Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site persci.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tikal!cholula!persci!bill From: bill@persci.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes,net.nlang.celts Subject: Re: Burning Rome (Nero's Fiddle?) Message-ID: <441@persci.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 14:40:33 EST Article-I.D.: persci.441 Posted: Tue Nov 5 14:40:33 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 22:01:42 EST References: <1797@gatech.CSNET> Reply-To: bill@persci.UUCP (William Swan) Lines: 19 Keywords: fiddle and bagpipe Xref: watmath net.jokes:14809 net.nlang.celts:260 Summary: Appropriate for net.bizarre In article <1797@gatech.CSNET> zorro@gatech.UUCP (Melinda M. Fox) writes: > Be it ever som crumbly, there's no place like Rome.. > Nero, he was the emperor, and the palace was his home.. > > But he liked to play with matches, and for a fire yearned, > So he burned Rome to ashes, and fiddled while it burned. > ^^^^^^^ Unfortunately, the fiddle hadn't been invented yet. It is a matter of historical record (I'm told) that Nero *was* an accomplished bagpiper (along with other notables such as Henry VIII). Bizarre image: Nero piping while Rome burns! (Playing "A Flame of Wrath...", perhaps?) -- William Swan {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!persci!bill "Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country is going to do to you!"