Mysterious Symbols: what do they mean?
The answer is below in extended.
It's a bill that was presented for a job of plastering in the days of illiteracy in England. How the symbols should be read:
Two men for three quarters of a day, using 2 hods of mortar, and 10 shillings the cost. The bill was paid, as indicated by the hanged man, for that is final.
I found this in a 1937 Ripley's Believe it or Not cartoon, which isn't a very reliable source, and I haven't been able to find where Ripleys got it from. So perhaps take it with a grain of salt.
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Good weed?
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@Expat ... yup ... come visit and enjoy some... it smells like pine trees and is very sticky :coolhmm:
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You didn't store up any corn silk this year?
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No corn silk Expat. Although it can "snow" any day you'd like it :ohh:
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how to catch a bird ... :roll:
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You've been over to Patty's house, haven't you?
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 11/11/12 at 10:36 PM
You would have to be plastered to get that!
Posted by tadchem on 11/13/12 at 02:56 PM
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