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Beware
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They're
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From marchmadman Updated 03/15/24, 11:30a |
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On March 15, 44 BC, Roman dictator Julius
Caesar was assassinated by a group of nobles that included his friend Brutus. Many would not know of Caesar's infamous
betrayal by Brutus if it weren't for that mean lit (and not the cool "lit";
the horrible English literature "lit") teacher who made you read
those Bill Shakespeare plays back in middle school. Those days SUUCKKKEEDDDD so much. But, I will say the only Latin I remember is
from Shakespeare's play Julius Ceasar:
"Et tu, Brute?" ****
Brief History and Literature Refresher****
The Ides of March is best known as the date on
which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC. Caesar was stabbed to death at
a meeting of the Senate. As many as 60 conspirators, led by Brutus and
Cassius, were involved. A seer had previously warned that harm would come to
Caesar on the Ides of March. On his way to the theatre, where he would be
assassinated, Caesar passed the seer and joked, "Well, the Ides of March
are come", implying that the prophecy had not been fulfilled, to which
the seer replied "Aye, they are come, but they are not gone." In
William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, Caesar is warned by the soothsayer
to "beware the Ides of March." Newly
discovered photo of the moment Brutus betrayed Caesar "Et tu, Brute?" is a Latin phrase
(pronounced et too brew-tay) literally meaning "and you, Brutus?",
often translated as "Even you, Brutus?". The quote appears in the Shakespeare's play,
spoken by Caesar at the moment of his assassination to his friend Brutus,
recognizing him as one of the assassins.
Seeing Brutus betray him, not only literally killed him, it also broke
his heart. No evidence that those words were actually
spoken by Caesar to Brutus, but that Shakespeare dude really knows what makes
for good theater. ****Back
to 2024**** Well, I got Bru-tayed by my company it
wasn't on March 15 it came one day earlier. On March 14, the entire company got an email
from Corporate offering a March Madness pool to employees for free with a
chance to win prizes. WTH!!! This is my territory! It has been for almost 25 years! They are undercutting my office gambling
business. Because you know I make
a ton of money doing this. By "a ton of money" I mean it
actually costs me money to pay for the webservice and all the useless entries
I submit that have no chance of winning. Nevertheless, please don't be Brutus and
betray me by playing other March Madness pools and not mine. I guess in this scenario, I am a dictator. In that case, I
DEMAND YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF MY OFFICE POOLS. The
many pools of Caesar's Palace: Hat Pool, Bracket Pool, Pickem Pool, and
Rankem Pool |
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