturally go away by the time you gathered all the crazyass necessities. But that goiter’s not going away on its own.