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Old 26 June 2007, 09:44 AM
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Comment: Did we really know if Cleopatra commited sucide by allowing a
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Old 26 June 2007, 09:48 AM
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We can't be sure of many things in ancient history.
What a pain in the asp.
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Old 26 June 2007, 10:23 AM
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Old 26 June 2007, 12:20 PM
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You're casting aspersions on that poor iddle snake!


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Old 26 June 2007, 01:57 PM
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Still, the snake that killed Cleopatra must have some pretty high aspirations.
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Old 26 June 2007, 02:36 PM
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As it turns out, Cleopatra was killed by a succession of horrible asp-related puns. Who knew?
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Old 26 June 2007, 02:52 PM
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In an old book of school bloopers:

"Cleopatra died by holding a beast to her ass."
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