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[Hagar]

The metric system.

[Colin Bishop]

That was Napoleon!

[Bee]

Ok, apart from:

 Peace, roads, a monetary economy, glazed windows, underfloor heating, mass production, Architecture ,Art ,Literature ,Language,Sanitation, Aqueducts, Education, Irrigation,The calendar, Cement and bricks, Public heated baths, Turnips and carrots, Paved streets and pavements ,Apples, pears and grapes , Benefits (free food) for poor citizens, Roads, Wine, Cats, Stinging nettles,Street Cleaners ,Shops, Laws, Tenement Blocks, Public order, Firemen and Police, Parks ,Cabbages & peas, Public libraries, Public notices and advertisements,  pottery, literacy, improved agricultural techniques, Christianity, public buildings......

.....what have the Romans dones for us?????

You've just sailed completely over the head of nearly everyone! - No big Python fans on this thread then

nitpicking and pedantry?
most of that list was already here.

[nhp651]

Naw colin. the little dictator made every one on the continent change the way they held their sword from the left of the body to the right hand side, because he was left handed.
Thats why they drive on the wrong side of the road on the continent these days.lol

[wbeedie]

And as a kid I used to like Asterix and if it was nt for the Romans the wee fella and Obelix would have been bored

[knoby]

Ok, apart from:

 Peace, roads, a monetary economy, glazed windows, underfloor heating, mass production, Architecture ,Art ,Literature ,Language,Sanitation, Aqueducts, Education, Irrigation,The calendar, Cement and bricks, Public heated baths, Turnips and carrots, Paved streets and pavements ,Apples, pears and grapes , Benefits (free food) for poor citizens, Roads, Wine, Cats, Stinging nettles,Street Cleaners ,Shops, Laws, Tenement Blocks, Public order, Firemen and Police, Parks ,Cabbages & peas, Public libraries, Public notices and advertisements,  pottery, literacy, improved agricultural techniques, Christianity, public buildings......

.....what have the Romans dones for us?????

thank god for maninthestreet, the first 1 to get the joke. i set it up & waited for someone to knock it down 
although its been funnier reading the replies from some members!!!!!
Personally i 've always thought  'the life of Brian' had a more plausible plot than the nativity
cheers Glenn

[Bowwave]

The metric system.

I thought it was th duo system   12 months,  12 pence , 12 inches and all that ?
Bowwave

[garston1]

Sophia Loren

[garston1]

Cement, Hobnail boots, 'Beware of the dog' signs, Honey roast door mouse,delicious,  Pantomimes.