r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AnonymousTimewaster • 8d ago

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u/TieCivil1504 8d ago

I worked at a 'gyppo' lumber mill in my 20s. I was the only guy who used ear protection near their screaming non-OSHA blade planer, I was also the only guy with functional hearing and all my fingers.

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u/--_-Deadpool-_-- 8d ago

I believe they prefer the term Romani

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u/golf_mad 8d ago

Romani ite domum....

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u/cynical_optimist_95 8d ago

What's this, then? "Romanes Eunt Domus?" "People called Romanes they go the house?"

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u/Youutternincompoop 8d ago

it says 'Romans go home'

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u/cynical_optimist_95 8d ago

No it doesn't! What's the Latin for Roman? Come on!

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u/Dmitrygm1 8d ago

Romani

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u/amroth62 8d ago

R..Romanus?

Annus?

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u/Sixguns1977 8d ago

"Write it a hundred times. And if you're not done by sunup, I'll cut yer nuts off."