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[Eastern Foot-Rocker]

Success! Monty Python reference now in game. - abou

I guess it's the "Romanes eunt domus" graffiti from "life of brian" somewhere on a wall in the Jerusalem battle map. At least i hope so. It would be fun to search for

[Rex Somnorum]

Success! Monty Python reference now in game. - abou

Will this be an obvious reference or will we have to search for it? (I will not be pleased if you don't include a reference at all. That's just not funny.)

[abou]

Oh, it'll be obvious. You just need to come across it.

[Kull]

You clearly never met Teleklos Archelaou.

A-freaking-men!!

[RAWROMNOM]

A-freaking-men!!

You want "a man"?

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[Brennus]

I guess it's the "Romanes eunt domus" graffiti from "life of brian" somewhere on a wall in the Jerusalem battle map. At least i hope so. It would be fun to search for

It's not, but that is a very good idea.

Will this be an obvious reference or will we have to search for it? (I will not be pleased if you don't include a reference at all. That's just not funny.)

If you have regular contact with the Gauls you will encounter it soon enough.

[olly]

I hope there will also be an Up Pompeii reference like there was in EB1. That always cheered me up although I understand it has not really withstood the test of time.

[moonburn]

It's not, but that is a very good idea.



If you have regular contact with the Gauls you will encounter it soon enough.

and me thinking it was a football match beteween the koinon and the sweaboz ...

i cn´t recall any monthy python reference that could be used in gaul ...

[Ca Putt]

If you had said "celts" I would have guessed: "a Caledonian on a Horse?"

[Brennus]

This is an ex-Parisi

The Ministry of silly Volcae

Monty Python and the Holy Gaul

The Arevaci sketch (the Architect sketch)

Upper class Rix of the Year competition

[Moros]

It would be fun to have "Dennis" complain everytime there's a new faction leader.

Or when you're general makes a speach about capturing an oppida, someone going:" it's only a model."

When the enemy dies: '"it's only a flesh wound"

Or diplomat trying to sell you a dead parrot, or being at the argument clinic, or have him use the hungarian phrase book.

Actually why don't we replace all the text and sounds with monty python ones. O right, copyright.

[Maeran]

"You get to be king because some watery tart throws a sword at you? What kind of basis is that to form a government?"

[Rex Somnorum]

It would be fun to have "Dennis" complain everytime there's a new faction leader.

Or when you're general makes a speach about capturing an oppida, someone going:" it's only a model."

Speeches? Will speeches be added to EBII?

[Ailfertes]

Who is this? - Moros (People don't like me posting real info apparently.) pic.twitter.com/WjJ6g4ROrB

Who likes chariots?! ~Tux https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv19W5DrlDM … pic.twitter.com/DOJADkARVt

Me, me! Nice animations, are those custom made?

"Not even Brennus, standing in the ruins of Roma, dared to ask such things!" New diplomatic message for angry Gallic diplomats - Brennus

That Brennus guy.

Gallic government description for "Confederacy" completed - Brennus

Working on Celtic spy strat map characters - nazgool

Making progress with the EBII website thanks to Wudang Clown - abou

Hooray, the website!

[Ca Putt]

Gaulish Diplomat, after declaration of war: "Your Mother was a hamster and your father smelt of Elderberries"

, when offering a trade: "I'd like to negotiate the vendor of some cheesy commestibles."

[Brennus]

Actually it is one of those.

[Moros]

Me, me! Nice animations, are those custom made?

Yes, Tux/Alin made them a few days ago.

[alexkon3]

Is this the generall Scythed Chariot model or will the different factions use different models?

[Moros]

Is this the generall Scythed Chariot model or will the different factions use different models?

It's Seleucid.

[The Outsider]

Guys I just stopped by to say that I love what I am seeing and after the disaster of Rome II your mod will be the heart transplant that will save the series. Thanks for everything you have done.

[clone]

hey guys just some suggestion. dont use non historical eastern eggs. one reason i loved eb was because it was serious

[Brennus]

hey guys just some suggestion. dont use non historical eastern eggs. one reason i loved eb was because it was serious

Don't worry, 99.9% of everything in EBII is serious. Also don't forget there were a few Easter Eggs in EB as well, some of the traits for example.

[clone]

I trust you . I just dont to hear a gaul diplomat saying something like :you want war dont you,make my day just make my day

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Have you read the short descriptions of some of the Makedonian and Carthaginian buildings? They're hilarious. There is always room for a little humor no matter the topic IMO.

[Brennus]

Don't forget the ancient world is the first period in human history where we find recorded instances of humour.

[Rex Somnorum]

Don't forget the ancient world is the first period in human history where we find recorded instances of humour.

It's the first period in human history where we find recorded instances of anything.

I would be interested in some examples of ancient humour, though, if you would share them.

[Moros]

I would be interested in some examples of ancient humour, though, if you would share them.

There is actually an ancient jokebook that we have found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philogelos And there appear to have been more.
Some really don't work for us anymore, others surprisingly do.

some examples:

Barber: how would you like your hair cut?
Customer: in silence.
(source: QI, the tv show)

Bitten by many fleas, a fool put out the lamp, saying: - "You can’t see me now!"

An Abderite saw a eunuch talking to a woman and asked if she was his wife.
When he replied that eunuchs can’t have wives, the Abderite asked:
-"So is she your daughter then?"


Wishing to teach his donkey not to eat, a pedant did not offer him any food.
When the donkey died of hunger, he said:
- "I've had a great loss. Just when he had learned not to eat, he died".

(find more at: http://www.hellenism.net/cgi-bin/sec...?section_id=60)

Except for real jokes, sometimes inscription are quite funny as well. A fun example is this Greek sling bullet which now is in the British Museum:

If you look wel you can see DEXAI, well at DEXA, the I is difficult to see in this picture. It Greek for "Catch".

An example of Roman Humour? The only thing I can think of is this anecdote of very rich Roman who just randomly punched people in the face as he walked through the streets. He had a servant running behind him giving these people money, the exact amount as the fine the law dictated. Obviously one can doubt whether this humour, but apparently the bloke did. I can't recall the source at this moment though.

If really interested see Mary Beard's Laughter in ancient Rome: http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520277168

[gedingradski]

I heard a Roman joke once in a doco.. I've forgotten the name of the doco (am fairly sure it was Mary Beard again), but I remembered the joke:

Two men, known to each other, have a chance encounter in the street. As they greet, the first man notices that the second looks very confused.
The first man asks: "What is the matter, my friend?"
The second man replies: "Please excuse my confusion, but I was told just recently by a good friend that you had died."
Surprised, the first man says: "Well as you can see, here I am - very much alive!"
The second man thinks for a moment, then says: "I'm not so sure, my friend is usually much more reliable than you."

[moonburn]

Don't forget the ancient world is the first period in human history where we find recorded instances of humour.

you clearly missed the cartoons with the penis jokes that a few dudes made on the caves of altamira
they also made a few cornuti jokes (horned ones in the latin cultured means as man who as been cheated on )

[Brennus]

It's the first period in human history where we find recorded instances of anything.

Depending on where you draw the line between the Ancient World and prehistory, of if you observe such a distinction. If you do then we have records of hunting, farming, sex and warfare before literacy.