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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1683176, member: 44183"]<span style="color: #0000ff">That is a really good question, JA (I'll try to find out) ...</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Hmmm, at first I was gonna write-back that it may have been associated with Hercules' club, etc, but that was definitely a Greek-thing, so I doubt that is the correct answer ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... and then I figured that maybe a club merely signified a strong and menacing "force to to reckoned with", but I failed to find anything written proof using this metaphor ....... actually, I found quite the opposite types of references:</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... so basically, I failed at finding any references associated with the Romans and "The Big Club", but I am very confident that someone will post something approprite/applicable (I gave-up fairly early, for I am going to make breakfast in bed for my wife ... that is always a good idea, if you want your Sunday to be a winner!!) </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 1683176, member: 44183"][COLOR=#0000ff]That is a really good question, JA (I'll try to find out) ... Hmmm, at first I was gonna write-back that it may have been associated with Hercules' club, etc, but that was definitely a Greek-thing, so I doubt that is the correct answer ... ... and then I figured that maybe a club merely signified a strong and menacing "force to to reckoned with", but I failed to find anything written proof using this metaphor ....... actually, I found quite the opposite types of references: [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]... so basically, I failed at finding any references associated with the Romans and "The Big Club", but I am very confident that someone will post something approprite/applicable (I gave-up fairly early, for I am going to make breakfast in bed for my wife ... that is always a good idea, if you want your Sunday to be a winner!!) ;) [/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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