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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 17 March | 109 comments (109 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Culture has been getting faster and shallower for hundreds of years

It's all that Shakespeare's fault, writing dirty stuff for the groundlings.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Mar 17th, 2010 at 10:39:58 AM EST
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Well I blame the infamous Mme Françoise Vaudeville who ran Le Bonk Music Hall in Paris in the early 1890s. As an 'entertainer', she had earlier been called the 'lowest common dominatricks'.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Mar 17th, 2010 at 10:47:27 AM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 0)

Was that earlier than the Bonk electric theatre? on the Rue Exebitioniste?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Mar 17th, 2010 at 11:28:02 AM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 0)

That was later in June 1995 - the first showing of "Une ventouse naissent chaque minute" on Rue de l'exhibitionniste.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Mar 17th, 2010 at 12:21:58 PM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 1)

Shakespeare?

The rot started with Chaucer. Or perhaps Catullus.

I'm still not sure about that Aristophanes.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Mar 17th, 2010 at 10:50:20 AM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 0)

Sex and frogs. Find those anywhere on the internets.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Mar 17th, 2010 at 11:08:26 AM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 1)

Here we are :

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Mar 17th, 2010 at 11:17:05 AM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 0)

Rule 34.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Mar 17th, 2010 at 12:07:46 PM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 0)

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Mar 17th, 2010 at 12:28:44 PM EST
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Re: Living on the Planet (none / 0)

No, that's Rule #32 ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Wed Mar 17th, 2010 at 12:31:33 PM EST
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