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Major Nikon

(36,827 posts) Wed Jan 12, 2022, 08:29 PM Jan 2022

When you're getting your Amazon package and don't want the cat to escape

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When you're getting your Amazon package and don't want the cat to escape (Original Post) Major Nikon Jan 2022 OP

Given that statue's name, it couldn't be in a better place (next to the SF main library) RockRaven Jan 2022 #1

RockRaven

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1. Given that statue's name, it couldn't be in a better place (next to the SF main library)

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Wed Jan 12, 2022, 08:47 PM

Jan 2022

"I, Ashurbanipal, king of the universe, on whom the gods have bestowed intelligence, who has acquired penetrating acumen for the most recondite details of scholarly erudition (none of my predecessors having any comprehension of such matters), I have placed these tablets for the future in the library at Nineveh for my life and for the well-being of my soul, to sustain the foundations of my royal name."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Ashurbanipal_(San_Francisco)

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