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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
12:54:00 PM EST
Hearing Serenada Schizophrana Movement II. Blue Strings -- Danny Elfman
You think you know how to party? You've got some ancient competition, pal:
Today, it sounds like a spring-break splurge on the order of "Girls Gone Wild": Drink huge quantities of beer, get wasted, indulge in gratuitous sex and pass out — then wake up the next morning with the music blaring and your friends praying that everything will turn out all right.
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Hearing Serenada Schizophrana Movement II. Blue Strings -- Danny Elfman
Drunk Like an Egyptian
You think you know how to party? You've got some ancient competition, pal:
Today, it sounds like a spring-break splurge on the order of "Girls Gone Wild": Drink huge quantities of beer, get wasted, indulge in gratuitous sex and pass out — then wake up the next morning with the music blaring and your friends praying that everything will turn out all right.
But back in 1470 B.C., this was the agenda for one of ancient Egypt's most raucous rituals, the "festival of drunkenness," which celebrated nothing less than the salvation of humanity. Archaeologists say they have found evidence amid the ruins of a temple in Luxor that the annual rite featured sex, drugs and the ancient equivalent of rock 'n' roll.
Whoo-hoo! Party on, ancient Egyptian dudes! Of course, we also have an annual rite that pretty well approximates the Festival of Drunkenness; it's called "New Year's Eve." Except that part where you wake up to prayer; instead you wake up to bowl games. Otherwise, it's all good.Written by johnmscalzi Blog about this entry |
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10/31/06 1:52 PM
And sometimes those bowl games aren't on television!