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« on: April 30, 2015, 01:26:11 AM »

DICE!

Stumbled upon this, thought it was pretty interesting!

"Dice are the oldest gambling instruments known to man. Sophocles, the Greek poet, claimed that dice were invented by the Greek, Palamedes, during the siege of Troy in 484 BC. Palamedes is said to have dedicated the first set of dice to Tyche, the Goddess of luck & fortune.

Ivory dice from at least 1400B.C. were uncovered in Egypt. The six sided dice of today evolved from ankle bones, often called knucklebones, of hoofed animals. Dice are still called “bones” thus playing with dice is still known as “rolling the bones”. The Romans called the six sided dice Tesserea. Roman soldiers would hide the dice in their mouths. Playing dice games while on duty was frowned upon even in 100B.C. Since 900 B.C., six sided dice opposite sides add up to 7. (1:6, 2:5, 3:4 )"
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« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2015, 09:42:40 PM »

Tikay, can you confirm the above is true?
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« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2015, 09:54:01 PM »

Tikay, can you confirm the above is true?

Cheesy

 

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« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2015, 09:55:51 PM »

Tikay, can you confirm the above is true?

I refer the Rt Hon Conky to the reply Red-Dog recently gave,
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« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2015, 09:55:53 PM »

I had assumed the answer would be marriage when I opened it. 
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« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2015, 01:02:55 PM »

Isn't it prostitution?
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