David Bohnenberger
United States
Swarthmore
Pennsylvania
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,720513,...
The article includes a quote from the Roman historian Tacitus, stating that the inhabitants of the area spent their time "indulging excessively in dice games".
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Lucius Cornelius
United States
Vindolanda
Britannia
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Dweeb wrote:
The article includes a quote from the Roman historian Tacitus, stating that the inhabitants of the area spent their time "indulging excessively in dice games".
Interesting article! Thanks! 
Barbarian geeks playing dice, another bad habit picked up from the Romans...
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Robert Wesley
Nepal
Aberdeen
Washington
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 They even had a 'primitive version' of "YAHTZEE!" with their "UGGWURST!" 
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M@tthijs
Netherlands
NOT
Holland
Earn tons of geekgold:...
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Tacitus wrote: people {in Germany} lived in thatched huts and dugout houses, subsisting on barley soup and indulging excessively in dice games.
 New commercial tagline for Essen:
Eurogaming. That old.
On a related note, recent study from Munich University has shown that the German term for 'tacked-on theme' was already used in the early Middle Ages.
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Captain Planet
Canada
Montreal
QC
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_Kael_ wrote: Tacitus wrote: people {in Germany} lived in thatched huts and dugout houses, subsisting on barley soup and indulging excessively in dice games. New commercial tagline for Essen: Eurogaming. That old.On a related note, recent study from Munich University has shown that the German term for 'tacked-on theme' was already used in the early Middle Ages.
Can't be Euro... because of the dice. These Germans were wargamers.
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Kevin Duke
United States
Wynne
Arkansas
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Yeah, and we can figure out what "living on barley soup" is really a code for!
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Lucius Cornelius
United States
Vindolanda
Britannia
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kduke wrote: Yeah, and we can figure out what "living on barley soup" is really a code for!
What is that? I can't find it in my German dictionary. Is it like FUBAR again?
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Benedikt Rosenau
Germany
Göttingen
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sullafelix wrote: kduke wrote: Yeah, and we can figure out what "living on barley soup" is really a code for!
What is that? I can't find it in my German dictionary. Is it like FUBAR again? :what:
Graupensuppe, quite like Scotch broth I reckon. Or maybe Tacitus could not place beer.
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Christian Sperling
Germany
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Zickzack wrote: sullafelix wrote: kduke wrote: Yeah, and we can figure out what "living on barley soup" is really a code for!
What is that? I can't find it in my German dictionary. Is it like FUBAR again? , quite like Scotch broth I reckon. Or maybe Tacitus could not place beer.
In my region it's called "Gerschtesupp".
The "Gerschtesupp" or "Graupensuppe" (in englisch simply "barley-broth"), was a meal for the poor people.
In the dark ages, e.g., it was common among the poorer people, because it's cheap and saturating. Maybe comparable to porridge.
This meal was also popular in ww2 prison camps (cheap and saturating).
So, you could say that "living on barley soup" is a term for a bad situation (in the sence of food supply).
But, I wouldn't underestimate the barley-soup.
My grandma had a great recipe with bacon and vegetables.
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M@tthijs
Netherlands
NOT
Holland
Earn tons of geekgold:...
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konsum24 wrote: Zickzack wrote: sullafelix wrote: kduke wrote: Yeah, and we can figure out what "living on barley soup" is really a code for!
What is that? I can't find it in my German dictionary. Is it like FUBAR again? , quite like Scotch broth I reckon. Or maybe Tacitus could not place beer. In my region it's called "Gerschtesupp". The "Gerschtesupp" or "Graupensuppe" (in englisch simply "barley-broth"), was a meal for the poor people. In the dark ages, e.g., it was common among the poorer people, because it's cheap and saturating. Maybe comparable to porridge. This meal was also popular in ww2 prison camps (cheap and saturating). So, you could say that "living on barley soup" is a term for a bad situation (in the sence of food supply). But, I wouldn't underestimate the barley-soup. My grandma had a great recipe with bacon and vegetables.
 Bacon!
Tipped for baconiciousness
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Robert Wesley
Nepal
Aberdeen
Washington
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Actually, within the POW Camps, then it was usually: "barely soup!"
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Christian Sperling
Germany
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GROGnads wrote: Actually, within the POW Camps, then it was usually: "barely soup!"
No. I think the catering in allied prison camps was far better than that of the germans, (I excluded russia here).
My grandpa (paternal) had luck that he was in US war imprisonment and he was in very good shape.
That not only comes from barley soup.
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Chris toph
Germany
Mannheim
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Nice that they have it in English as well
I like the fact that those cities on the map are in the middle of nowhere nowadays^^
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Rich
United States
West Lafayette
Indiana
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First of all, thanks to the OP for the link. Fascinating article.
Secondly, the snark in the follow-ups is first rate. This thread delivers the goods.
Thanks to all for brightening an otherwise crummy afternoon.
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John Farrell
Australia
Aspley
Queensland
Averagely Inadequate
Buster Keaton from 'Go West'
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konsum24 wrote: My grandma had a great recipe with bacon and vegetables.
What did the vegetables have to do with it?
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Robert Wesley
Nepal
Aberdeen
Washington
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konsum24 wrote: My grandma had a great recipe with bacon and vegetables. Friendless wrote: What did the vegetables have to do with it?  sssssh! and don't mention the WAR! or you'll bring up & out with the "Soup NAZI!" 
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Christian Sperling
Germany
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Friendless wrote: konsum24 wrote: My grandma had a great recipe with bacon and vegetables. What did the vegetables have to do with it?
Fresh vegetables are very important!
Like carrots: They give a nice tasty sweetness. A very good contrast to the hearty taste of the bacon.
Leeks (I hope this is the right english term) are also important: It adds a mild spicy taste.
And not to forget the nutrients.
Formidable!
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William Lester
United States
Sierra Vista
Arizona
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NO SOUP FOR YOU!
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EXTRA AVOCADO!
United States
California
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konsum24 wrote: Friendless wrote: konsum24 wrote: My grandma had a great recipe with bacon and vegetables. What did the vegetables have to do with it? Fresh vegetables are very important! Like carrots: They give a nice tasty sweetness. A very good contrast to the hearty taste of the bacon. Leeks (I hope this is the right english term) are also important: It adds a mild spicy taste. And not to forget the nutrients. Formidable!
I'm cooking with friends tomorrow. I shall endeavour to describe all my food as formidable.
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It's really amazing how detailed a picture scholars have of what went on in "Germania libera" (free Germany). Especially a book called "Im Inneren Germaniens", which is an excellent recent survey, provided invaluable demographical information when I worked for a time on a game covering the events round 9 AD.
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Robert Wesley
Nepal
Aberdeen
Washington
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Yes, and they'd "haul GROK" from their enslaved 'minds' with such as THIS conveyance.
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Kev.
United States
Austin
Texas
TheBigBoard-Blog www.meshtime.com
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Dweeb wrote:
WRONG FORUM.....
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