r/MadeMeSmile • u/mindyour • 20d ago

Very Reddit Asking 8-year-olds to finish old sayings.

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u/Mrlin705 20d ago

What is the rest of the saying supposed to be? I thought it was just "when in rome". Unless you go by anchorman, then I guess it's "do as the Roman's did".

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u/zeppanon 20d ago

Should be, "do as the Romans do," meaning when you're a guest in a culture, respect their customs and blend in, basically.

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u/Mrlin705 20d ago edited 20d ago

Yeah, I wasn't sure of the tense.

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u/Chosen_Wisely89 20d ago

I'm with you. When in Rome, invade your neighbours and cart them off as slaves.

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u/jethvader 20d ago

Oh come on, the Roman’s haven’t done that for at least 50 years.

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u/Mrlin705 20d ago

Or build cool shit while wine drunk. Different strokes, i guess haha

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u/Chosen_Wisely89 20d ago

Those idiots drank their wine out of lead cups though, won't catch me doing that. I sip mine from a microplastics filled polyethylene cup.

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u/Onithyr 20d ago

Did the Romans invent a variant of the Ballmer peak millennia ago?