Crypto-Archeology

Of all the pagan religions, I have always considered the pre-Christian cult of Mithras to be particularly interesting, mostly, I admit, because Mithras is how a Roman suffering from a speech impediment would pronounce the word mistress, as in: "I have a secret altar nest in the city where I go to visit my Mithras."

My "lisp theory" of antiquity obviously explains why women were denied initiation into the cult's mysteries. After all, what self-respecting neophyte would want his wife finding out that he went to see his Mithras every night? Especially when he's spent his entire paycheck on a slaughtered bull for his Mithras, and consequently can't give his wife any housekeeping money.

Is it any wonder that such a henpecked husband would seek solace in the arms of his Mithras? Yes indeed, if only scholars would listen to Crypto-Archeologists like me, I think we would have a much better understanding of what motivated ancient man.

Okay. Perhaps a Roman would not actually say the word mistress in the first place. But that is beside the point. After all, we are talking archeology here, not linguistics.

Comments

[Mortimer Shy]

Yeah, but you Cryptos are everywhere! It is hard for a real scientist, who believes in reason, to proceed with all you Cryptos about, making jokes and teasing us reasoners and procking mogress, I mean mocking progress. Talk about linguistics? That famous punster, Baldwin of Boston, as he is known, has virtually ruined the English language with his rampant malaprops. Or is that . . .

[stephenesque]

The sleep of reason begets the dream of nonthenth. And that is all I have to say on the matter.

[Dr.VonLevy Freud-Shapiro]

i think this is of interest to neither linguisticaters nor anthroapologists butt of immense tissue to sexacologists who probe the bed of reason in flushing hopes of treason,..such as this:

"can't give his wife anything housekeeping money"

which reeks of homewreck.
did you due your homewreck tonite?

[stephenesque]

Good popint!

[the father(Pop) of pop-psychology]

-good popoint-

as in 'pop it in' the oven?

as in "pop popped it in the oven and out came my baby sister"

eg: all housework duties are contemporaneous and urgent in the wife.

man, you should be more precise and to the popoint.

[Mortimer Shy]

Aren't people required to use their real names around here? Who is this popinjay who changes in every comment?

[stephenesque]

Oh I don't know. Pseudonyms are encouraged. Especially if they are Jupiter Maximus or Mars Avenger or something like that.

[Mortimer Shy]

Yes, I am certainly not against pseudonyms, being one myself, but can a person change their own pseudonym? I don't think so!