"strike" on the lead weight [Digest urth.v028.n042]

John Bishop · 29 Sep 1999, 14:12 · from urth-v0028.mbox · original

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From: John Bishop <jbishop at blkbrd.zko.dec.com>
Subject: (urth) Re: "strike" on the lead weight [Digest urth.v028.n042]
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 14:12:32
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Apparently this was actual practice in Classic=20
times: herewith a quote from a reference

http://omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu/hyper-lists/bmcr-l/1991/02.06.16.html

      :
   The section on slogans inscribed on lead=20
   bullets (e. g., "take that," "[this one's]
   for you," "ouch," "get pregnant with this")
   is particularly intriguing (45-46).=20
      :

I looked around the web, but couldn't refind the sling
page with photos of such sling-bullets.

See also http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/rialto/slings-msg.text

Further proof that Mr Wolfe has a strong background in
Classic studies!

	-John Bishop

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