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Major Nikon

(36,827 posts) Tue Jun 28, 2016, 09:17 AM Jun 2016

4,500 yr old dad joke

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4,500 yr old dad joke (Original Post) Major Nikon Jun 2016 OP

K & R ......that's funny! nt Wounded Bear Jun 2016 #1

GOOD ONE trueblue2007 Jun 2016 #2

Joke only since 1378 many a good man Jun 2016 #3

Wounded Bear

(58,648 posts)

1. K & R ......that's funny! nt

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Tue Jun 28, 2016, 10:29 AM

Jun 2016

trueblue2007

(17,217 posts)

2. GOOD ONE

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 04:02 PM

Jun 2016

many a good man

(5,997 posts)

3. Joke only since 1378

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 06:06 PM

Jun 2016

The Egyptian Arab historian al-Maqrīzī wrote in the 15th century that the nose was actually destroyed by a Sufi Muslim named Muhammad Sa'im al-Dahr. In 1378 CE, Egyptian peasants made offerings to the Great Sphinx in the hope of controlling the flood cycle, which would result in a successful harvest. Outraged by this blatant show of devotion, Sa'im al-Dahr destroyed the nose and was later executed for vandalism.

http://www.catchpenny.org/nose.html

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