The Gallic Sack

[Carborendum]

Think about it.

Edited May 8 by Carborendum

[NeuroTypical]

Huh?  You talking about the first time Rome was sacked?

[Carborendum]

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[Carborendum]

[zil2]

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The Gallic Sack

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1. French or typically French.
2. relating to the Gauls.

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The Gauls were a group of Celtic people who inhabited Gaul (roughly modern-day France, Belgium, and parts of Germany, Netherlands, and Italy) during the Iron Age and Roman periods. They were known to the Romans as Galli, and their language was Gaulish, a continental Celtic language.

3 hours ago, Carborendum said:

Think about it.

[Streaming cogitation...] Apparently it's a bag (aka sack) made by / for the French (or Gauls)...  (Why not call it a French sack, or a Gaul sack, or spell it Gaulic or Gaullic?  Gallic for "of the Gauls" is absurd...  Gallic Sac would make more sense... )

Meanwhile, back to the Sack of the Gauls, it appears to be depicting the Garden of Eden. No doubt @Carborendum has had something he considers a brilliant insight or revelation or something and, as he seems to enjoy, instead of just telling us, he wants to make us feel ignorant, unworthy, or perhaps to go learn all the Gaulish history that the average American school student never heard of.  Perhaps he wants us to focus on the embroidery (that is the depiction, not the stitch-work (probably)), but probably also in relation to the fact that the "sack" (which seems more like a bag to me) is old and from(?) Gaul.  (Golly, this is getting fun.)

Hmm. What is that in Eve's hand? Does she have a purse-dog? Pet monkey?  Can anyone tell what that is?  (At least, I assume it's Eve.  But how do we know this isn't some other tree and fruit and 2-people story of significance to the sack-owner or the Gauls?)

I assume person on the right is a man, though it's kinda hard to tell, to be honest.  Eve's free hand appears to be gesturing toward the tree.  Hmm, they're both fully clothed.  Clearly this isn't the "forbidden fruit" scene.  (I mean, if the Gauls are the French, it's highly unlikely they were so prudish even back in the day as to put clothing on Adam and Eve.)

Well, now we have to start over with some other story about two people, a lap dog, a tree, and a piece of fruit.  When did lap dogs become a thing?  [Klaw says we have to stop this and pay attention to him!! < Yes, he said it with two exclamation marks.]

[...cogitation to be continued.]

[mordorbund]

7 hours ago, Carborendum said:

Think about it.

Clearly a hemp bag from France. If it ever got lit, you would too. The purse is clearly effeminate in design so it perhaps should be called a French baguette. The character on the right is squeezing some sort of grape, so it we have a depiction of vinegar mixed with Gaul.

Where are we being LED with this? (Waitaminute, gallium-based LED!!! Meh, maybe I’m reaching 

[zil2]

Wait!  I've got it!  The title and the image are red herrings!  Look at the instructions:

7 hours ago, Carborendum said:

Think about it.

We're supposed to be thinking about the third-person singular neuter pronoun!  This is all about gender identity or gender politics or some other crazy thing!  No wonder the gender of the person on the right is ambiguous.  Why it's entirely possible I misgendered the person on the left - maybe they and their lapdog are "it"s!  I'll bet they're not even Gaulites.  They're probably from Portland or former NSA employees or something...

Well, if I didn't have an appointment to get to, I'd spend a lot more time streaming my third-person singular neuter cogitatifying, but there's no more time for that.

[Jamie123]

On 5/8/2025 at 9:52 PM, zil2 said:

We're supposed to be thinking about the third-person singular neuter pronoun! 

A bit like "Constantinople is a very long word, spell it." (To which the answer of course is "I.T.")

[mrmarklin]

I'm going to France on vacation the middle of June this year.  I'll see if this is a thing.😉

[zil2]

1 hour ago, mrmarklin said:

I'll see if this is a thing.

Don't you mean you'll see if it is a thing?  (I'm pretty sure you'll find it is almost always a thing.)

 

PS: Enjoy your trip!

[NeuroTypical]

For the record, I once had an English teacher who would routinely yell at us any time he saw a paper that contained too many instances of the words "this" or "it".  Both were anathema in his book. Although I guess I can see his point.  Who wants to spend an hour reading 20 versions of this: 

The War of 1812 is still talked about today.  This is for obvious reasons.  It's because it had such a big impact on the world, and this cannot be forgotten. 

Back in the day, I could take that line of text and turn it into a 3 page essay.  My grades usually reflected it.