Wednesday, March 25, 2009

knowing Latin makes you smarter

Cato the Elder in his work Mulomedicina Chironis speaks of inedible cooking:
Sed nemo potuit tangere: merda fuit.
("But nobody could touch it: it was shit.")

"Merda" is the one that means "shit." You know. In case you were wondering.





1 comment:

Kim said...

OK you just made shredded wheat come out my nose...

WOOT! YOU SO BAD!