| 3/2/2016 2:10:26 PM |
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bald1954
Cold Brook, NY
62, joined Sep. 2009
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I saw a documentary about Rome's Colosseum.
The question was:
how many spectators could Rome's Colosseum hold?
Turns out, unlike our modern stadia, with each seat having an arm on either side of the chair,
in ancient Rome the seats were stone benches.
Thus, the reason modern historians don't know exactly how many ancient Roman patrons / spectators the Colosseum could hold is:
modern historians don't know exactly how big ancient Roman butts were.
True story.
SO:
Is that funny enough for a joke forum? 
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| 3/2/2016 2:51:37 PM |
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notsram
Olympia, WA
51, joined Sep. 2009
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No
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| 3/2/2016 3:22:47 PM |
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pahoalookout
Dearborn, MI
75, joined Nov. 2007
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Oh, I think some of those smart Phd at National Geographic could estimate "butt size" based on the size of armor, skeletons found in the catacombs or the extrapolating back from modern Italians. and from that estimate crowd size.
Of course, if none of that worked, they could just call Ticket Master.
Crowd size would depend on the quality of the game. Would the crowd want to see a massacre of the Saints by the Lions, or the Angles by the Tigers?
How about a more even game like the Vikings against the Bears?
I don't think there is an equivalent of the Packers, Pistons or Dodgers.
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| 3/2/2016 3:38:35 PM |
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bald1954
Cold Brook, NY
62, joined Sep. 2009
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Thanks nr.
Would this make it any funnier for you?
That archaeologists and architectural historians, meaning college graduates; have a reason to wonder about people's butts?
pl,
Yes.
We have some insight into that.
Problem is:
Out of a population of 50,000
An error of 5% in the butt estimate is 2,500. That's more than can fit into most U.S. cinemas.
So what might otherwise seem a trivial error in the baseline assumption could result in a an error of thousands.
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| 3/3/2016 7:57:08 AM |
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noprudesbaby
Palm Desert, CA
61, joined Apr. 2014
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I did not laugh wholeheartedly butt IT did make me chuckle slightly....so
you get a resoundingly loud ""HELL YEAH"" keep em coming... 
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| 4/3/2016 5:01:51 PM |
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neal356
Oxford, AL
57, joined May. 2014
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Fascinating insight
I believe people were generally of smaller stature back then.
Never saw any reports about the ancients a** size though
[Edited 4/3/2016 5:02:27 PM ]
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| 4/3/2016 5:17:52 PM |
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bald1954
Cold Brook, NY
62, joined Sep. 2009
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"Fascinating insight" n3
I KNOW !! RIGHT?!
"I believe people were generally of smaller stature back then.
Never saw any reports about the ancients a** size though"
We'll just ask Hanes & FTL what sizes were most popular back then. ; )
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| 4/4/2016 6:20:35 PM |
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noprudesbaby
Palm Desert, CA
61, joined Apr. 2014
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I have never seen any FAT ROMAN butts portrayed in any Movie productions... so who is to know if there were even sufficient people allowed to attend the Rome's Colosseum?
ANd would people back then allow themselves to sit BUTT to butt in close quarters???
HUMM..... WHat is it you call a ROMAN 69?
Glad He ate her? Gladiator??
[Edited 4/4/2016 6:21:18 PM ]
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| 4/4/2016 7:18:17 PM |
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mr_freespirit55
Mobile, AL
56, joined Mar. 2014
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Their butts were probably pretty big if they had to build them out of stone it may have been so it could hold them
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| 4/4/2016 11:29:56 PM |
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pahoalookout
Dearborn, MI
75, joined Nov. 2007
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Fascinating insight
I believe people were generally of smaller stature back then.
Never saw any reports about the ancients a** size though
The Vikings called the Romans, "Little men in tin suits."
They have found Viking battleaxes that weighed 70 pounds that were suitable for single handed use and throwing.
National Geography said nothing about butt size.
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