{"id":85331,"date":"2019-03-02T13:45:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T17:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=85331"},"modified":"2019-03-02T14:12:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T18:12:30","slug":"and-you-guys-think-sky-dicks-are-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=85331","title":{"rendered":"And You Guys Think Sky Dicks Are New?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This phallic graffiti from A.D. 207 was discovered at a quarry near Hadrian’s Wall by archaeologists from the University of Newcastle. (University of Newcastle)<\/h4>\n

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They appear in the sky when least expected, grandiose artistry undertaken by daring pilots willing to risk it all. They grace thousands of pages of green notepads, contemporary hieroglyphics detailing the zone-out timeline during an infantryman\u2019s mandatory PowerPoint lecture. Decorations of them adorn Porta-John walls around the globe with more vigor than a Clark Griswold Christmastime display.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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They are penis etchings, the longstanding pride of the United States military.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Militarized affinity for phallic scribbling, however, dates back long before the first illustrations were ever fashioned by uninterested American service members \u2014 so long, in fact, that European expansion to North America was not yet even an idea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That was the revelation this week when archaeologists from Newcastle University and\u00a0Historic England<\/a>\u00a0uncovered sections of graffiti, carved by Roman soldiers in the year 207, in a quarry near a section of Hadrian\u2019s Wall in Cumbria, England. – Article<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/off-duty\/military-culture\/2019\/02\/28\/1800-year-old-roman-penis-carvings-discovered-near-hadrians-wall-some-things-never-change\/<\/a><\/p>\n

As you may know, when Roman soldiers were not engaged in killing off the Barbarian Hordes (the Picts, Gaels, Celts, etc.), in foreign countries, they were employed with other work, including constructing fortresses and two famous walls in northern Britain, the Antonine Wall and Hadrian’s Wall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As the author of the article says, “Wait ’til Biggus Dickus hears about this!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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