Wow, and here I thought the writer of that book, Homer Simpson, didn't exist!!
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Glasses make you more clever. This is why I wear a higher prescription than I actually need.
It's okay because when your friend decides to give you a makeover so you can be "hot" they just need to take your glasses off after they fix your hair. It's fine really. No issues at all. Why did you have them on in the first place?
Left end of the bell curve: wow signed first edition of the Illiad is so rare
Middle of the bell curve: haha she's stupid because Homer is from ancient Greece
Right end of the bell curve: wow signed first edition of the Illiad is so rare
(The Illiad as a modern translated work can have multiple editions from an author)
Actual Right End: that's not what you'd refer to as a first edition of The Illiad, unless you're an idiot
I can get you a signed edition of the Bible right now as long as you don’t care which company printed it or who signs it
buy bible, sign out myself, eBay, profit
Which Pope?
Alexander Pope.
Original Author
Do not steal
Or which edition it is.
op said first edition, not signed
Ok, pick a scroll any scroll
They just a word
I can do a first edition of the Bible. No guarantees on which edition though.
Further right of the bell curve than you just to win the silly semantics game you're playing: if you're calling it "The Illiad" and not "Ἰλιάς" you are defacto referring to the book titled "The Illiad" which is the English translation which indeed had a much more recent publication date than the original work.
You say, as you spell 'The Illiad' in English, the earliest instance of which was translated in the 1600s.
Nice self report
She obviously meant the first edition Penguin classics paperback.
Actual bell curve: a eugenics source book also the basis for Idiocracy so you decide I guess.
What's like the coolest, most impressive literary book you can think of? But it has to be something most idiots will recognize.
I don't know, The Iliad?
Awesome. I need a rare book for this screenplay I'm writing. "First edition, signed copy..."
This is an AI style blunder.
every copy can be a signed copy, just get a pen
I’m also in possession of original hand-written letters by Jesus Christ himself, inside the original envelope complete with the “par avion” stamp that my neighbour gifted me.
What’s that about ?
Wait what.. that makes no sense. I haven't seen this movie; was it a satire or like a fourth wall break or some sort of a joke?
Jesus actually wrote a book! I got it, he signed it. His cursive is really becoming
Rare texts are kinda my jam, a few highlights in my collection:
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A signed first edition of the Necronomicon (it still screams and bleeds)
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An early draft of the 10 commandments (before it got narrowed down to just 10)
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The treatise between cats and dogs that lead to cats getting litter boxes and dogs getting walks
FYI, a treatise is not the same as a treaty.
It was a long time ago and they were just guessing at what written language was even going to look like. That they got it in perfect English minus one word is remarkable.
Don’t tell them that
This guy could sell a letter written (in French!) by Jesus himself, among other rarities 😁 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Vrain-Lucas
Oh man, when French Jesus turns water into wine, you know it’s good…
Some people deserve to be ripped off. It seems like this guy didn't even try to make it convincing, yet they still sold.
"The lord has given unto you these 15 —"
crash
"... 10 commandments!"
There are in fact 21 listed Commandments btw
The first eleven (which it says are ten) listed in Exodus are different from the ones commonly repeated from Deuteronomy and are mostly about ensuring the comfort and power of the priest class through tithing
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I didn't know such a stupid line existed because I didn't watch such a stupid movie.
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Little known fact: the author of The Iliad and the voice actor of Poochie the Dog are the same person!
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If anybody's wondering... (Youtube link)
Also, ooof. Not that this looks to be a fine piece of cinema, but the writer didn't put this into the script, the director did. Apparently it's an 1884 printing of an 1853 edition of a 1720 translation (Pope's), so in no way whatsoever is it first edition of, well, anything. Maybe the worst part of it is that there was absolutely no reason to linger over the title. They never even say the name of the book.
The description says "psychological thriller", but the cinematography is giving me "Netflix romcom".
Someone in the props department snuck in a joke.
To my darling Candy.
All characters portrayed within this book are fictitious and any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental.
Homer.
That's nothing. I have a signed first edition of The Epic of Gilgamesh.
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