tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post8496578394307731463..comments2023-11-29T01:47:52.439-07:00Comments on clarity2010: Of Phrygian caps and nostalgia for real moneyRelax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-76044660763859976232010-10-30T20:35:33.048-06:002010-10-30T20:35:33.048-06:00I was, I admit, a little underwhelmed by the beaut...I was, I admit, a little underwhelmed by the beauty of the engraving.<br />I bought, for my beloved, a roman Denarius, of the emperor Constantine's reign, to remind her of her visit to York with me, now that coin's meaningful to me. <br />Did you know Constantine was proclaimed Emperor of Rome whilst he was in York?soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-59471213200635848552010-10-30T08:57:14.737-06:002010-10-30T08:57:14.737-06:00I don't know what is on our coins these days, ...I don't know what is on our coins these days, never mind yours.Sheila @ A Postcard a Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09140046386364588303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-67729236673911600132010-10-30T07:10:08.413-06:002010-10-30T07:10:08.413-06:00In Terry Pratchett's wonderfully silly Going P...In Terry Pratchett's wonderfully silly Going Postal the job of Post Master General involves wearing a winged hat-one of the prime selling points of the position.<br /><br />I never gave the dime much thought, though I do like it's looks and I guess I must have assumed that was Mercury as well.<br /><br />Of course, I didn't get see them when they new the way you did.Descarteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066336477465694768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-73186663710107942472010-10-29T14:49:20.168-06:002010-10-29T14:49:20.168-06:00I never looked at coins this way, but i see it now...I never looked at coins this way, but i see it now... great post.Jeff Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667419764890599092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-85319702229522608962010-10-29T01:09:05.612-06:002010-10-29T01:09:05.612-06:00I love coins! I walk, head down, through the stree...I love coins! I walk, head down, through the streets looking for dropped coins. This is not because they are that beautiful, in fact UK coins are pretty badly designed I would say, but the thought of finding large numbers of them, especially the gold coloured ones, excites me!Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-56392689281140082172010-10-28T22:10:31.643-06:002010-10-28T22:10:31.643-06:00@Soubriquet - They became surly taxi drivers? I th...@Soubriquet - They became surly <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rgCry1Ucn2Y/TMpHqtelivI/AAAAAAAAEaM/lbBvSsIscfs/s1600/winged+taxi.jpg" rel="nofollow">taxi drivers</a>? I think you may be a bit overserved today.<br /><br />@A. - You are still on the horns of this dilemma? Does no one want to comment on my post about coins? I've heard about Marianne, of course, as well as her sister Maxine. So true about the cap, but then they ALL wore those caps during the revolution. Or have you not seen any of the paintings of the period? Actually, the 7 dwarfs wore them as well. They never reached retirement age though. I have one which I wear over my normal baseball cap, just to cover the wings.<br /><br />@Stephanie Barr - Why are you yelling at ME? I only made a post about pretty coins. It was Soubriquet who brought up fluttering wings and hearts. The truth must be hitting close to home, eh? A bit flushed with emotion, are we? :)<br /><br />That's why I keep my wings covered when I go to Walmart. I still have hopes someone will want to talk about Beaux-Arts sculptors.Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-85092774733070446212010-10-28T20:54:18.731-06:002010-10-28T20:54:18.731-06:00Where exactly are all these women made lustful at ...Where exactly are all these women made lustful at particular headgear?<br /><br />If these caps are the precursor to winged helmets (which, according to Soubriquet) send women into frenzies of passion, why are they on females on both counts?<br /><br />Have we confused Phrygians with the inhabitants of Lesbos? Or Amazons?Stephanie Barrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772217449161603561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-78295935064274394662010-10-28T15:27:22.231-06:002010-10-28T15:27:22.231-06:00Marianne on French stamps wears a Phrygian cap. S...Marianne on French stamps wears a Phrygian cap. Smurfs wear Phrygian caps. I rest my case. Forget the wings, horned helmets it is.A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498413430541424627.post-84179635947549678802010-10-28T13:57:10.907-06:002010-10-28T13:57:10.907-06:00A Phrygian cap was, of course, a precursor of the ...A Phrygian cap was, of course, a precursor of the winged helmet, a device that made later warrior-dudes incredibly desireable in the eyes of woman.<br /><br /><br />I understand the wings on the original phrygian caps were capable of fluttering, which sometimes gave away the inner demeanour of even the most composed-appearing Phryges.<br /><br />The Phrygians invented ice-boxes, and were the first warriors of the eastern mediterranean lands to have air-conditioned horses.<br />Unfortunately, in the third century b.c., there was a great leak of chlorofluorocarbon gases from the refrigerator plant and the Phrygians were compelled to flee toward America, where they waited, in cold-storage, for the coming of columbus, roads, cities, motor-vehicles, when they could defrost, de-suspend their animation and become surly taxi-drivers of the modern age.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.com