http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53199 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Wed, 22 May 2013 14:31:19 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53199#post-153618 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:31:55 +0000 Squudge 153618@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>just catching up on reading the competition ... a fine submission sir - 5 stars </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53199#post-153500 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 07:06:24 +0000 Gerontius 153500@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nice Dick </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53199#post-153499 Sat, 15 Dec 2012 06:53:48 +0000 Username 153499@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Nice angle! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53199#post-153357 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:51:31 +0000 custard cream 153357@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Another winner - brilliant! </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53199#post-153334 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:33:53 +0000 Dick Everyman 153334@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Phew, Malgor. That <em>was</em> a close one ;0) Thanks for the kind comments. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53199#post-153282 Fri, 14 Dec 2012 00:32:00 +0000 Psycadelic Squirrel 153282@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>"hilarious British comic, Lenny Henry.”</p> <p>Satire at its best. And thank goodnes for commas, eh Malgor? </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53199#post-153275 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:38:43 +0000 malgor 153275@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Oh, now that is a good one! Enjoyed that, Dick (with an all-important comma.) </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=53199#post-153272 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:24:10 +0000 Dick Everyman 153272@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>An archaeological team led by Professor Emily Ross-Slater, antiquities specialist at the Archaeologist Field School in Luxor, has discovered a significant insight into the lives of ordinary ancient Egyptians after unearthing a unique series of 'humorous' hieroglyphs.</p> <p>“With the current socio-political upheavals in present day Egypt, the population doesn’t have much to giggle about these days,” Said Professor Ross-Slater, “but it seems that their ancestors managed to see the funny side of things even in the face of eons of adversity.”</p> <p>Hieroglyph experts have begun to interpret a number of wall paintings which have been revealed in the recently excavated Luxor tomb. “The figures we have found seem more like real people rather than flat images walking around side-ways doing sand-dances,” continued Professor Ross-Slater. “One of the figures even appears to sport a large red nose and a very funny hat and if you squint he could even be mistaken for the hilarious British comic, Lenny Henry.”</p> <p>Another man with a pot belly and a handful of sea-weed has been identified as the Egyptian god Hapy who brought annual floods to the Nile Valley. “We can conclude from this that jokes about the weather were just as prevalent then as they are today,” said the professor.</p> <p>One character, Tawaret or 'The Great One' had the head of a hippopotamus with the arms and legs of a lion, the back and tail of a crocodile, and the breasts and stomach of a pregnant woman. “In my opinion even Reeves and Mortimer could not have invented such a splendidly comedic character.”</p> <p>Professor Ross-Slater has forwarded her findings to experts at the British Museum who have concluded that the images are not strictly hieroglyphs but are more like comic reliefs. </p>