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<p>[QUOTE="Bing, post: 1655415, member: 44132"]I know this is off topic, but I had to look up the latin saying in Drusus' header, "<span style="color: #3E3E3E">Pecunia non olet"</span>. It translates <span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif">"money does not stink" and is </font></span><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif">is ascribed to the </font></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome" rel="nofollow">Roman</a><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif"> emperor </font></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian" rel="nofollow">Vespasian</a> regarding his imposition of a Urine Tax in Rome. What I found facinating is that <span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif">Vespasian's name still attaches to public </font></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinal_(restroom)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinal_(restroom)" rel="nofollow">urinals</a><span style="color: #000000"><font face="sans-serif"> in France (</font></span><i>vespasiennes), Italy (<i>vespasiani), and Romania (<i>vespasiene).</i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i><br /></i></i></i></p><p><i><i><i>Sorry for straying off topic.</i></i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bing, post: 1655415, member: 44132"]I know this is off topic, but I had to look up the latin saying in Drusus' header, "[COLOR=#3E3E3E]Pecunia non olet"[/COLOR]. It translates [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]"money does not stink" and is [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]is ascribed to the [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome"]Roman[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] emperor [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian"]Vespasian[/URL] regarding his imposition of a Urine Tax in Rome. What I found facinating is that [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]Vespasian's name still attaches to public [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urinal_(restroom)"]urinals[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] in France ([/FONT][/COLOR][I]vespasiennes), Italy ([I]vespasiani), and Romania ([I]vespasiene). Sorry for straying off topic.[/I][/I][/I][/QUOTE]
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